From joe.jasinski at gmail.com Tue Jul 2 20:55:29 2019 From: joe.jasinski at gmail.com (Joe Jasinski) Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2019 19:55:29 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] ChiPy July 2019 Main Meeting Message-ID: Hi ChiPy, We have an awesome meeting planned this month! We have a lot of great speakers and an amazing venue. Join us to have a great time and meet people who are passionate about the Python language. Thanks to Strata Decision for hosting us this month! See you there next week! *When:* Thursday July 11, 2019, 6 p.m. 6:00pm: Doors open 6:30pm: Meeting starts *How:*You can RSVP at chipy.org by noon the day of the event. *Where:* Strata Decision 200 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601 Please check in with the security table, located in the North Lower Lobby, with your valid Driver's License or State ID. After check-in, please proceed to the Upper North Lobby for the 50th Floor elevator bank. *What:* - - *Lowering the Stakes of Failure with Pre-mortems and Post-mortems* By: Elizabeth Sander Experience Level: Novice Failure can be scary. There are real costs to a company and its users when software crashes, models are inaccurate, or when systems go down. The emotional stakes feel high-- no one wants to be responsible for a failure. We can lower the stakes by creating spaces to learn from failures, and minimize their impact. This talk introduces two ways to address failure: blameless post-mortems, to learn from an incident; and pre-mortems, to identify modes of failure upfront. - *Web Scraping for Fun and Profit (Profit not Included)* By: Matt Inwood Experience Level: Intermediate Not all data is easily accessible. Taking info from a website that requires authentication, interaction, or even just to load a fancy script. This talk will discuss using Selenium to level up your web scraping skills, with examples and suggested practices. - *Limit the Guesswork in Fantasy Baseball by Using Python for Data Analysis* By: Nicholas Marey Experience Level: Intermediate Daily fantasy sports has become a booming industry. One leader in the space is Fanduel who after raising $275 million in their series E funding, brought their valuation to over $1 billion. As the popularity of daily fantasy sports has taken off, critics have argued that success is the result of luck; yet the consistent success of a select group of players would suggest that success can be driven by skill. This talk, will go over how one could use Python to level the playing field. - *Python @ Strata* By: Steven Lefar Experience Level: Novice An overview of Strata Data Science and python use cases inside the company Thank you always to all our sponsors, including our Diamond sponsors: Metis and Telnyx Also thank you to our Platinum sponsors: Braintree, Imaginary Landscape, Lumere, and Signature Consultants. Also, thank you to our Silver sponsor: Markit. Please be aware of our code of conduct http://www.chipy.org/pages/conduct/ -- Joe J. Jasinski www.joejasinski.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jcalahor at yahoo.com Mon Jul 8 22:47:38 2019 From: jcalahor at yahoo.com (Jimmy Calahorrano) Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2019 02:47:38 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [Chicago] Python in Latin America, looking for online presenters References: <451441711.22203.1562640458059.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <451441711.22203.1562640458059@mail.yahoo.com> Hi Chicago community, my name is Jimmy Calahorrano a former board member of the local python community. I'm reaching you because I'm looking for presenters for a series of video conferences/virtual meetups that are targeting the latin-american market.?? If you have interest to collaborate and? have something awesome to present, please reach out to me. Knowledge of spanish is helpful but not necessary . My email and phone number: jcalahor at yahoo.com, 312-523-4511 Thank you, Jimmy Calahorranohttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jcalahor/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: