PyData NYC 2023

November 1-3, 2023

New York, NY

Conference Overview

We welcome attendees with wide varieties of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds to join us. Users, contributors, and newcomers can share experiences and learn from one another to solve hard problems and grow a stronger open-source community.

  • Tutorials: November 1, 2023

  • Talks: November 2-3. 2023

About PyData

PyData is an educational program of NumFOCUS, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization in the United States. PyData provides a forum for the international community of users and developers of data analysis tools to share ideas and learn from each other. The global PyData network promotes discussion of best practices, new approaches, and emerging technologies for data management, processing, analytics, and visualization. PyData communities approach data science using many languages, including (but not limited to) Python, Julia, and R.

We aim to be an accessible, community-driven conference, with novice to advanced level presentations. PyData tutorials and talks bring attendees the latest project features along with cutting-edge use cases.

Code of Conduct

PyData has an engaged and respectful community made up of people from all over the world. We are committed to creating a productive, professional, and inclusive environment for everyone. All community members are expected to show respect and courtesy to other attendees throughout the conference, all conference events and online forums. Our code of conduct is strictly enforced.

Do not insult or put down others. Behave professionally. Remember that harassment and sexist, racist, or exclusionary jokes are not appropriate for PyData NYC.

All communication should be appropriate for a professional audience including people of many different backgrounds. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate.

PyData NYC is dedicated to providing a harassment-free community for everyone, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, or religion. We do not tolerate harassment of community members in any form.

Thank you for helping make this a welcoming, friendly community for all.

How to Report

To submit a report, you may use this form: NumFOCUS Code of Conduct Reporting Form. You may also bring your concern to any conference organizer or volunteer or send an email to conduct@numfocus.org.  

Harassment includes offensive verbal comments related to gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, religion, sexual images in public spaces, deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, harassing photography or recording, sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention including, but not limited to, flirting and propositioning an attendee. Remember, this is a scientific conference, not a social venue. Belittling comments such as, "This is obvious/easy. Everyone knows this.", and "well actually" are all inappropriate. Questions for the speaker should include an actual question. Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately. Exhibitors in the expo hall, sponsor or vendor booths, or similar activities are also subject to the anti-harassment policy. In particular, exhibitors should not use sexualized images, activities, or other material. Booth staff (including volunteers) should not use sexualized  clothing/uniforms/costumes, or otherwise create a sexualized environment. Be careful in the words that you choose. Remember that sexist, racist, transphobic, and other exclusionary jokes can be offensive to those around you. Excessive swearing and offensive jokes are not appropriate for PyData Events.

Diversity

Our commitment to the PyData community is to create an inclusive and respectful conference environment that invites participation of people from all backgrounds. We welcome a diverse attendance to foster deeper discussions and build a stronger community.

PyData NYC welcomes and encourages participation in our community by people of all backgrounds and identities. We are committed to promoting and sustaining a culture that values mutual respect, tolerance, and learning, and we work together as a community to help each other live out these values.

We have created this diversity statement because we believe that a diverse community is stronger, more vibrant, and produces better software and better science. A diverse community where people treat each other with respect has more potential contributors, more sources for ideas, and fewer shared assumptions that might hinder development or research.

Although we have phrased the formal diversity statement generically to make it all-inclusive, we recognize that there are specific identities that are impacted by systemic discrimination and marginalization. We welcome all people to participate in the NumFOCUS community regardless of their identity or background.

Organizing Committee

  • Rinchen Lama

    Rinchen is a Python Professional who loves solving problems with code. In his free time, he likes to contribute to the Open Source Community.

  • Abby Tse

    Abby is the co-chair of the organizing committee and PyData NYC meetup. At IBM, she works on building chatbots and information retrieval systems.

  • Hajime Takeda

    Hajime is a data professional with five years of expertise in marketing, retail, and eCommerce. Experienced in Japan/US markets.

  • Danny Lee

    Danny's a HS dropout, SUNYESC Viz Arts @ 38, Flatiron @ 48 and currently a Tech Analyst@Infosys modernizing legacy infra to cloud, and loving every minute!🏄‍♂️

  • Siyu (Lily) Qian

    Lily graduated from Harvard with an MS degree in Data Science, and she is currently a data scientist at Capital One.

  • Sam McGraw III

    Business Analyst

  • Sai Tejaswi Veeramreddy

    ML Engineer | MS in Computer Engineering @ NYU

  • Arjun Sivakumar

    Graduate developer at Barclays

  • Albina Haque

    Albina is a Senior majoring in Math and CS . Apart from tech, she loves to talk about movies, filmmaking, music etc.

  • Erin Mikail Staples

    developer experience engineer, open source enthusiast, community human, and comedian

  • Steven Kell

    Along with helping out different PyData conferences Steven also manages the Julia Languages social media and Pr.

  • Iris Shakya

    your fellow SWE imposter

  • Chinmay Devadhar

    Chinmay is a freshman at UCLA studying computer science This is his second year at PyData NYC organizing the CodeDuels activity along with Nathan Liu.

  • Nathan Liu

    Nathan is a student at the University of California - Santa Cruz. This is his second year at PyData NYC organizing the CodeDuels activity with Chinmay Devadhar.

  • Kaushik Tummalapalli

    Masters @ NYU | Machine Learning @ CVS Health | Pydata 2023 | Graduate Student |

Program Committee

  • Thomas J. Fan

    Thomas J. Fan is a maintainer for scikit-learn. He holds a Master's in Mathematics from NYU and a Master's in Physics from Stony Brook University.

  • Lauren Oldja

    Lauren Oldja is a long-time NumFOCUS supporter and Principal Data Scientist at Bonterra / NGPVAN.

  • Jeff Reback

    Jeff is core committer to the pandas project since 2011, and has managed the project since 2013. Jeff is a Managing Director at Two Sigma.

  • Hannah Aizenman

    grad student studying visualization at The Graduate Center & matplotlib community manager

  • Felice Ho

    Seasoned data professional working 15+ years across pharma, fitness, and finance industries. Based in NYC, currently a Sr Data Engineer and PyLadies volunteer.

  • Yuxiang Liu

    Yuxiang has over 15 years of experience in building large-scale software systems and robust MLOps infra. He holds a BS in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon.

  • Eric Fulmer

    Eric Fulmer is a Python enthusiast who has spent the past decade working in machine learning. He holds a B.S. in mathematics from Stony Brook University.

  • AJ Khan

    AJ is a software engineer for Wells Fargo and in his spare time is an organizer for the NYC Python meetup!

  • James Powell

    James Powell is a professional Python programmer and enthusiast who consults for those building data engineering and scientific computing platforms.

  • Cameron Riddell

    A top 0.5% answerer on StackOverflow, Cameron Riddell is an Associate Instructor and Tech Lead at Don’t Use This Code with over 8 years’ experience.

  • Michael Zargham

    Dr. Zargham is the founder and Chief Engineer at BlockScience, as well as a board member of the Metagovernance Project and a member of NumFOCUS Advisory Council

  • Ravi Kumar Yadav

    Ravi is an experienced data scientist with experience in Search and Recommendation.

About NumFOCUS

The mission of NumFOCUS is to promote sustainable high-level programming languages, open code development, and reproducible scientific research. We accomplish this mission through our educational programs and events as well as through fiscal sponsorship of open source scientific computing projects. We aim to increase collaboration and communication within the data science and scientific computing community.

NumFOCUS is a 501(c)3 public charity in the United States.