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TOMORROW, get inspired from the world of sports analytics at PyData Manchester’s Field of Play! ?????????? See where data and performance meet at Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, UK to hear from industry leaders and expert practitioners in sports and science. It’s not too late– get your tickets now! https://hubs.la/Q03bN6M60

Take a look at this exercise on image analysis from SciPy 2023 showcasing three different NumFOCUS Sponsored Projects: NumPy, matplotlib, scikit-image, and napari! https://hubs.la/Q03bpcpK0 ?? This 2-hour tutorial covers the fundamentals of algorithmic image analysis, starting with how to think of images as NumPy arrays, moving on to basic image filtering, and finishing with a complete workflow: segmenting a 3D image into regions and making measurements on those regions.

Watch this talk on Causal Inference by Hajime Takeda at SciPy 2024, and get your Early Bird tickets on sale to SciPy 2025 so you don’t miss out on more insightful talks like these! https://hubs.la/Q03bnJ0V0 In recent years, algorithms combining causal inference and machine learning have been a hot topic. Boost your research and decision-making by watching this video and learn how to apply machine learning to causal analysis effectively! https://hubs.la/Q03bntsq0

NumFOCUS is excited to be part of Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2025! This is an incredible opportunity for aspiring and experienced open-source contributors to work on impactful projects that drive innovation in the scientific computing ecosystem. Our full GSoC 2025 Idea List is now live! Whether you're a student or a newcomer to open source, we hope you explore the range of projects across NumFOCUS-supported libraries. Check out the idea list and get involved at https://lnkd.in/gim6BBsG

This month marks SEVEN YEARS of Bokeh being a NumFOCUS Sponsored Project! Check out this Bokeh tutorial from SciPy 2023! https://hubs.la/Q03bnH_d0 ?? Bokeh is a Python library for creating interactive data visualizations. Bokeh allows you to create plots that can be displayed in a web browser, without needing to write HTML and JavaScript. In development for over 10 years, Bokeh has become a core tool for Python data science workflows, used for both exploratory analysis and in presentations. View their website here to dive deeper: https://hubs.la/Q03bn_DY0

PyData Manchester’s Field of Play conference on sports analytics is happening on March 18! https://hubs.la/Q039Yxp50 ???? ?? If you’re a Sporting Director, you’ll learn how competitors and academics are innovating and what would take your analytics and data science to the next level. ?? If you’re in Sports Analytics and Data Science or aspiring to be, you’ll learn how the industry is innovating, and what new techniques and data solutions you could be applying today. ?? If you work in a role that uses - or should use - data, you will find inspiration from across the sporting world about how to supercharge your role and bring data into your workflows. See where data and performance meet, and get your tickets to Field of Play today! https://hubs.la/Q039Yxp50

?? ITK 5.4.2 is Now Available! The community is actively preparing for ITK 6, featuring architectural modernization and streamlined builds. Stay tuned for alpha/beta releases alongside continued 5.4.x maintenance. Huge thanks to all contributors for their code, testing, and documentation efforts! ??

The Astropy Project is running its first user survey! https://hubs.la/Q039vc_k0 The Astropy Project is running its first user survey! Astropy is a community effort that develops and maintains astronomy and scientific Python software packages including the astropy core package. They are looking for input from astropy users, contributors, and anyone interested in the future of The Astropy Project. Please complete the survey before April 1, 2025 to help them better understand how astropy is being used, how it can be improved, and how they can best continue to support the astronomy and scientific research communities. Thank you in advance for helping shape the future of Astropy! https://hubs.la/Q039vc_k0

GeomScale has been accepted into Google Summer of Code 2025! Get organized with them at their wiki page here: https://hubs.la/Q039v1dN0

Mesa is proud to release Mesa 3.1.4 (which had three new first time contributors!), and they have been accepted to the 2025 Google Summer of Code! ?? Full Changelog: https://hubs.la/Q039tTGd0