[2024.01] Data Umbrella Newsletter: January 2024

We organize data science events for the community.

Jan 05, 2024

Data Umbrella is a non-profit global community for underrepresented persons in data science. We organize online data science events for the community. All levels are welcome. Our Code of Conduct applies to all of our spaces.

Announcements

News

Data Umbrella 2023 Year in Review blog

Check out our blog as we review and celebrate Data Umbrella’s accomplishments and milestones for 2023.

PyGotham 2023 Keynote: Let's Talk Community

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In 2023, the US Surgeon General issued a report on the “Our Epidemic of Loneliness & Isolation: Healing Effects of Social Connection and Community.” In this talk, we examine the importance of community and the experiences of a few community organizers in the open source space. We explore getting started, staying involved and leaving communities.

Reshama talks about Python and open source communities: the good parts (motivations of joining and contributing), and the bad (things that cause people to leave). She shared examples of communities that did great work but are now no longer operating.

Supporting Data Umbrella

Please consider making a donation to support Data Umbrella.

If your company uses Benevity, which is a donation platform for employer-matching contributions to non-profits, please consider making a contribution to Data Umbrella. Note: this link is active for registered users of Benevity: Data Umbrella on Benevity
For users not on Benevity, donations can be made directly to the Open Collective.

Timestamps

CONTRIBUTE TO TIMESTAMPS: We still have about a dozen videos which need timestamps. We have instructions on how you can contribute to this project on GitHub. Help us help the community. Pick a video and get started.

Call for Suggestions

Do you have suggestions for future webinar topics or speakers? Would you like to speak on a topic? For these and any other suggestions, please complete our Online Suggestion Box.

Call for Speakers

We are looking for speakers on the following topics:

AI, ML, Robotics and Microcomputing
Generative AI

Email us if you are interested in speaking or have a speaker suggestion: [email protected]

Call for Contributors

There are various ways to get involved in open source and community. Here are some projects, at all different levels. Contact us if you would like to contribute to any of these projects.

Check out Impact

Data Umbrella Impact

Would you like to share an impact that Data Umbrella events and resources have had in your data journey? Send it to us ([email protected]), and we will feature it on our Impact Page.

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Upcoming Events (free & online webinars)

What Is Machine Learning Security Anyway?

January 9, 2023

Securing machine learning development and products is increasingly relevant and a growing career field. Joe Lucas, a member of NVIDIA's AI Red Team, will be introducing the field of machine learning security to help attendees secure their own work and understand how to engage with this new domain of security.

Sneak Peek at Penpot 2.0 (the open source design tool)

January 23, 2023

Penpot is the first Open Source design and prototyping platform for product teams (think Figma, but this is open source). In this talk, we share a sneak peek into the upcoming Penpot 2.0 release and a practical hands-on demo.

Recent Events

In case you missed our recent events, the videos have been posted. Subscribe to our Data Umbrella YouTube to receive notifications when the videos premiere.

Intro to the Linux Operating System

Linux is an open source operating system. In this presentation, learn about the history, licenses, differences between Windows and Linux. Also we will cover how to get Linux running (single OS, dual boot, virtual machines, etc). We'll also cover the flavors of Linux, such as Ubuntu, Fedora and openSUSE and how to get started using Linux.

Featured Resources

Video Playlists

Data Umbrella Resources

Visit our blog site: blog.dataumbrella.org, and see articles written by our community members on their experience in recent sprints.
We have a Job Board. You can post jobs (for free)
Our Data Umbrella YouTube is growing! Subscribe to our channel to receive notifications of when our event videos are posted.

Accessibility Corner

Accessibility Update: Closed Captioning

Our webinars have closed captioning available! This feature makes our live events more accessible to those with hearing needs and for folks in general who like to see the transcript live during presentation to fully process information.