[Chicago] [Fwd: Any ChiPy plans for PyCon 2008?]

[Brian Dennis]

On 12/6/06, Ted Pollari <tcp at uchicago.edu> wrote:

> So, looking at the CS faculty:
>
> Brian M. Dennis is a prof there and seems to like scripting languages
> and claims to know Python (he's taught a few courses with it):
> http://costarica.cs.northwestern.edu/bmd/
>
> I'd say he's a place to start, if you're so inclined.

That would be me.However, I've relocated to the East coast and only
have a tangential affiliation with Northwestern. If exploring NU
becomes a serious possibility, I can make some introductions. The
tricky bits are scheduling around NU's classes since you won't be able
to get enough (any?) rooms during a weekday with classes, and finding
an on-campus champion for whom the conference would be a win. That
said, there's a decent kernel of Python folks in the Northwestern
community.

P.S. I've also publised a few research papers where Python is the key
implementation language. After 5 years of Python hacking, and 3 copies
of Python Essential Reference I know Python.

Except for the metaclasses bit. Still trying to wrap my head around that stuff.

Ciao!!
--
Brian M. Dennis,
Independent New Media Researcher
Adjunct Professor, EECS Department, Northwestern University
188 Spencer Terrace, Leesburg, VA 20175
e: bmd at crossjam.net, m: 312-213-3943