\n",
"#[SciPy](http://lanyrd.com/2013/scipy/) [2013](http://eventifier.co/event/scipy2013/)\n",
"##Austin Texas\n",
"##The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly\n",
"
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"##The good:\n",
"\n",
"* It's gotten *bigger*: 350 attendees\n",
"* Meeting the developers\n",
"* Tutorial days\n",
"* Reproducibile Science stream\n",
"* Bioinformatics stream\n",
"* Receptions\n",
"* Sprints"
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"##Meeting the developers:\n",
"\n",
"* Authors of \n",
" - [NumPy](http://www.numpy.org): David Cournapeau, Travis Oliphant, Stefan Van der Walt\n",
" - [IPython](http://ipython.org): Brian Granger, Fernando Perez, Paul Ivanov\n",
" - [Matplotlib](http://matplotlib.org): Benjamin Root, Michael Droettboom\n",
" - [Pandas](http://pandas.pydata.org): Wes McKinney"
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"* Staff of \n",
" - [Continuum](https://store.continuum.io/) (Anaconda)\n",
" - [Enthought](https://www.enthought.com/products/canopy/) (Canopy)\n",
" - [Kitware](http://www.kitware.com/products/paraviewpro.html) (VTK, Paraview), \n",
" - and many others ..."
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"##Tutorials:\n",
"\n",
"* [Data processing with Python](http://conference.scipy.org/scipy2013/tutorial_detail.php?id=102)\n",
" - NumPy, Pandas, SciKit-Learn, PCA, Disco (MapReduce)\n",
"* [IPython in depth](http://conference.scipy.org/scipy2013/tutorial_detail.php?id=104)\n",
" - New features, including the Notebook and Ipython parallel\n",
"* [Diving into NumPy code](http://conference.scipy.org/scipy2013/tutorial_detail.php?id=108)\n",
" - The C code that implements NumPy\n",
"* [Statistical Data Analysis in Python](http://conference.scipy.org/scipy2013/tutorial_detail.php?id=109)\n",
" - Pandas, Matplotlib, probability distributions"
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"\n",
"##The Reproducibile Science stream:\n",
"\n",
"* Literate programming\n",
" - [lpEdit](http://conference.scipy.org/scipy2013/presentation_detail.php?id=144) - [a literate programming editor](http://lanyrd.com/2013/scipy/schkbg/)\n",
" - [PythonTex](http://conference.scipy.org/scipy2013/presentation_detail.php?id=162) -- [awesome integration of Python into TeX documents](http://lanyrd.com/2013/scipy/schkcw/)\n",
"* Reproducible workflow, audit trails\n",
" - [A reproducible workflow](http://conference.scipy.org/scipy2013/presentation_detail.php?id=173) - [an efficient workflow for reproducible science](http://lanyrd.com/2013/scipy/schhzm/)\n",
" - [Dexy](http://conference.scipy.org/scipy2013/presentation_detail.php?id=133) - [a Make tool for scientific papers](http://lanyrd.com/2013/scipy/schhyw/)\n",
" - [IPython Notebook and IPython Cluster](http://conference.scipy.org/scipy2013/presentation_detail.php?id=154) - [for atomistic simulations](http://lanyrd.com/2013/scipy/schkcd/)\n",
" - [Sumatra](http://conference.scipy.org/scipy2013/presentation_detail.php?id=145) - [a tool to log simulations and analyses](http://lanyrd.com/2013/scipy/schkbp/)\n",
"* Integrated development\n",
" - [Spyder](http://conference.scipy.org/scipy2013/presentation_detail.php?id=172) - [a scientific IDE](http://lanyrd.com/2013/scipy/schhzg/)\n",
"* Replicating software environments \n",
" - [lmona.de](http://conference.scipy.org/scipy2013/presentation_detail.php?id=181) - [a lightweight meta-distribution](http://lanyrd.com/2013/scipy/schkcq/)\n",
" - [SIDUS](http://conference.scipy.org/scipy2013/presentation_detail.php?id=199) - [a tool to distribute virtual machines](http://lanyrd.com/2013/scipy/schkbc/)"
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"##The bad:\n",
"\n",
"* Tutorials needed specific software versions that I did not have installed in time."
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"source": [
"##The ugly:\n",
"\n",
"* [Austin was/is very hot](http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/austin-tx/78701/june-weather/351193)\n",
"* [Controversy at the Capitol](http://www.austinchronicle.com/blogs/news/2013-06-26/a-victory-by-the-people/)"
]
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