[talks] PyData Lausanne November 2024

🍁 Here we go with our 2nd session of season 3! 🍂

👇 👇👇 Here's the program 👇 👇👇

Data Analysis and Rights Advocacy through Digipower.academy
by Sofia Kypraiou

In this talk, we explore how data analysis can serve as a powerful tool for both teaching and research, using the Digipower.academy platform. We will focus on the case of Uber drivers in Geneva, who utilized data access requests and collective data analysis to advocate for their working rights. We will discuss the specific data collection methods, analytical techniques, and participatory tools employed.

Using and Developing Darts: Insights and Challenges in Open Source
by Antoine Madrona

After a short introduction to Darts and the world of time-series forecasting, we will go over the challenges associated with maintaining an open source package like Darts. From answering issues, managing contributions, handling bugs & features requests to planning the road map. By sharing our experience, we aim to provide some guidance for anyone involved in, considering contributing to or even starting an open source project.

Resources:

• https://digipower.academy/
• https://unit8.com/resources/darts-time-series-made-easy-in-python/

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NOTES

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