IA Python Meetings 🐍✨#
Practical, hands-on sessions on Python and broader software tools for students and researchers at the Institute of Astrophysics (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile).
📅 Weekly 20–30 min talk + Q&A 🎯 Focus on practical tools, workflows, software, and coding.
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🔮 Upcoming Talks#
📚 Browse by Topic#
Explore talks organized by subject area:
🐍 Python & Performance — Packaging, environments, optimization, and data manipulation
📊 Data Analysis — Statistical methods, SED fitting, MCMC, and parameter extraction
🎨 Visualization — Creating compelling scientific figures
🛠️ Workflows & Tools — VSCode, Git, Obsidian, and research management
🌌 Astrophysics Methods — Specialized techniques for astronomical problems
⏮️ Past Talks#
📚 Browse past talks below. Each entry links to the abstract, slides, and other important resources 🔗.
2025#
22-08-2025 - Python Meeting #1: Boosting your Productivity with VSCode and SSH on remote machines by Joaquín Hernández ⚡💻 📄 Abstract •
29-08-2025 - Python Meeting #2: Packaging your own Python projects by Claudia Rodriguez 📦🐍 📄 Abstract •
05-09-2025 - Python Meeting #3: Conda Environments: What are they for? by Rodrigo Ugarte 📄 Abstract •
12-09-2025 - Python Meeting #4: Extracting Galaxy Properties through SED Fitting with CIGALE by Victoria Catán 📄 Abstract •
26-09-2025 - Python Meeting #5: How to optimise your Python code? by Daniela Barrientos 📄 Abstract •
03-10-2025 - Python Meeting #6: Galpak3D: A bayesian parametric tool for extracting galaxy parameters and kinematics from 3D Data by Fernanda Muñoz 📄 Abstract •
10-10-2025 - Python Meeting #7: MCMC fitting with emcee by Marcelo Ojeda 📄 Abstract •
17-10-2025 - Python Meeting #8: Good coding habits: the Template Method and Configuration Files by Victoria Vásquez 📄 Abstract •
24-10-2025 - Python Meeting #9: From Chaos to Knowledge: Organizing Your Research Notes with Obsidian, Zotero, and Git by Rohan Rahatgaonkar 📄 Abstract •
07-11-2025 - Python Meeting #10: Pandas and Numpy in depth: advanced array manipulation for astronomy by Sebastián Ramírez 📄 Abstract •
14-11-2025 - Python Meeting #11: LePHARE by Patricia Fort 📄 Abstract •
21-11-2025 - Python Meeting #12: CACHAI: a customizable visualization toolkit for science by Diego Beltran 📄 Abstract •
2026#
09-04-2026 - Clustering for Astrophysics! by Matthias Gerlach 📄 Abstract •
17-04-2026 - From Chaos to Knowledge: Organizing Your Research Notes with Obsidian, Zotero, and Git + AI integration by Rohan Rahatgaonkar 📄 Abstract •
24-04-2026 - Create your Webpage with Github by Cristobal Braga 📄 Abstract •
08-05-2026 - Jorge Gonzalez: How to use CARTA (Cube Analysis and Rendering Tool for Astronomy) 📄 Abstract
15-05-2026 - Maximiliano Blanco: Supervised Learning in Astrophysics: Random Forests in Practice 📄 Abstract
29-05-2026 - Sebastián Ramírez: Bash and the Terminal: Writing Scripts to Automate Command-Line Tasks 📄 Abstract
05-06-2026 - Javiera D’Angelo: Getting Started with PyAutoGalaxy 📄 Abstract