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Join us this month for an exciting and insightful evening exploring the frontiers of health data pipelines and AI product platforms.

The Talks

From Wrist to Insights - Building Health Data Pipelines - Pamela Ibude The integration of wearable technologies has transformed personal health monitoring by enabling real-time tracking of physiological parameters. This presentation outlines a practical end-to-end workflow for health data analytics, covering data extraction in XML format, transformation to structured CSV files, data cleaning using Python libraries, analysis in Jupyter Notebooks, and visualisations to reveal health trends. In this talk, Pamela will emphasise open-source tools like Apache Kafka for real-time data streaming and Hadoop for scalable storage and batch processing.

Platforms for Valuable AI Products- John Carney In data science, experimentation is vital. The more we can experiment, the more we can learn. However, quick iteration isn't sufficient; we also need to be able to promote these experiments to production to deliver value easily. This requires all the stability and reliability of any production system. John will discuss building platforms that treat iteration as a first-class consideration, the role of open source libraries, and balancing trade-offs.

Whether you're a data professional or simply curious, this is your chance to learn, network, and be part of our growing data community

PyDataMCR May Talks

THE TALKS

How do you go from not fitting into tech, to using data and AI to drive real impact? - Elizabeth Osanyinro (she/her)

In this talk, I’ll share my journey from, Archaeology to digital marketing and finally the world of data science and machine learning. Along the way, I’ll walk through the actual tools and resources I used, the projects that helped me grow, and the biggest lessons I learnt.

But this is more than a career pivot story. It’s about what non-traditional backgrounds bring to technical spaces. It’s about how “outsiders” can shape more user-focused, ethical, and accessible AI, and it’s about why diverse thinking isn’t just nice to have, it’s necessary.

Elizabeth Osanyinro is a Business Analyst at CarbonNote AI, driven by a passion for AI ethics, fairness, and inclusive technology. Currently completing an MSc in Applied Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics at the University of Bradford, she brings a unique perspective shaped by her early career in digital marketing.

Elizabeth transitioned from digital marketing into data and AI to pursue more impactful, data-driven problem-solving. Since then, she has contributed to a range of projects including sentiment analysis, retail analytics, credit card fraud detection, and blockchain-based digital verification. She is proficient in Microsoft Excel, Python, R, SAS, Power BI, and Looker.

As the organiser of PyData Bradford, Elizabeth actively promotes community-driven learning and encourages inclusive dialogue around the responsible use of AI and data science.

Platforms for valuable AI Products: Iteration, iteration, iteration - John Carney (he/him)

In data science experimentation is vital, the more we can experiment, the more we can learn.

However quick iteration isn't sufficient we also need to be able to easily promote these experiments to production to deliver value. This requires all the stability and reliability of any production system.

John will discuss building platforms that treat iteration as a first class consideration, the role of open source libraries, and balancing trade-offs.

LOCATION We'll be at Krakenflex, who are also kindly supplying catering. The capacity is limited to 90.

After the talks we'll all head somewhere local for some post-event socialising.

EVENT GUIDELINES PyDataMCR is a strictly professional event, as such professional behaviour is expected.

PyDataMCR is a chapter of PyData, an educational program of NumFOCUS and thus abides by the NumFOCUS Code of Conduct

https://pydata.org/code-of-conduct.html

Please take a moment to familiarise yourself with its contents.

ACCESSIBILITY Under 16s welcome with a responsible guardian. There is a quiet room available if needed. Toilets are accessible.

SPONSORS Thank you to NUMFocus for sponsoring Meetup and further support Thank you to AutoTrader for sponsoring PyDataMCR. Thank you to Krakenflex for sponsoring PyDataMCR, as well as hosting this event!

Details

Venue: Riverbank House, 2 Swan Ln, London EC4R 3AD

Please note:

1. 🚨🚨🚨A valid photo ID is required by building security. 🚨🚨🚨
2. This event follows the NumFOCUS Code of Conduct, please familiarise yourself with it before the event.

If your RSVP status says "You're going" you will be able to get in. No need to show your RSVP confirmation when signing in. If you can no longer make it, please unRSVP as soon as you know. *** Code of Conduct: This event follows the NumFOCUS Code of Conduct. Please get in touch with the organisers with any questions or concerns regarding the Code of Conduct. *** As always, there'll be free food & drinks, generously provided by our host, Man Group. ***

Main Talks

1. Platforms for valuable AI Products: Iteration\, iteration\, iteration - John Carney Platforms for valuable AI Products: Iteration, iteration, iteration Abstract: Platforms for valuable AI Products: Iteration, iteration, iteration Abstract: In data science experimentation is vital, the more we can experiment, the more we can learn. However quick iteration isn't sufficient we also need to be able to easily promote these experiments to production to deliver value. This requires all the stability and reliability of any production system. John will discuss building platforms that treat iteration as a first class consideration, the role of open source libraries, and balancing trade-offs.

2. Implementing Grounded AI Code Agents - Saurav Maheshkar @maheshkarsaurav With context window on the rise there's been an increase in the number of tools who depend on entire codebases. In this talk I'll discuss some alternative techniques one could use to provide quality relevant context to build better AI Code Agents with some example projects.

⚡ Lightning Talks 1. The Glicko-2 Algorithm in the context of Go (Baduk\, Weiqi): A Smarter Framework for Competitive Ranking in Zero-Sum Games - Victor Zommers

2. Automated Prompt Engineering for Deploying AI Applications at Scale- Anand Rawat

Logistics Doors open at 6.30 pm (get there early as you have to sign-in via building security), talks start at 7 pm, drinks from 9 pm in the bar. We will have reduced capacity for this event but there will be plenty of people to discuss data science questions with! Please unRSVP in good time if you realise you can't make it. We're limited by building security on the number of attendees, so please free up your place for your fellow community members! Follow @pydatalondon (https://twitter.com/pydatalondon) for updates and early announcements.

PyDataMCR March!

THE TALKS

Developing Valuable ML Products - John Carney (he/him) With the release of LLMs we're in the middle of another AI hype-cycle. It's important to remember that we need to use these exciting AI tools to help deliver business value, otherwise they're just toys. John will be discussing steps and strategies he's used in the past to deliver value to organisations through building ML systems and products. John Carney

ML Engineering - Group Discussion After the talk as a group we will be discussing questions posed around ML engineering.

We will bring our questions, but please come with your own questions, opinions and ideas. We will be using Slido to help facilitate this.

Location We'll be at Krakenflex Manchester, who are kindly supplying catering. The capacity is limited to 100.

EVENT GUIDELINES

PyDataMCR is a strictly professional event, as such professional behaviour is expected.

PyDataMCR is a chapter of PyData, an educational program of NumFOCUS and thus abides by the NumFOCUS Code of Conduct

https://pydata.org/code-of-conduct.html

Please take a moment to familiarise yourself with its contents.

ACCESSIBILITY

Under 16s welcome with a responsible guardian. There is a quiet room available if needed. Toilets are accessible, so I am hoping the venue is too but looking for more details!

SPONSORS

Thank you to NUMFocus for sponsoring Meetup and further support

Thank you to Krakenflex for an awesome venue and catering!