Backstage interview: Florian Praden
Florian shared how CFM Capital uses Python, scikit-learn, and cloud-scale ML to power trading decisions, from parallelizing model training for researchers to bridging on-prem and cloud while protecting IP.
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Backstage interview: Nathalie Moreau David
Nathalie, Senior Project Manager at CFM, shared how she’s coordinating cutting-edge ML/AI projects while championing diversity and inclusion.
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Backstage interview: Lucas Colley
Lucas, SciPy maintainer and Array API contributor, shared how this game-changing standard is uniting NumPy, PyTorch, JAX, and Dask, making Python’s data ecosystem more interoperable and flexible.
youtu.be/3ORQEaMIpf4
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Backstage interview: @raulcumplido.bsky.social & Rok Mihevc
Rok & Raul, Apache Arrow PMC members, shared how Apache Parquet is transforming data storage, cutting costs by 10%+ for Hugging Face, introducing variant types for evolving schemas, and enabling efficient encryption.
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Backstage interview:
@cheuk.dev
From JetBrains Developer Advocate to Python Software Foundation board member, Cheuk shared why PyData Paris is a must: "The talks are online, but the magic happens in person!"
youtu.be/AhFwhD1UO1A
Backstage interview: Auguste Baum & Ivan Ivanov
From digital sobriety startups to accounting, August and Ivan shared how :probabl blends open-source passion with product innovation: developing skore and SkoreHub to simplify scikit-learn workflows and foster team collaboration.
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Backstage interview: Simeon Carstens
Simeon shared how Software Heritage (the world’s largest open-source archive) is evolving with Code Commons: adding contextual metadata, license clarity, and attribution to make AI code generation fairer, more ethical, and sustainable.
youtu.be/7a8cIHdlQGU
Backstage interview: Maria Knorps & Nour EL MAWASS
Nour and Maria shared how they’re turning GenAI hype into real impact, from automating healthcare claims processing to tackling fine-grained data security with open-source tools like OpenFGA.
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Backstage interview: @ylechelle.bsky.social
Ian explained how :probabl turned scikit-learn (a widely used open-source tool) into a sustainable business while keeping it open. His message: Open source is Europe’s best shot at tech independence, from open data to open hardware.
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Backstage interview: Simona Bottani
Simona shared how her journey from deep learning in healthcare led her to apply causal inference in industrial settings: using open-source tools like DoWhy to uncover true drivers of product quality.
youtu.be/YZ4pDztyZas
Backstage interview: @jimdowling.bsky.social
Jim shared how Hopsworks is empowering enterprises with a full-stack, Kubernetes-native AI platform: from real-time feature stores to optimizing GPU clusters on-prem or in the cloud. Europe’s answer to sovereign AI!
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Backstage interview: Ian Thomas
Ian shared his 15-year open-source journey: from fixing a one-line bug in Matplotlib to building multi-threaded Jupyter kernels and WebAssembly-powered JupyterLite. A true bridge between low-level and high-level innovation!
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Backstage itw: @underdarkgis.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
From accidental geospatial enthusiast to 17 years in the QGIS community, Anita shared how open-source tools like QGIS democratized access to geoinformatics and how its interdisciplinary, sustainable vision keeps it thriving.
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Backstage interview: Matt Topol
As a core Apache Arrow contributor and co-founder of Columnar, Matt shared how Arrow’s columnar format is revolutionizing data interoperability, powering tools like Pandas, Polars, and Spark Connect behind the scenes.
youtu.be/CoFkJoD7eZM
All talks are now online - perfect for cozy learning by the fire. 🎄🔥
🎁 Watch here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Missed a session? Now’s your chance! Share your favorites and keep the inspiration going.
Wishing you a season of learning and innovation!
It's day 1 of #PyDataParis, great venue & crowd. Looking forward to sharing some geospatial perspectives tomorrow
A bunch of scikit-learn core contributors will attend or speak at @pydataparis.bsky.social 2025 on Tuesday and Wednesday next week.
Ticketing, practical infos and schedule at: pydata.org/paris2025
📢 Talk Announcement
"torchFastText: Modernizing Text Classification at Insee with PyTorch-based models", by Meilame Tayebjee and Cédric Couralet.
📜 Talk info: pretalx.com/pydata-paris-2025/talk/AHPZN9
📅 Schedule: pydata.org/paris2025/schedule
🎟 Tickets: pydata.org/paris2025/tickets
📢 Talk Announcement
"Beyond Prototyping: Building Production-Level Apps with Streamlit", by Johannes Rieke and Arnaud Miribel.
📜 Talk info: pretalx.com/pydata-paris-2025/talk/TW78HQ
📅 Schedule: pydata.org/paris2025/schedule
🎟 Tickets: pydata.org/paris2025/tickets
The schedule for the Apache Arrow Summit Paris 25 (October 2nd) is out: www.meetup.com/pydata-paris....
The event is hosted by
@pydataparis.bsky.social organizer of pydata.org/paris2025 (September 30th - October 1st)
We are looking forward to seeing you there and talking about all things Arrow.
📢 Talk Announcement
"Architecting Scalable Multi-Modal Video Search", by Sebastiano Miliardo and Pietro Piccini.
📜 Talk info: pretalx.com/pydata-paris-2025/talk/HVEWT9
📅 Schedule: pydata.org/paris2025/schedule
🎟 Tickets: pydata.org/paris2025/tickets
📢 Talk Announcement
"Building Resilient (ML) Pipelines for MLOps", by Lex Avstreikh.
📜 Talk info: pretalx.com/pydata-paris-2025/talk/VCKD9X
📅 Schedule: pydata.org/paris2025/schedule
🎟 Tickets: pydata.org/paris2025/tickets
📢 Talk Announcement
"Enhancing Machine Learning Workflows with skore", by Marie Sacksick.
📜 Talk info: pretalx.com/pydata-paris-2025/talk/VTFPL9
📅 Schedule: pydata.org/paris2025/schedule
🎟 Tickets: pydata.org/paris2025/tickets
📢 Talk Announcement
"Tackling Domain Shift with SKADA: A Hands-On Guide to Domain Adaptation", by Théo Gnassounou and Antoine Collas.
📜 Talk info: pretalx.com/pydata-paris-2025/talk/MEPTCE
📅 Schedule: pydata.org/paris2025/schedule
🎟 Tickets: pydata.org/paris2025/tickets
📢 Talk Announcement
"Machine Learning in the Browser: Fast Iteration with ONNX & WebAssembly", by Romain Clement.
📜 Talk info: pretalx.com/pydata-paris-2025/talk/RDNCNL
📅 Schedule: pydata.org/paris2025/schedule
🎟 Tickets: pydata.org/paris2025/tickets
📢 Talk Announcement
"Advancements in optimizing ML Inference at CERN", by Sanjiban Sengupta.
📜 Talk info: pretalx.com/pydata-paris-2025/talk/BZGUZN
📅 Schedule: pydata.org/paris2025/schedule
🎟 Tickets: pydata.org/paris2025/tickets"
📢 Talk Announcement
"Reproducible software provisioning for high performance computing (HPC) and research software engineering (RSE) using Spack", by Martin Lang and Hans Fangohr.
📜 pretalx.com/pydata-paris-2025/talk/8C889E
📅 pydata.org/paris2025/schedule
🎟 pydata.org/paris2025/tickets
📢 Talk Announcement
"Balancing Privacy and Utility: Efficient PII Detection and Replacement in Textual Data", by Justine BEL-LETOILE and Elizaveta Clouet.
📜 Talk info: pretalx.com/pydata-paris-2025/talk/REP9HJ
📅 Schedule: pydata.org/paris2025/schedule
🎟 Tickets: pydata.org/paris2025/tickets
📢 Talk Announcement
"Open-source Business", by @sylvaincorlay.bsky.social from @quantstack.bsky.social and @ylechelle.bsky.social from @probabl.ai
📜 Talk info: pretalx.com/pydata-paris-2025/talk/LMTCZS
📅 Schedule: pydata.org/paris2025/schedule
🎟 Tickets: pydata.org/paris2025/tickets
📢 Talk Announcement
"Sharing computational course material at larger scale: a French multi-tenant attempt", by Nicolas M. Thiéry.
📜 Talk info: pretalx.com/pydata-paris-2025/talk/UAV8JX
📅 Schedule: pydata.org/paris2025/schedule
🎟 Tickets: pydata.org/paris2025/tickets