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NumFOCUS Introduces New Supporter Program
Today NumFOCUS is pleased to introduce a new program for our individual supporters, called Open Science Champions. Each year, our community members generously support NumFOCUS and our Projects in several ways; this program is intended to connect these various forms of...
Open Source Developer Advocate
Position Overview The primary role of the Open Source Developer Advocate is to represent and support developers of NumFOCUS open source projects by serving as a link to internal and external stakeholders as well as the global user community. You will generate...
Moderna, IMC Renew NumFOCUS Corporate Sponsorships
Monday, May 18th, 2020 Two NumFOCUS corporate supporters recently made fresh commitments to our open source mission. Trading firm IMC and biotechnology company Moderna Therapeutics each renewed their corporate sponsorships earlier this month. Both companies have...
NumFOCUS Projects helping combat the COVID-19 pandemic
Open source tools are uniquely positioned to help combat the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic through their adaptable and collaborative nature. NumFOCUS sponsored and affiliated projects are being used on a global scale to meet the needs of researchers and data scientists....
Yellowbrick Update – April 2020
Yellowbrick released Version 1.1 on February 25, 2020. If you haven’t yet upgraded simply type pip install yellowbrick -U or conda install -c districtdatalabs yellow-brick into your terminal/command prompt to get it. The major improvement in v1.1 is introducing...
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2020 PyData Conferences Update [COVID-19]
We wanted to give an update to our community regarding the upcoming 2020 PyData conferences. We have been closely monitoring the situation and to help ensure the safety of our community given the threat of the COVID-19 virus, the following in-person events have been...
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Scientific Software Developer- Contract Basis [SunPy Project]
Scientific Software Developer- Contract Basis NumFOCUS is seeking a Scientific Software Developer to support the SunPy project. SunPy is a Python-based open source scientific software package supporting solar physics data analysis. The successful applicant will work...
PyData COVID-19 Response
The safety and well-being of our community are extremely important to us. We have therefore decided to postpone all PyData conferences scheduled to take place until the end of June: PyData Miami PyData London PyData Amsterdam We have been closely monitoring the...
Statement on Coronavirus
As you are aware, the Coronavirus (COVID-19) is a topic of frequent and ongoing discussions. We would like to provide an update on our status and policies as well as provide resources for additional information. As of today, our event schedule remains as posted on...
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 event...
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...
SunPy Receives NASA Grant, Helps Generate Parker Solar Probe Results
SunPy to Receive NASA Grant The SunPy Project and NumFOCUS are pleased to announce that a proposal submitted to NASA Headquarters Heliophysics Data Environment Enhancements Program has been selected for funding. The one-year proposal, entitled “Supporting and...