In-Person Meetup - PyLadies Dublin x Microsoft Ireland
- When Monday, September 26, 2022 at 6:30 PM to Monday, September 26, 2022 at 8:45 PM IST
- Where: Microsoft Ireland
- Event Page: https://www.meetup.com/pyladiesdublin/events/287637521/
TALKS
TALK 1: Python GIL: What does it solves and why everyone wants to remove it?
We will see what is the Python Global Interpreter Lock, its importance, which problems does it solves and which problems it causes. Also give a couple of alternative implementations without using GIL and reasons that it wasn't removed from CPython yet.
About Andressa Valadares
Python game developer on paid hours. PyLady and Ultimate frisbee enthusiast on non paid hours.
TALK 2: HuggingFace NLP models - how to navigate the biggest open source Python collection of natural language processing models.
(30 mins) This talk will cover the looks and utility of HuggingFace, the current biggest Python open-source collection of pre-trained AI models. We will focus in particular on some examples of Natural Language Processing applications.
About Chiara Cotroneo
I am a Data Scientist working in London as a consultant in the financial industry. Previous to this, I was a PhD at University College Dublin in biostatistics. Enthusiastic pythonista since 2010.
Partners
We would like to thank the following:
- Host: Microsoft Ireland
Community Partners:
- Coding Grace: Streamyard for our virtual events
- PSF: Meetup fees
- PyLadies
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