Sessions at PyCon US 2012 about Pandas and Python with video

Wednesday 7th March 2012

• Data analysis in Python with pandas

  by Wes McKinney

  The tutorial will give a hands-on introduction to manipulating and analyzing large and small structured data sets in Python using the pandas library. While the focus will be on learning the nuts and bolts of the library's features, I also aim to demonstrate a different way of thinking regarding structuring data in memory for manipulation and analysis.

  The tutorial will teach the mechanics of the most important features of pandas. It will be focused on the nuts and bolts of the two main data structures, Series (1D) and DataFrame (2D), as they relate to a variety of common data handling problems in Python. The tutorial will be supplemented by a collection of scripts and example data sets for the users to run while following along with the material. As such a significant part of the tutorial will be spend doing interactive data exploration and working examples from within the IPython console.

  The tutorial will also teach participants best practices for structuring data in memory and the do's and don'ts of high performance computing with large data sets in Python. For participants who have never used IPython, this will also provide a gentle introduction to interactive scientific computing with IPython.

  • IPython
  • Pandas
  • Python

  At 1:20pm to 4:40pm, Wednesday 7th March

  In D2, Santa Clara Convention Center

  Coverage video

Friday 9th March 2012

• pandas: Powerful data analysis tools for Python

  by Wes McKinney

  pandas is a Python library providing fast, expressive data structures for working with structured or relational data sets. In addition to being used for general purpose data manipulation and data analysis, it has also been designed to enable Python to become a competitive statistical computing platform. In this talk, I will discuss the library's features and show a variety of topical examples.

  • Data Analysis
  • Pandas
  • Python

  At 5:20pm to 6:00pm, Friday 9th March

  In E2, Santa Clara Convention Center

  Coverage video