Update: Quick links Video of the entire session. The talks cover the first 50 minutes, and Guido's part starts at the 54 minute mark. A page with all the slides on my site. Guido also blogged his impressions. Blog posts by Jarrod Millman and Matthew Brett . On November 4 2009, we had a special session of our informal Py4Science seminar where Guido van Rossum visited for an open discussion regarding the uses of the Python language in scientific research. Guido had expressed his interest in discussing the work that various scientists do with Python but mentioned that instead of a formal talk, he would prefer a format that allowed for more interaction with the audience. We agreed that a good plan would be for us to present a rapid-fire sequence of very short talks highlighting multiple projects so that he could get a good "high altitude" view of the scientific python landscape, leaving then ample time for discussions with the audience. Guido has already post...
Thoughts and notes on open scientific computing, with a focus on Python-based tools (IPython, numpy, scipy, matplotlib and friends). By Fernando Pérez, UC Berkeley Statistics and Data Science Professor. Website at fernandoperez.org.