We wanted to let your students and faculty know about our upcoming PyData conference (pydata.org <http://pydata.org/> ), March 18 – 20 in Santa Clara, CA.  PyData is a semi-annual event for scientists, engineers, and data analysts in the Python community. The conference focuses on techniques and tools for management, analytics, and visualization of data of different types and sizes with particular emphasis on big data. Pydata is an accessible, community-driven conference, with tutorials for novices, advanced topical workshops for practitioners, and opportunities for package developers and users to meet in person.

The keynote speakers for our Santa Clara conference are Peter Norvig, Director of Research at Google, and Fernando Perez, Research Scientist at UC Berkeley’s Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute.

If you have any questions, please contact us at pydataconf@continuum.io <mailto:pydataconf@continuum.io> .  We would greatly appreciate your help in sending out our information.