Technical Talks

Wes McKinney

Principal Architect | Posit, PBC

Python Data Wrangling: Preparing for the Future

In this talk, I'll discuss the current status of the pandas project and where we are planning to take it in the near future. I'll also talk about related work in data interoperability, such as Apache Arrow, designed to bring together the Python and Big Data / Hadoop worlds.

Download Slides

Principal Architect

Wes McKinney

Posit, PBC

Wes McKinney is an open source software developer and entrepreneur focusing on data processing tools and systems. He created the Python pandas and Ibis projects, and co-created Apache Arrow. He is a Member of the Apache Software Foundation and also a project PMC member for Apache Parquet. He is currently a Principal Architect at Posit PBC and a co-founder of Voltron Data.