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@haleshot.bsky.social is our second speaker for tomorrow! They will speak about @marimo.io notebooks: Git-friendly, executable, reproducible, and shareable.

Talk: marimo, an open-source, reactive Python Notebook
Date: 26th July 2025, Online
RSVP here: fossunited.org/c/scipy-indi...
A digital announcement poster for SciPy India Virtual Meetup #1. The background has a smooth blue-to-purple gradient. At the top, the SciPy India logo is displayed with the text "SciPy India" where "India" is in blue. Below, large white text reads: "Virtual Meetup #1," followed by "26th July 2025 • Online." The main content highlights the talk: "marimo: an open-source, reactive Python Notebook" in bold white text, followed by "Srihari Thyagarajan" and "Intern, marimo" in smaller white text. To the right of the talk title, there is a rectangular photo of the speaker, Srihari Thyagarajan. He is smiling slightly, wearing a white shirt with a dark blazer, against a plain light background. At the bottom of the poster are SciPy India's social media handles in white icons: A butterfly icon with text @scipyindia.bsky.social for Bluesky, A LinkedIn icon with text scipyindia, A Mastodon icon with text @scipyindia@fosstodon.org. The overall design is clean and professional, with the gradient background giving a modern, polished look.
July 25, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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Aftab talks about Instrumenting Science with DevOps Tools like Grafana in his talk on "The Observability of Everything". Tune in at www.youtube.com/live/NyQced4...
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aftab talking about instrumenting science with devops tools like grafana
September 21, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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📢 The CFP closes 22nd July 2025 EoD IST – no extensions! We’re especially looking for folks using or creating FOSS in STEAM and academic research.

👉 Submit your proposal: github.com/scipy-india/...
✅ RSVP here: fossunited.org/c/scipy-indi...
💬 Zulip: scipyindia.zulipchat.com/join/4mesdxf...
This image is a promotional graphic for SciPy India's first virtual meetup. The design features a gradient background transitioning from teal/cyan in the top left to deep purple in the bottom right. On the left side, there are several white line-art scientific icons arranged vertically: an atom symbol at the top, followed by a DNA double helix, a laboratory beaker with bubbles, a laptop computer, and geometric 3D cubes at the bottom. The main content is positioned on the right side in white text. At the top is the "SciPy India" logo, featuring a circular emblem with an "S" design. Below that, "Virtual Meetup #1" appears in large text. The primary call-to-action message reads "SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSALS BY 22ND JULY, 2025" in bold, uppercase letters. Beneath this, there's an urgent reminder stating "3 DAYS LEFT!" in very large, prominent text. At the bottom of the image, social media handles are listed: "@scipyindia.bsky.social" with a Bluesky butterfly icon, "scipyindia" with a LinkedIn icon, and "@scipyindia@fosstodon.org" with a Mastodon icon. The overall design employs a modern, scientific aesthetic with clean typography and iconography that reflects the Python scientific computing community served by SciPy India.
July 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Coming up, Sagnik Saha will talk about Formalizing Mathematics and Scientific Computing with an Open-Source Theorem Prover. Learn about Lean and theorem proving live at www.youtube.com/live/NyQced4...
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Sagnik Saha talking about theorem proving using Lean
September 21, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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Announcing our fourth speaker for Community Call #2 this Saturday! Mridul Jain will demonstrate how to build robust time series forecasting pipelines for retail using sktime—covering hierarchical and probabilistic methods with real-world examples.

Register here: fossunited.org/c/scipy-indi...
SciPy India Community Call #2 announcement featuring a Jupyter notebook interface. The notebook shows Python code generating a speaker plot using matplotlib. The main content displays a speaker card for Mridul Jain, ESoC 2025 Developer at pgmpy and sktime mentee, wearing a white shirt and glasses outdoors with greenery in the background. The talk is titled "Sales & Inventory Forecasting with sktime: A Robust Time Series Toolkit." Event details: October 4, 2025, 2-4 PM IST, held online. The image uses SciPy India's branding with their blue wave logo. Bottom of the image shows social media handles: @scipyindia.bsky.social on Bluesky, scipyindia on LinkedIn, and @scipyindia@fosstodon.org on Mastodon. The notebook footer indicates it's running Python 3 with ipykernel on the community-calls branch, cell 1 of 1. The design mimics an actual Jupyter notebook output with dark theme styling, combining technical aesthetics with community event promotion.
October 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Jithin is talking about KuttyPy, his project to transform Arduino into Affordable Data Acquisition for STEM. Watch him live at www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyQc...

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September 21, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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SciPy India's third community call is coming up on 1 November 2025 — join us online!

Date: 01 November 2025
Time: 2PM–4PM IST
Where: Online
RSVP: fossunited.org/c/scipy-indi...

Help us spread the word by resharing with your network.

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- Mastodon: fosstodon.org/@scipyindia
October 23, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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🚀 RSVP is open for SciPy India Virtual Meetup #1!
🗓️ 26th July 2025
🕙 10AM–1PM IST | 🌐 Online
🔗 RSVP now!: fossunited.org/c/scipy-indi...
📣 Help us spread the word!
💬 Join the Zulip community chat: scipyindia.zulipchat.com/join/4mesdxf...

Hope to see y'all at the meet-up!

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A digital poster for "SciPy India Virtual Meetup #1" with a gradient background transitioning from teal on the left to deep purple on the right. At the top left is the SciPy India logo, which includes a stylized “S” symbol next to the text “SciPy India.” Below that, bold white text reads “Register!” followed by “Virtual Meetup #1.” The date and time are listed as “26th July 2025,” “Online,” and “10AM—1PM IST.” The right side of the image features white outlined illustrations representing scientific themes: a 3D mesh grid, an atom model, a laptop with a graph on screen, cubes indicating data or computing blocks, a bar chart, a microscope, and a lab flask. Along the bottom of the poster are social media icons and handles for Bluesky, LinkedIn, and Mastodon, all related to SciPy India.
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July 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Announcing our first speaker for Community Call #2 this Saturday! Monica Dhyani will explore how network position and sustained engagement shape innovation in online communities—with Stack Overflow as a case study—through the lens of network science.

Register here: fossunited.org/c/scipy-indi...
SciPy India Community Call #2 announcement featuring a Jupyter notebook interface. The notebook shows Python code generating a speaker plot using matplotlib. The main content displays a speaker card for Monica Dhyani, a Mathematics PhD Student at Shiv Nadar University, standing in front of potted plants wearing a turquoise top. The talk is titled "Understanding Online Innovation Networks using Network Science Approach." Event details: October 4, 2025, 2-4 PM IST, held online. The image uses SciPy India's branding with their blue wave logo. Bottom of the image shows social media handles: @scipyindia.bsky.social on Bluesky, scipyindia on LinkedIn, and @scipyindia@fosstodon.org on Mastodon. The notebook footer indicates it's running Python 3 with ipykernel on the community-calls branch, cell 1 of 1. The design mimics an actual Jupyter notebook output with dark theme styling, combining technical aesthetics with community event promotion.
October 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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To wrap up the FOSS in Science devroom, Jigyasu Krishnan talks about Signal Over Noise: Benchmarking Time Series Models with sktime. Join us live at www.youtube.com/live/NyQced4...

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Jigyasu talks about benchmarking time series models with sktime
September 21, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Coming up next, Kriyanshi Shah will talk about Empowering Open Science with Scalable Interactive Computing Environments in India. Watch her live at www.youtube.com/live/NyQced4...
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Kriyanshi Shah talks about empowering open science with scalable interactive computing environments in India
September 21, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Countering server-based computing environments, @agriyakhetarp.al is talking about Beyond the Smokescreen: Interactive In-Browser FOSS Tools for Science Communication. Join in live at www.youtube.com/live/NyQced4...
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Agriya is countering server-based computing environments by introducing us to in-browser FOSS Tools
September 21, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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We're back with SciPy India Community Call #2!

🗓️ Oct 4, 2-4PM IST | Online
🎯 For researchers, devs, & FOSS enthusiasts in STEAM

Register! fossunited.org/c/scipy-indi...

⚡ Submit lightning talks (5-10 minutes): github.com/scipy-india/...

Join Zulip chat: scipyindia.zulipchat.com/join/4mesdxf...
Screenshot of our promotional material for SciPy India Community Call #2, displayed as a Python file in a code editor. The announcement features our event branding with the SciPy India logo prominently displayed at the top. Our event details are presented in colorful, eye-catching text blocks: the main heading 'Community Call #2' appears in bright pink, followed by the date '04 October 2025' in teal green. We've highlighted that this is an 'Online' event using a purple background, making it clear for remote participants. The timing '2PM-4PM IST' is displayed in green to emphasize the Indian Standard Time schedule for our local and regional community. At the bottom, we've included a prominent orange 'Register' call-to-action button to drive sign-ups. The footer contains our complete social media presence across platforms where community members can connect with us: our Bluesky handle @scipyindia.bsky.social, our LinkedIn page 'scipyindia', and our Mastodon account @scipyindia@fosstodon.org. The creative presentation using a code editor interface reflects our technical community's identity and appeals to our Python developer audience. The file is saved as 'scipy_india_community_call (2).py' and shows we're working on the 'community-calls' branch, indicating this is part of our ongoing series of community engagement events.
September 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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We’re excited to introduce @manjunath-j.bsky.social, our first speaker for tomorrow! Join their PyCaret live demo to learn how to quickly train, compare, and deploy ML models with minimal code.

Talk: Automating ML with PyCaret
Date: 26th July 2025, Online
RSVP here: fossunited.org/c/scipy-indi...
A digital announcement poster for SciPy India Virtual Meetup #1. The background is a smooth gradient of blue and purple. At the top, there is the SciPy India logo, with the text "SciPy India" where "India" is in blue. Below, large white text reads: "Virtual Meetup #1," followed by "26th July 2025 • Online." The main content highlights the talk: "Automating ML with PyCaret" in bold white text, followed by "Manjunath Janardhan" and "Principal AI Engineer, MSG Global Solutions" in smaller white text. To the right of the talk title, there is a rectangular photo of the speaker, Manjunath Janardhan. He is wearing glasses and a black Adidas T-shirt, smiling slightly, against a plain light background. At the bottom of the poster are SciPy India's social media handles in white icons: A butterfly icon with text @scipyindia.bsky.social for Bluesky, A LinkedIn icon with text scipyindia, A Mastodon icon with text @scipyindia@fosstodon.org. The overall design is modern and clean, with the gradient background giving a professional yet inviting look.
July 25, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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@aditi-juneja is helping us understand API Dispatching in the Scientific Python Ecosystem. Watch her live at www.youtube.com/live/NyQced4...
#indiafoss #unitedbyfoss #fossinscience #scipyindia

Checkout out her work at schefflera-arboricola.github.io/Schefflera-A... and github.com/Schefflera-A...
September 21, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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And leading us into the break, @arjxn-py is talking about building Collaborative CAD & GIS in JupyterLab. Watch his talk live at www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyQc...
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September 21, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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Pradeep, an independent researcher, is talking about assessing the State of India’s Birds Using FOSS – Pradeep Koulgi. Watch him live at www.youtube.com/live/NyQced4...
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September 21, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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Announcing our third speaker for Community Call #2 this Saturday! Manideep Pendyala will present an AI framework for drug repurposing using multimodal deep learning, GNNs, BioBERT, and MolBERT.

Register here: fossunited.org/c/scipy-indi...
SciPy India Community Call #2 announcement featuring a Jupyter notebook interface. The notebook shows Python code generating a speaker plot using matplotlib. The main content displays a speaker card for Manideep Pendyala, an AI Researcher at Rutgers University—New Brunswick, wearing a red shirt outdoors by a waterfront. The talk is titled "AI-Driven Drug Repurposing Using Multi-Modal Deep Learning & Graph Neural Networks." Event details: October 4, 2025, 2-4 PM IST, held online. The image uses SciPy India's branding with their blue wave logo. Bottom of the image shows social media handles: @scipyindia.bsky.social on Bluesky, scipyindia on LinkedIn, and @scipyindia@fosstodon.org on Mastodon. The notebook footer indicates it's running Python 3 with ipykernel on the community-calls branch, cell 1 of 1. The design mimics an actual Jupyter notebook output with dark theme styling, combining technical aesthetics with community event promotion.
October 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Announcing our second speaker for Community Call #2 this Saturday! Indranil Ghosh will demonstrate time series analysis of coupled neuron models using Python—covering dynamical systems, coupling strategies, and nonlinear dynamics tools.

Register here: fossunited.org/c/scipy-indi...
SciPy India Community Call #2 announcement featuring a Jupyter notebook interface. The notebook shows Python code generating a speaker plot using matplotlib. The main content displays a speaker card for Indranil Ghosh, a Postdoctoral Researcher at University College Dublin, wearing a black sweatshirt outdoors in a snowy setting. The talk is titled "Time series analysis of coupled neurons." Event details: October 4, 2025, 2-4 PM IST, held online. The image uses SciPy India's branding with their blue wave logo. Bottom of the image shows social media handles: @scipyindia.bsky.social on Bluesky, scipyindia on LinkedIn, and @scipyindia@fosstodon.org on Mastodon. The notebook footer indicates it's running Python 3 with ipykernel on the community-calls branch, cell 1 of 1. The design mimics an actual Jupyter notebook output with dark theme styling, combining technical aesthetics with community event promotion.
October 2, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Prof. Aaditeshwar Seth, IIT Delhi, is talking about the CoRE stack open-source initiative. Watch him live at www.youtube.com/live/NyQced4...

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September 21, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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Announcing our fifth speaker for Community Call #2 this Saturday! Abhijeet Mote will present a lightning talk on Mojo—combining Python's simplicity with systems-level performance to supercharge AI/ML workloads without dropping to C++/CUDA.

Register here: fossunited.org/c/scipy-indi...
SciPy India Community Call #2 announcement featuring a Jupyter notebook interface. The notebook shows Python code generating a speaker plot using matplotlib. The main content displays a speaker card for Abhijeet Mote, Senior Software Engineer, wearing a plaid shirt against a white background. The talk is titled "Mojo and AI/ML: The Future of Pythonic Performance." Event details: October 4, 2025, 2-4 PM IST, held online. The image uses SciPy India's branding with their blue wave logo. Bottom of the image shows social media handles: @scipyindia.bsky.social on Bluesky, scipyindia on LinkedIn, and @scipyindia@fosstodon.org on Mastodon. The notebook footer indicates it's running Python 3 with ipykernel on the community-calls branch, cell 1 of 1. The design mimics an actual Jupyter notebook output with dark theme styling, combining technical aesthetics with community event promotion.
October 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Mohammed Razak is our third speaker for tomorrow, presenting a lightning talk! Learn more about causal ML and the open-source Python library pgmpy.

Talk: Introduction to Causal Machine Learning and pgmpy
Date: 26th July 2025, Online
Time: 10AM–1PM IST
RSVP here: fossunited.org/c/scipy-indi...
A digital announcement poster for SciPy India Virtual Meetup #1. The background features a smooth blue-to-purple gradient. At the top, the SciPy India logo appears with the text "SciPy India," where "India" is in blue. Below it, large white text reads: "Virtual Meetup #1," followed by "26th July 2025 • Online." The main content highlights the talk: "Introduction to Causal Machine Learning and pgmpy" in bold white text, followed by "Mohammed Abdul Razak Wahab" and "ESoC 2025 Developer at pgmpy" in smaller white text. To the right of the text, there is a rectangular photo of the speaker, Mohammed Abdul Razak Wahab. He is smiling, wearing a black-and-grey striped polo shirt, and standing outdoors with green trees and distant hills in the background under a bright sky. At the bottom of the poster, SciPy India's social media handles are shown in white icons: A butterfly icon with text @scipyindia.bsky.social for Bluesky, A LinkedIn icon with text scipyindia, A Mastodon icon with text @scipyindia@fosstodon.org. The overall design is professional and modern, with the gradient background complementing the speaker’s photo and talk details.
July 25, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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Alosh Denny helps us understand how we can make LLMs Transparent for Science in his talk on "Breaking into the black box". Watch him live at www.youtube.com/live/NyQced4...
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Alosh Denny helps us understand how we can make LLMs Transparent for Science in his talk on "Breaking into the black box"
September 21, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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We are announcing a new monthly meetup series for scientific FOSS developers/researchers/enthusiasts in 🇮🇳 and beyond!

📢 CFP is open! Submit: bit.ly/scipy-india-meetups-cfp
🗓️ 26th July 2025
🌐 Online

@scientific-python.org @scipyconf.bsky.social @pydata.bsky.social @numfocus.bsky.social @python.org
Digital poster announcing SciPy India Virtual Meetup #1. The SciPy India logo, showing a stylized sine wave inside a circle, is at the top center. Below it, large text reads “Virtual Meetup #1” and prominently “CALL FOR PROPOSALS” in uppercase purple letters across a white band. The event date, “26th July 2025,” appears at the bottom left, and “Online” on the bottom right. The background fades from purple at the bottom to teal at the top. A row of science-themed line icons is displayed: stacked cubes representing data or computation, a laptop with a plotted graph, a chemistry flask, a DNA double helix, and an atomic model. Social media handles at the bottom include @scipyindia.bsky.social, the LinkedIn handle “scipyindia,” and the Mastodon handle @scipyindia@fosstodon.org. The design uses clean, modern typography and a tech-science aesthetic.
July 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM