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PYthon Piedmont Triad User Group Tuesday, August 31, 2021 Lunch and learn seriesPYPTUG Lunch and LearnIn order to help those starting out with python, we are starting a lunch and learn series. You can see upcoming lunch and learns on our meetup page:https://www.meetup.com/PYthon-Piedmont-Triad-User-Group-PYPTUG/Posted byFrancois Dionat5:41 AMNo comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to PinterestLabels:learning,python Tuesday, December 11, 2018 PYPTUG Monthly Meeting (December): Training Tools - Utilizing Jupyter NotebooksDetailsCome join PYPTUG at out next monthly meeting (Deceber 18th 2018) to learn more about the Python programming language, modules and tools. Python is the language to learn if you've never programmed before, and at the other end, it is also a tool that no expert would do without.Main talk: Training Tools - Utilizing Jupyter Notebookspresented by Joan Pharrbio:JoanPharr is currently a Lead Business Analyst at Valassis Digital. On the side she seeks to save the world with math, facts and a penchant for comedy. Collaborating with others to solve problems and share stories is one of the her favorite aspects of PyData.Abstract:Jupyter Notebooks can be a great tool for teaching and learning in a corporate setting. In this talk I’ll cover three ways I’ve incorporated Jupyter Notebooks into my daily routine:(1) Using notebooks as templates with information, questions and examples for training new team members.(2) Collecting notebooks to share code for infrequent requests across our team.(3) Using notebooks to try new techniques, play with new packages, and quickly test new code.Lightning talks!We will have some time for extemporaneous "lightning talks" of 5-10 minute duration. If you'd like to do one, some suggestions of talks were provided here, if you are looking for inspiration. Or talk about a project you are working on.When:Tuesday, Decemberr 18th 2018Meeting starts at 6:00PMWhere:Wake Forest University, close to Polo Rd and University Parkway:Manchester Hallroom: Manchester 241Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109Map thisSee also thiscampus map (PDF)and also theParking Map (PDF) (Manchester hall is #20A on the parking map)And speaking of parking: Parking after 5pm is on a first-come, first-serve basis. The official parking policy is:"Visitors can park in any general parking lot on campus. Visitors should avoid reserved spaces, faculty/staff lots, fire lanes or other restricted area on campus. Frequent visitors should contact Parking and Transportation to register for a parking permit."Mailing List:Don't forget to sign up to our user group mailing list:https://groups.google.com/d/forum/pyptug?hl=enIt is the only step required to become a PYPTUG member.Posted byFrancois Dionat7:32 PMNo comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to PinterestLabels:pyptug,python,wfu Friday, October 26, 2018 PYPTUG Monthly Meeting (October): Altair, Ansible and moreDetailsCome join PYPTUG at out next monthly meeting (October 30th 2018) to learn more about the Python programming language, modules and tools. Python is the language to learn if you've never programmed before, and at the other end, it is also a tool that no expert would do without.Main talk: Altairpresented by Martin DeWittbio:Originally from Winston-Salem, Martin DeWitt is a former assistant professor of physics, who frequently used Python and IPython notebooks to teach both introductory and upper-level physics courses and labs. He is currently transitioning to a career in data science.Abstract:Altair is a statistical visualization Python library designed to facilitate the exploration of data by making it easy to generate interactive web-based visualizations. Using Pandas dataframes as data sources, Altair's API provides functionality to transform data (bin, sort, filter, and aggregate) and produce common graphs including histograms, line charts, scatter plots, and heatmaps. Graphs can be made interactive with features like panning, zooming, and filtering by mouse pointer selections. Most of the aspects of generating the visualizations -- axes, scales, legends, and interactive features -- are handled automatically, only requiring the user to employ Altair's concise declarative syntax to specify the connections between data columns in the dataframe and the various properties of the graph (axes, color, size, etc). With very few lines of code, you can generate rich, interactive, and portable web-based graphs.In this presentation, I will first briefly introduce importing and viewing data using Pandas. I will then demonstrate some of the features of Altair for transforming data and creating both static and interactive graphs. We will work through a number of examples, step-by-step, from importing the data to a finalized graph. I intend for you to code along with me, so please be sure to bring your laptop.For those who are interested in how the magic happens, Altair is based on Vega/Vega-Lite, which is a high-level grammar for producing interactive visualizations. "With Vega, visualizations are described in JSON, and generate interactive views using either HTML5 Canvas or SVG."(http://vega.github.io/) Altair works by taking specifications from the user through Python objects, generating the proper JSON code, and then using Vega to add a Canvas or SVG-based visualization to a web page. There are also renderers that allow Vega visualizations to be displayed in IPython and Jupyter notebooks.Lightning talks!We will have some time for extemporaneous "lightning talks" of 5-10 minute duration. If you'd like to do one, some suggestions of talks were provided here, if you are looking for inspiration. Or talk about a project you are working on.When:Tuesday, October 30th 2018Meeting starts at 6:00PMWhere:Wake Forest University, close to Polo Rd and University Parkway:Manchester Hallroom: Manchester 241Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109Map thisSee also thiscampus map (PDF)and also theParking Map (PDF) (Manchester hall is #20A on the parking map)And speaking of parking: Parking after 5pm is on a first-come, first-serve basis. The official parking policy is:"Visitors can park in any general parking lot on campus. Visitors should avoid reserved spaces, faculty/staff lots, fire lanes or other restricted area on campus. Frequent visitors should contact Parking and Transportation to register for a parking permit."Mailing List:Don't forget to sign up to our user group mailing list:https://groups.google.com/d/forum/pyptug?hl=enIt is the only step required to become a PYPTUG member.Posted byFrancois Dionat7:28 AM1 comment: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to PinterestLabels:datascience,python Friday, September 14, 2018 PYPTUG Monthly Meeting (September): Introduction to Packet Manipulation with ScapyDetailsCome join PYPTUG at out next monthly meeting (September 25th 2018) to learn more about the Python programming language, modules and tools. Python is the language to learn if you've never programmed before, and at the other end, it is also a tool that no expert would do without.Main talk:Introduction to Packet Manipulation with Scapyby Samuel MitchellAbstract:Scapy is a very powerful framework written in Python that allows the forging and manipulation of packets. It's a swiss army knife of sorts for dealing with capturing, interacting, and manipulating packets down to the packet frame itself. It sees a lot of usage in the security community as a result but can also be used by anyone who needs to reverse engineer odd/unique protocols, QA test products at the lowest levels of the OSI layers, or come up with or test your own communication protocol. This will be an intro to the usage and capabilities of scapy targetted at anyone familiar with the basics of networking at the OSI layer and basic Python programming.Bio:Samuel Mitchell lived a former life as a sysadmin and in the DevOps field. In his current life, he works as an Offensive Security Researcher/Tester for a large financial institution. He's also a husband/father of three kids, and dreams of some day finishing one of his multitude of side projects.Lightning talks!We will have some time for extemporaneous "lightning talks" of 5-10 minute duration. If you'd like to do one, some suggestions of talks were provided here, if you are looking for inspiration. Or talk about a project you are working on.When:Tuesday, September 25th 2018Meeting starts at 6:00PMWhere:Wake Forest University, close to Polo Rd and University Parkway:Manchester Hallroom: Manchester 241Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109Map thisSee also thiscampus map (PDF)and also theParking Map (PDF) (Manchester hall is #20A on the parking map)And speaking of parking: Parking after 5pm is on a first-come, first-serve basis. The official parking policy is:"Visitors can park in any general parking lot on campus. Visitors should avoid reserved spaces, faculty/staff lots, fire lanes or other restricted area on campus. Frequent visitors should contact Parking and Transportation to register for a parking permit."Mailing List:Don't forget to sign up to our user group mailing list:https://groups.google.com/d/forum/pyptug?hl=enIt is the only step required to become a PYPTUG member.RSVP on meetup:https://www.meetup.com/PYthon-Piedmont-Triad-User-Group-PYPTUG/events/ddlvxgyxmbhc/Posted byFrancois Dionat1:43 PMNo comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to PinterestLabels:infosec,pyptug,python,security Sunday, June 17, 2018 PYPTUG Monthly meeting: Wrangling Geospatial DataDetailsCome join PYPTUG at out next monthly meeting (June 26th 2018) to learn more about the Python programming language, modules and tools. Python is the language to learn if you've never programmed before, and at the other end, it is also a tool that no expert would do without.The meeting will start with a back to basics introduction. Then on to the main talk:"ArcPy:WranglingGeospatialData with Python"by Laura TateosianAbstract:ArcPy, the Python interface for ArcGIS Desktop/ArcGIS Pro, allows you to work with geographic datasets and invoke the powerful tools that have been developed by ESRI for analyzing and visualizinggeospatial. This talk will provide an overview of the functionality exposed by the ArcPy API and demonstrate how these functionalities can be invoked. Python can be used to invoke any of the built-in tools for processinggeospatialdata (e.g., finding buffer zones to identify streams near proposed highways, intersectinggeospatialdata layers to find overlap of historical habitat and urban sprawl, calculating changes in landscapes with raster algebra, and so forth). Attendees will learn how to interpret the ArcPy help documentation and how Python can be used to call geoprocessing tools, to programmatically manage proprietary GIS data formats (list and describe the data), read and modify proprietary data formats such as shapefiles with arcpy, work with ArcGIS map documents, generate custom ArcGIS GUIs.Bio:Laura G. Tateosian is a professor at theCenter forGeospatialAnalyticsat North Carolina State University where she leads an active research program in geovisualization and recently authored a textbook onPython for ArcGIS. Her lab works with geoparsing, eye trackers, and open source web mapping and visualization tools to investigate plant disease spread and human trafficking and to develop innovative digital reading environments. She earned her B.A. in Mathematics from Towson University, her M.S. in Mathematics from the University of Oklahoma, and her Ph.D. in computer science from North Carolina State University. She teaches PythonGeospatialProgramming and Geovisualization in theGeospatialAnalytics Ph.D. and the Master’s inGeospatialInformation Science and Technology.She hastraveled extensivelyand likes to body surf.Lightning talks!We will have some time for extemporaneous "lightning talks" of 5-10 minute duration. If you'd like to do one, some suggestions of talks were provided here, if you are looking for inspiration. Or talk about a project you are working on.When:Tuesday, June 26th 2018Meeting starts at 6:00PMWhere:Wake Forest University, close to Polo Rd and University Parkway:Manchester Hallroom: Manchester 241Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109Map thisSee also thiscampus map (PDF)and also theParking Map (PDF) (Manchester hall is #20A on the parking map)And speaking of parking: Parking after 5pm is on a first-come, first-serve basis. The official parking policy is:"Visitors can park in any general parking lot on campus. Visitors should avoid reserved spaces, faculty/staff lots, fire lanes or other restricted area on campus. Frequent visitors should contact Parking and Transportation to register for a parking permit."Mailing List:Don't forget to sign up to our user group mailing list:https://groups.google.com/d/forum/pyptug?hl=enIt is the only step required to become a PYPTUG member.RSVP on meetup:https://www.meetup.com/PYthon-Piedmont-Triad-User-Group-PYPTUG/events/ddlvxgyxjbjc/Posted byFrancois Dionat2:02 PMNo comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to PinterestLabels:gis,python Wednesday, May 23, 2018 PYPTUG monthly meeting: Exploratory Visualization of Data and TextDetailsCome join PYPTUG at out next monthly meeting (May 29th 2018) to learn more about the Python programming language, modules and tools. Python is the language to learn if you've never programmed before, and at the other end, it is also a tool that no expert would do without.The meeting will start with a back to basics introduction on lists, arrays and other similar data types.Then on to the main talk:"Exploratory Visualization of Data and Text"by Francois DionAbstract:What can you learn from visualizing your data? What techniques should you use for a given scenario? If you've missed the presentation at the Renaissance Computing Institute last month, you have another opportunity to learn about various tools. As an extra bonus we will touch a little bit of machine learning.Lightning talks!We will have some time for extemporaneous "lightning talks" of 5-10 minute duration. If you'd like to do one, some suggestions of talks were provided here, if you are looking for inspiration. Or talk about a project you are working on.When:Tuesday,May 29th 2018Meeting starts at 6:00PMWhere:Wake Forest University, close to Polo Rd and University Parkway:Manchester Hallroom: Manchester 241Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109Map thisSee also thiscampus map (PDF)and also theParking Map (PDF) (Manchester hall is #20A on the parking map)And speaking of parking: Parking after 5pm is on a first-come, first-serve basis. The official parking policy is:"Visitors can park in any general parking lot on campus. Visitors should avoid reserved spaces, faculty/staff lots, fire lanes or other restricted area on campus. Frequent visitors should contact Parking and Transportation to register for a parking permit."Mailing List:Don't forget to sign up to our user group mailing list:https://groups.google.com/d/forum/pyptug?hl=enIt is the only step required to become a PYPTUG member.RSVP on meetup:https://www.meetup.com/PYthon-Piedmont-Triad-User-Group-PYPTUG/events/ddlvxgyxhbmc/ Posted byFrancois Dionat12:34 PMNo comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to PinterestLabels:python Saturday, April 14, 2018 PYPTUG Monthly Meeting April 2018: Stock selection and automated tradingCome join PYPTUG at out next monthly meeting (April 24th2018) to learn more about the Python programming language, modules and tools. Python is the perfect language to learn if you've never programmed before, and at the other end, it is also the tool that no expert would do without.WhatMeeting will start at 6:00pm.We will open on anIntroto PYPTUG and on how toget startedwith Python, PYPTUG activities and members projects, then on to News from the community.This will be followed by the main talk. Main Talk:Using Python to Push Stock Selection information to you and automate tradingBy:Ken HogueBio:I have been using Python for several years specifically for stock research, backtesting strategies and trading automation. Recently I have started using python notebooks for documenting research.Abstract:The talk will cover three main topics.The first is the use of python to push information to you for consistent evaluation. Customized stock charting and stock screening displayed on charts.The second area is the use of Python for lights out automated Forex trading.The third area is the use of python notebooks for machine learning and trading research.Lightning talks!We will have some time for extemporaneous "lightning talks" of 5-10 minute duration. If you'd like to do one, some suggestions of talks wereprovided here, if you are looking for inspiration. Or talk about a project you are working on.When:Tuesday, April 24th 2018Meeting starts at 6:00PMWhereWake Forest University,closeto Polo Rd and University Parkway:Manchester Hallroom: Manchester 241Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109Map thisSee also thiscampus map (PDF)and also theParking Map (PDF) (Manchester hall is #20A on the parking map)And speaking of parking: Parking after 5pm is on a first-come, first-serve basis. The official parking policy is:"Visitors can park in any general parking lot on campus. Visitors should avoid reserved spaces, faculty/staff lots, fire lanes or other restricted area on campus. Frequent visitors should contact Parking and Transportation to register for a parking permit."Mailing ListDon't forget to sign up to our user group mailing list:https://groups.google.com/d/forum/pyptug?hl=enIt is the only step required to become a PYPTUG member.RSVP on meetup:https://www.meetup.com/PYthon-Piedmont-Triad-User-Group-PYPTUG/events/249204224/Posted byFrancois Dionat4:30 AM1 comment: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to PinterestLabels:piedmont triad,python,user group,wfu Older PostsHomeSubscribe to:Posts (Atom)Must Read SitesRaspberry Pi Python AdventuresRaspberry Pi FoundationLearn PythonOfficial Python sitePython in the browser (Brython)Blog Archive ▼ 2021(1) ▼ August(1)Lunch and learn series ► 2018(9) ► December(1) ► October(1) ► September(1) ► June(1) ► May(1) ► April(1) ► March(1) ► February(1) ► January(1) ► 2017(6) ► October(1) ► September(1) ► June(1) ► May(1) ► April(1) ► February(1) ► 2016(10) ► November(1) ► September(1) ► August(2) ► June(1) ► May(1) ► April(2) ► March(1) ► January(1) ► 2015(23) ► November(2) ► October(2) ► September(1) ► August(2) ► July(1) ► June(2) ► April(5) ► March(2) ► February(2) ► January(4) ► 2014(18) ► October(4) ► September(1) ► August(1) ► July(1) ► June(3) ► April(2) ► March(2) ► February(2) ► January(2) ► 2013(17) ► November(2) ► October(3) ► September(1) ► August(2) ► July(1) ► June(1) ► May(1) ► April(1) ► March(1) ► February(1) ► January(3) ► 2012(17) ► December(2) ► November(7) ► October(3) ► September(3) ► August(2)PYPTUG Google Group PYPTUG Google Group PagesHomeJobsUsing PythonTeam Near Space CircusWelcome to PYPTUGAbout MeFrancois DionEntrepreneur, Hacker, Mentor, Polyglot, Polymath, Musician, PhotographerView my complete profileSimple theme. 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