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Project Pythia

A Pangeo Community Tool for Open-Source Education

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Julia Kent1, Drew Camron2, John Clyne1, Robert Ford3, Max Grover, Ryan May2, Brian Rose3, Kevin Tyle3

This work supported through the National Science Foundation Award #2026899.

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About Myself –

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Pythia Team

Your Face Here

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Overview of Project Pythia

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Challenge - Scientific Python Ecosystem

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Challenge - Petabytes of Data

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Solution - Project Pythia

The go-to resource for learning the Scientific Python Ecosystem

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  • Geoscience focused

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  • From beginner to power user

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  • Tutorials, videos, examples, online courses, and sample data

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  • Community owned

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Pangeo Education Working Group

Responsibilities:

  • Training on Cloud/HPC
  • Training on Python Packages
  • Training on Analysis Best Practices
  • Strong Documentation
  • Community for Helping Each Other
  • Experience Sharing

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Pythia Portal

projectpythia.org

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Foundations Book

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Foundations Book

foundations.projectpythia.org

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Cookbooks Gallery

cookbooks.projectpythia.org

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Resource Gallery

projectpythia.org/resource-gallery.html

Contribute!

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Pythia as an Open Source Tool

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Everything on GitHub

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Contributor’s Guide

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Communication

https://discourse.pangeo.io/c/education/project-pythia/

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Open Meetings

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Partnerships

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Outreach

@projectpythia@fosstodon.org

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Summary

Main components:

  • Foundations Book
  • Cookbooks Gallery
  • Resource Gallery
  • Tutorial Series

Open source successes:

  • Everything on GitHub
  • Extensive Contributor’s Guides
  • Communication Channels
  • Open Meetings
  • Outreach Efforts (e.g., social media)
  • Growing Partnerships

Email: jkent@ucar.edu

GitHub: @jukent

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Acknowledgements

NSF EarthCube program (award #2026899)

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Pangeo community

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Numerous technical staff