Data Science Day 2024 – Schedule Announcement

Dawn Wages

March 11th, 20241 1

We are thrilled to announce Python Data Science Day will be taking place March 14th, 2024; a “PyDay” on Pi Day: 3.14 🥧. If you’re a Python developer, entrepreneur, data scientist, student, or researcher working on projects from hobbyist and start up to enterprise level, you’ll find solutions to modernize your data pipelines and answer complex queries with data.

Save the date!

During the event, you will hear directly from the experts, community members and Python and Data Science Microsoft MVPs, about the latest in Python Data Science. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced Python Data Scientist, this event is for you.

We’ll cover three main areas:

The latest in Data Science with Python
- New packages and research
- Teaching Data Science with Python
- Interesting new Data Sets and sources for data
Tools for Data Science
- Code editors and developer tools
- Tool chains/platforms for analysis
- AI tools for Data Science
- Microsoft tools (Fabric, Synapse, Azure AI/ML, VS Code)
Scaling Data Science to the Cloud
- Databases + Data ingestion
- Cloud-based computation and collaboration
- Cloud resource management + DevOps

Agenda

Session Title	Theme	Audience	Speaker	Time Pacific	Type
Welcome		All	Soojin Choi, Dawn Wages	9:00AM
From Data to Insights: Data Science with Microsoft Fabric	Data Science Tools	Beginner; Intermediate	Jasmine Greenaway, Ismaël Mejía	9:10AM	5 – 10 minute Lightning Talk ⚡
Revolutionizing Data Science Workflows: Unleashing the Potential of Microsoft Visual Studio Code	Data Science Tools	Beginner; Student; Hobbyist; Research;	Sumukh M G	9:20AM	5 – 10 minute Lightning Talk ⚡
RAG using Semantic Kernel with Azure OpenAI and Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore	Data Science Tools Scaling to the Cloud	Intermediate; Advanced; Start Up; Student; Hobbyist;	John Aziz	9:30AM	25 minute session 🎯
Simplifying Data Analysis & Visualization (for non-Python devs) with AI	Data Science Tools	Beginner; Intermediate; Student; Research; Hobbyist;	Nitya Narasimhan, PhD	10:00AM	25 minute session 🎯
Getting started with Python using Data Wrangler in Microsoft Fabric	Data Science Tools Get started with Data Science	Beginner; Intermediate;	Sandeep Pawar	10:35AM	5 – 10 minute Lightning Talk ⚡
Buddy Driven Development	Latest in Data Science	Beginner; Intermediate;	Bethany Jepchumba	10:45AM	5 – 10 minute Lightning Talk ⚡
Supercharging your Data Science projects with GitHub tools	Data Science Tools	Intermediate; Start Up; Enterprise; Student;	Carlotta Castelluccio	10:55AM	25 minute session 🎯
Streamlining Data Preparation with Pydantic: A 25-Minute Guide	Data Science Tools Latest in Data Science	Intermediate;	Hasan Özdemir	11:25AM	25 minute session 🎯
Level Up Your ML Game: Building Models like a Pro with Microsoft Fabric’s Synapse	Data Science Tools Latest in Data Science	Beginner; Intermediate; Start Up; Enterprise; Student;	Vinayak Gavariya	11:55AM	5 – 10 minute Lightning Talk ⚡
Python Data Science Skilling – Cloud Skills Challenge	Data Science Tools Latest in Data Science Get started with Data Science	Beginner; Intermediate; Advanced; Start Up; Student; Research; Hobbyist;	Aaron Stark	12:05PM	5 – 10 minute Lightning Talk ⚡
Unleash The Power of Deep Learning: Build A Dog vs Cat Image Classifer Using CNN With TensorFlow Keras	Latest in Data Science	Intermediate; Student; Research;	Jyothi Swaroop Makena	12:15PM	25 minute session 🎯
FoodFighters Introduce the Foodwaste Hack	Data Science Tools	Intermediate;	Alex Dean, Allgeier Schweiz Christian Todte, Allgeier Inovar	12:40PM	Hackathon Finalist 🏆
AP Payment Prediction	Data Science Tools	Intermediate;	Andrew Boerger, Mark Behne	12:55PM	Hackathon Finalist 🏆
Beyond Keywords: Image similarity search in Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL	Data Science Tools	Intermediate;	Foteini Savvidou	1:05PM	5 – 10 minute Lightening Talk ⚡
Exploring Data Wrangler in VS Code	Data Science Tools Get started with Data Science	Beginner; Student; Hobbyist;	Jeffrey Mew	1:15PM	25 minute session 🎯
Microsoft Fabric for Python Developers	Data Science Tools Latest in Data Science	Beginner; Intermediate;	Eren Orbey	1:40PM	25 minute session 🎯
Automated evaluation of LLM apps with the azure-ai-generative SDK	Latest in Data Science	Intermediate; Advanced; Enterprise, Start Up	Pamela Fox	2:10PM	25 minute session 🎯
Analytics Solution over Document Repository with Microsoft Fabric and Azure OpenAI	Data Science Tools	Intermediate;	Brighton Kahrs	2:40PM	Hackathon Finalist 🏆
PIInovators Demo	Data Science Tools	Intermediate;	Elena Donev	2:50PM	Hackathon Finalist 🏆
Empowering Data-Driven Innovation: A Journey through Real-World Applications	Latest in Data Science	Intermediate;	Abdullah Awan	3:30PM	25 minute session 🎯
Breaking Data Silos With Semantic Link In Microsoft Fabric	Data Science Tools Latest in Data Science	Intermediate;	Sandeep Pawar	4:05PM	25 minute session 🎯
Data Science: The Bear* Necessities	Data Science Tools Get started with Data Science	Beginner; Student; Hobbyist;	Renee Noble	4:35PM	25 minute session 🎯

More ways to engage with all the Data Science fun:

Join the Microsoft Fabric Global AI Hack Together on February 15th to March 4th, 2024. Fabric is an end-to-end AI-powered analytics platform that unites your data and services, including data science and data lakes. Register for the event to participate in live streams every week and solve real-world problems with guidance and a community.
Read our 14 Days of Python Data Science series where for fourteen days leading up to Python Data Science Day, we will drop cool articles and recipes for using Data Science on Microsoft tools. #14DaysOfDataScience
Check out the Data Science Cloud Skills Challenge if you want to go through some self-paced learning! This challenge is active until April 15th, 2024.
Join us on Discord at https://aka.ms/python-discord