Organizers & Scikit-learn Experts
Organizers
This event is organized and run by all volunteers:
- Noa Tamir (Berlin WiMLDS organizer)
- Setareh Sadjadi (Berlin WiMLDS organizer)
- Emily Taylor (Berlin WiMLDS organizer)
Scikit-learn Contributors
Scikit-learn is a library that is used around the world. Open source sprints are typically limited to where contributors live or where major conferences are held. We are fortunate to have these scikit-learn experts in the Berlin sprint.
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Facilitator: Adrin Jalali
Adrin grew up in Iran, where he did my bachelors and masters in computer science/bioinformatics. After a while of being in the industry he moved to Vancouver, Canada for his PhD program. Next, he moved to Germany to finish his PhD dissertation at a Max Planck Institute in Saarbruecken. In 2016 Adrin moved to Berlin and he's been working as a data science consultant. He co-organizes PyData Berlin, and spends a lot of time contributing to scikit-learn, as a core developer.
ACKNOWLEDMENT: RESHAMA SHAIKH
Reshama Shaikh organized the inaugural WiMLDS scikit-learn sprint beginning in 2017, and has since organized several more sprints. She has iteratively improved the process with each sprint:
- 2017: NYC
- 2018: NYC
- 2019: Nairobi
- 2019: NYC
- 2019: Bay Area
She created comprehensive documentation and provides guidance so that other groups are able to organize them as well: