ChennaiPy July 2020 Meetup - Meeting Minutes
The meetup took place on July 25, 2020, at IITM Chennai.
Due to Covid-19 pandemic, the meetup format was converted into online format from April 2020, and the 4th edition of the online event was conducted on 25.07.2020 at 3:00 PM.
The entire event was hosted by Mr. Vijaykumar and Mr. Rengaraj, the organizers of the meetup (Chennaipy). Around 77 members were registered for the event and 21 members witnessed the event online. The meeting was conducted through the link:
https://bbb.zilogic.com/b/adm-ynl-qrt
Mr. Vijaykumar briefed about the purpose of the meetup to the new members and listed out the agenda of the meetup. The first presenters were introduced to the members, and then he permitted the presenters one by one to deliver the talk.
Talk 1: Starting Django Project The Right Way
Speaker: Arvind Nedumaran
- Introduction to Django: Arvind, an active Django Developer with 10 years of experience, explained how to set up a Django environment.
- Covered Directory Structure, Settings Configuration, Requirements, Environment Variables, and User Model.
- Cookiecutter: Explained the command-line utility that creates projects from project templates (like creating a Python package project).
- The session ended with a Q&A.
Talk 2: Machine Learning using Scikit-Learn
Speaker: Dr. R. Senthilkumar, Assistant Professor, IRTT, Erode
- Introduction to Machine Learning: Dr. Senthilkumar, with 10 years of experience in ML, explained classification methods and KNN (K-Nearest Neighbors).
- Focused on extracting information from data using ML techniques.
- Used the example of Cauvery River pollution and processed images obtained from the river basin.
- Tools: Anaconda package and Spyder IDE were used to demonstrate the problem and visualize the output.
- The session ended with a Q&A:
- Arulalan.T: "13 samples are not enough to compute PCA."
- Dr. Senthilkumar: "In real-time scenarios, more samples are required for accurate results."
Talk 3: Introduction to Kivy
Speaker: Dr. M. Muralidharan, Head, CS, Nehru Memorial College
- Introduction to Kivy: Dr. Muralidharan, with 33 years of experience in teaching, introduced Kivy as an application framework for developing graphical user interface (GUI) apps.
- Covered installation procedures and architecture of Kivy.
- Ended the session with demo programs.
- The session ended with a Q&A:
- R. Senthilkumar: "Can Kivy be installed on a 32-bit system?"
- Dr. Muralidharan: "Yes, Kivy can be installed on a 32-bit system, and if the user wants platform independence, they can set up virtualenv."
Lightning Talk 1: PyCon 2020
- Speaker: Mr. Rengaraj
- He gave an idea about participating in PyCon 2020, an online event for disseminating Python knowledge and necessary techniques.
- Encouraged members to submit proposals for talk sessions and workshops.
Mr. Vijaykumar wrapped the session with a summation of the meetup and thanked the members. The meeting ended at 5:30 PM.
Open Slot:
- Ashok: Recommended documentaries available on Netflix:
- "Prediction by the Numbers".
- "The Code" (3 episodes).
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Context: These documentaries help relate abstract mathematical concepts (like Bayes' Theorem, fractals, and prime numbers) to real-life occurrences.
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Rengaraj: Announcement for PyCon India 2020.
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Pradeep: Shared MIT OpenCourseWare MIT OCW as a valuable learning resource.
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Vijay Ravider: Discussed Python modules used in infrastructure-based provisioning services.
The minutes were drafted by Dr. M. Muralidharan.
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