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Women in Science and Engineering Boot Camp

Due to the generous donation made by J.P. Morgan to the NumFOCUS Foundation, we are pleased to announce that NumFOCUS will be collaborating with Software Carpentry to host a software skills boot camp for 120 women in science and engineering at Microsoft Research in Boston on June 24-25.

About

Our goal is to help scientists and engineers become more productive by teaching them basic computing skills like program design, version control, testing, and task automation. In this two-day boot camp, short tutorials will alternate with hands-on practical exercises.
The boot camp is open to female graduate students, post-docs, faculty members, staff scientists, or their equivalent in science, engineering, medicine, or a related field in academia, industry, or the public and non-profit sectors.

Sponsors

J.P. Morgan

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

The Mozilla Foundation

Microsoft Corporation

Intel

The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

The Python Software Foundation

SciPy

Scientific Computing with Python  - Austin, Texas

June 24-29, 2013

 

Purpose

The purpose of NumFOCUS is to promote the use of accessible and reproducible computing in science and technology.

This is accomplished through:

  • Educational Programs
  • The promotion of high-level languages, reproducible scientific research, and open-code development
  • An increase in collaborative research tools and documentation

Your Donations

NumFOCUS is a 501(c)3 nonprofit in the United States. Your tax deductible donations go towards funding the following activities:

  • Sponsor sprints and conferences
  • Provide scholarships and grants
  • Provide hardware grants for student developers
  • Pay for the creation of publicly-available documentation and basic course development
  • Work with domain-specific organizations
  • Raise funds from industries using Python and NumPy

Join the Discussion

Participate in NumFOCUS by joining our mailing list or get your feet wet by reading the archives.

News

Call for Speakers

The call for speakers for PyData Boston (July 27-28th) is now open. If you are interested in presenting a talk on how you use Python for data management, analytics or visualization, or lead a tutorial session, then please email a short description of your idea, including whether it is a beginner or advanced presentation, to boston_proposals@pydata.org The initial call-for-speakers for PyData Boston will be open through May 31st.

SciPy 2013

SciPy 2013, the twelfth annual Scientific Computing with Python conference, will be held June 24th - 29th in Austin, Texas.  The main conference themes are Machine Learning & Reproducible Science. 

Python’s Use in Science

 Please send links to papers, blogs, articles, or announcements that show Python's use in science to: info@numfocus.org.