Dask Life Sciences Fellow [Open Job]
Dask is an open-source library for parallel computing in Python that interoperates with existing Python data science libraries like Numpy, Pandas, Scikit-Learn, and Jupyter. Dask is used today across...
View ArticleNumFOCUS Earns Transparency Recognition from GuideStar
Earlier this week, NumFOCUS earned our first-ever Silver Seal of Transparency from GuideStar, an independent organization which classifies nonprofit organizations based on multiple metrics pertaining...
View ArticleTARDIS Joins NumFOCUS as a Sponsored Project
NumFOCUS is pleased to announce the newest addition to our fiscally sponsored projects: TARDIS TARDIS is an open-source, Monte Carlo based radiation transport simulator for supernovae ejecta. TARDIS...
View ArticlePublic Apology to Jeremy Howard
We, the NumFOCUS Code of Conduct Enforcement Committee, issue a public apology to Jeremy Howard for our handling of the JupyterCon 2020 reports. We should have done better. We thank you for sharing...
View ArticleJupyterCon 2020: Code of Conduct Reports
Following the reports to the NumFOCUS Code-of-Conduct committee on Jeremy Howard’s keynote at JupyterCon 2020, and the controversy that followed, the NumFOCUS Code of Conduct Committee issued a public...
View ArticleNumFOCUS Receives Support from Heising-Simons
NumFOCUS is grateful to announce that we received a grant award of $50,000 in October from the Heising-Simons Foundation. This generous grant funding will provide general support resources to NumFOCUS...
View ArticleAnaconda Announces Multi-Year Partnership with NumFOCUS
A key stakeholder in the open source scientific computing ecosystem has further formalized their long-standing partnership with NumFOCUS. Anaconda, the Austin, Texas-based software development and...
View ArticleA Pivotal Time in NumFOCUS’s Project Aimed DEI Efforts
NumFOCUS is pleased to announce the launch of our Contributor Diversification & Retention Research Project funded by a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. “We were eager to support...
View ArticleNumFOCUS hires Open Source Developer Advocate!
NumFOCUS is pleased to announce that Arliss Collins has been hired as our organization’s first Open Source Developer Advocate. Founded in 2012, NumFOCUS has finally grown beyond just providing...
View ArticleJob Posting | Events and Digital Marketing Coordinator
Job Title: Events and Digital Marketing Coordinator Position Overview The primary role of the Events and Digital Marketing Coordinator is to support and assist the Events Manager and the Community...
View ArticleJob Posting | Communications and Marketing Manager
Job Title: Communications and Marketing Manager Position Overview The primary role of the Communications & Marketing Manager is to manage the NumFOCUS brand by overseeing all outgoing...
View ArticleNumFOCUS Welcomes Tesco Technology to Corporate Sponsors
NumFOCUS is pleased to announce our new partnership with Tesco Technology. A long-time PyData event sponsor, Tesco Technology joined NumFOCUS as a Silver Corporate Sponsor in December 2020. “We are...
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