Building sustainable software for AI and ML with lessons from the SciPyData community
For 28 years, the "SciPyData" community has been building foundational software that has influenced science, and engineering and jumpstarted the recent explosion of interest in AI and Machine Learning. in this talk I will briefly review key milestones in the creation of SciPy and PyData communities and discuss key future opportunities and advances in the foundational software behind AI and ML that could effect the next 5 to 10 years.
Travis Oliphant is the Founder and CEO of OpenTeams and Quansight. He has spent over 25 years in open source software scientific computing most notably as the creator of NumPy, SciPy, Conda, and Numba and as the Founder of Anaconda (Continuum Analytics), NumFOCUS, and PyData. He has B.S. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Math, as well as an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Brigham Young University and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the Mayo Clinic. He has passion for both thriving open-source communities and early-stage startups. He loves helping founders create and build open-source aligned businesses. He is interested in high-performance Python and enabling people to quickly build innovative software solutions while maintaining deep interest in areas besides programming.