PyCon UK 2016
2016-09-15..2016-09-19
Cardiff, United Kingdom
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who it's for
school teachers, computing outreach organisers, python developers, data scientists, PyPy contributors, desktop application developers
topics
declarative Enaml user interfaces; two-way binding with Atom; cassowary constraint layout; PyPy tracing JIT and cpyext; pip versus apt-get and virtualenv; scikit-learn random forest workflow; Titanic feature engineering; Solitaire cipher brute force; micro:bit and MicroPython projects; Raspberry Pi classroom deployments
| title | author | length |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday 17th Introduction | Danielle Procida | 08m |
Quick logistical run‑through: the code of conduct is on the website and incidents are handled by volunteers in red badges using a documented process; enter and… | ||
| Folklore and fantasy in the information age | Gail Ollis | 44m |
Argument that there are no silver bullets and methods must match the actual problem, supported by interviews and literature review plus case examples… | ||
| Sponsor Session | Sonny him | 02m |
Bank of America is sponsoring the education track for the fourth year, providing financial support rather than pitching products, and encouraging hands-on… | ||
| I love being Pythonic | Busra Koken | 27m |
Built a restaurant-listing site and a small cron job tweeting script that ran daily from a tiny API, then refactors as Python skills grow. Explains concrete… | ||
| The state of PyPy | Ronan Lamy | 42m |
PyPy claims it runs pure-Python(2) code about 7.6× faster than CPython 2.7 by combining a tracing JIT and a moving garbage collector, and the latest PyPy 5.4.1… | ||
| Declarative user interfaces in Python using ENAML | Tom Stordy-Allison | 29m |
Enaml is a Python DSL that builds real desktop UIs with a declarative tree, automatic two-way binding to Atom model objects, and a cassowary constraint-based… | ||
| Using Python for National Cipher Challenge | Thomas Campbell | 19m |
Python code brute forces the Solitaire cipher used in the 2015 National Cipher Challenge by keying each deck with every English word (about 1 million… | ||
| High School Pythonistas | Jessica Upani | 21m |
PYNAM (Python Namibia) runs school outreach that confronts phased‑out computer studies, unqualified teachers and broken labs with hands‑on projects, weekend… | ||
| Using Machine Learning to solve a classification problem with scikit-learn | Ian Ozsvald | 27m |
Uses the Titanic dataset to show a reproducible Python workflow with scikit-learn, starting from a dummy classifier baseline (about 62% accuracy) and moving to… | ||
| Children's Day Show and Tell | Nicholas H. Tollervey | 37m |
Kids build working demos in about an hour and a half: a two‑player Turtle race triggered by micro:bit radio shakes, a selfie that converts into blocks inside… | ||
| Why do kids need to code and how can we help? | Cat Lamin | 23m |
Primary classrooms face a sudden national curriculum demand (2014) to teach algorithms, networks and physical computing while most teachers lack specialist… | ||
| Developing CS education, how can you help | Laura Dixon | 28m |
England revamps the curriculum and funding proves tiny: £3.6m total equals about £83 per teacher. A‑level computing enrollment falls from about 28,000 to… | ||
| Saturday Lightening Talks | Zeth Green | 59m |
A tightly packed lightning session that actually delivers specifics: DjangoCon Europe: Florence Apr 3–7 announces a 3‑day conference + 2‑day sprints in a 1920s… | ||
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