Announcing JupyterCon 2020

Announcing JupyterCon 2020

NumFOCUS is excited to be a part of JupyterCon 2020. JupyterCon will be held August 10 – 14 in Berlin, Germany at the Berlin Conference Center. We invite you to participate in this exciting community event! Read the full announcement here. JupyterCon 2020 is an...
MDAnalysis joins NumFOCUS Sponsored Projects

MDAnalysis joins NumFOCUS Sponsored Projects

NumFOCUS is pleased to announce the newest addition to our fiscally sponsored projects: MDAnalysis MDAnalysis is a Python library for the analysis of computer simulations of many-body systems at the molecular scale, spanning use cases from interactions of drugs with...
Stepping Onto a New Path…

Stepping Onto a New Path…

Hello, NumFOCUS Community! It’s me, Gina—the Director of Communications and Culture. Most of the time I write these blog posts from a more “official” point of view. Today I’m writing very personally, from me to all of you, to let you know that...
Astropy Receives $900k Grant from Moore Foundation

Astropy Receives $900k Grant from Moore Foundation

The Astropy Project, which provides software tools and infrastructure to facilitate research by professional astronomers, has received a $900,000 grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Funding will be administered by NumFOCUS—the largest grant NumFOCUS has...