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|  | 1 | +# About Project Pythia | 
|  | 2 | + | 
|  | 3 | +Project Pythia is the education working group for [Pangeo](https://pangeo.io) | 
|  | 4 | +and is an educational resource for the entire geoscience community. | 
|  | 5 | +Project Pythia is a home for Python-centered learning resources that are _open-source_, | 
|  | 6 | +_community-owned_, _geoscience-focused_, and _high-quality_. | 
|  | 7 | + | 
|  | 8 | +## Why do we need Project Pythia? | 
|  | 9 | + | 
|  | 10 | +Scientists working in a multitude of disciplines rely heavily on | 
|  | 11 | +computing technologies for their research. Numerical simulations | 
|  | 12 | +run on supercomputers are used in the study of climate, weather, | 
|  | 13 | +atmospheric chemistry, wildfires, space weather, and more. Similarly, | 
|  | 14 | +a tremendous volume of digital data produced by numerical simulations, | 
|  | 15 | +or observations made with instruments, are analyzed with the help | 
|  | 16 | +of powerful computers and software. Thus, today’s scientists require | 
|  | 17 | +not only expertise in their scientific discipline, but also require | 
|  | 18 | +high-level technical skills to effectively analyze, manipulate, and | 
|  | 19 | +make sense of potentially vast volumes of data. Computing environments | 
|  | 20 | +change rapidly, and two technologies that have emerged and are being | 
|  | 21 | +adopted by scientific communities relatively recently are Cloud | 
|  | 22 | +Computing platforms and a software ecosystem of scientific tools | 
|  | 23 | +built around the open source programming language called Python. | 
|  | 24 | +Project Pythia provides a public, web-accessible training | 
|  | 25 | +resource that will help educate current, and aspiring, earth | 
|  | 26 | +scientists to more effectively use both the Scientific Python | 
|  | 27 | +Ecosystem and Cloud Computing to make sense of huge volumes of | 
|  | 28 | +numerical scientific data. | 
|  | 29 | + | 
|  | 30 | +## Why the name _Pythia_? | 
|  | 31 | + | 
|  | 32 | +In ancient Greek mythology, the god [Apollo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo) | 
|  | 33 | +is said to have slain the monstrous [Python](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(mythology)). | 
|  | 34 | +Apollo's temple was later served by the [Oracle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle) | 
|  | 35 | +of [Delphi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphi), | 
|  | 36 | +who was known as the [Pythia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythia). | 
|  | 37 | + | 
|  | 38 | +Like the Oracle of old, Project Pythia will help you make sense of things that seem mysterious. | 
|  | 39 | +We will not, however, _slay_ your [Python](https://www.python.org), | 
|  | 40 | +but instead help you _improve_ it -- and help you to help others do the same! | 
|  | 41 | + | 
|  | 42 | +## Who is Project Pythia? | 
|  | 43 | + | 
|  | 44 | +Pythia is an open and welcoming community! Look [here](index.md#join-us) for info | 
|  | 45 | +on how to get involved. | 
|  | 46 | + | 
|  | 47 | +## Project Pythia Goals | 
|  | 48 | + | 
|  | 49 | +1. _The Pythia Portal:_ A searchable online portal that | 
|  | 50 | +   provides scientists at any point in their career with educational | 
|  | 51 | +   content and real-world examples needed to learn how to navigate and | 
|  | 52 | +   integrate the myriad packages within the Python ecosystem for the | 
|  | 53 | +   geosciences. | 
|  | 54 | + | 
|  | 55 | +2. _Cloud-Deployable Pythia Platforms:_ A light-weight, | 
|  | 56 | +   Binder-based platform that will make it possible to launch portal | 
|  | 57 | +   content in customizable executable environments in the Cloud with | 
|  | 58 | +   only a “single click.” | 
|  | 59 | + | 
|  | 60 | +## Presentations about Project Pythia | 
|  | 61 | + | 
|  | 62 | +To learn more about Project Pythia and its history, see this list of presentations (listed in reverse-chronological order): | 
|  | 63 | + | 
|  | 64 | +| Forum | Date | Presenter | Format | Title (with link) | | 
|  | 65 | +| ---   |  ---  |   ---   |  ---    |  --- | | 
|  | 66 | +| Pangeo Showcase | 2024-10 | Brian Rose | slides | [Project Pythia Cookbooks](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-RS9DviJnOzwlRMNv1786UMYJ8PmQU-ohu0vo51NM0Q/edit?usp=sharing) | | 
|  | 67 | +| Ocean Sciences | 2024-02 | Brian Rose | slides | [The Project Pythia Cookbook Initiative](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tvABElX-0CgiuzMfY7XFY-gsXzGUXqWV6k2qJeTw5bk/edit?usp=sharing) | | 
|  | 68 | +| AMS   | 2024-01 | Drew Camron | slides | [Project Pythia: Three Years of Community Building Through Open Source Technology and Education](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nZfWWozBKQzVCYpKUqWPX51MEgSAhgfM/view?usp=sharing) | | 
|  | 69 | +| AMS   | 2024-01 | Kevin Tyle | slides | [Cooking up a Storm with Project Pythia](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zMsoCg1RMHGZDuLLV0QsZB6NwKE7CKo5_8iFAGDGj6o/edit?usp=drive_link) | | 
|  | 70 | +| AMS   | 2024-01 | Brian Rose | slides | [Project Pythia's vision](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nG3iJr6Q7_ktKHg6PXzna7DMp4HDiFgS7scqjKLtXNA/edit?usp=sharing) | | 
|  | 71 | +| AGU   | 2023-12 | Brian Rose | slides | [The Project Pythia Cookbook Initiative](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1J6wgvypXxYZ4uTQHsquyH_tlY6KiQXBcxb3cwdd3FUM/edit?usp=sharing) | | 
|  | 72 | +| AGU   | 2023-12 | Julia Kent | slides | [Project Pythia: Empowering Geoscientists through Open-Source, Open-Science Collaboration](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wm0RxaswVh_YJFcYsHduONsYiYNLc69f0XuHnP7Vfh8/edit?usp=sharing) | | 
|  | 73 | +| SciPy | 2023-07 | Kevin Tyle / Drew Camron | slides | [Better (Open-source) Homes and Gardens with Project Pythia](https://drive.google.com/file/d/125Wk3TTImHqSYLkgPNsy4_M_w3aENgLr/view?usp=sharing) | | 
|  | 74 | +| Pythia Cook-off 2023 | 2023-06 | Brian Rose / Drew Camron | slides | [Cook-off 2023 Introduction: All about Pythia, Cookbooks, and the Cook-off!](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NUnkZLyf4HXkPfQATjoUAs1s9cQAAtTlmVUMwQQmvMg/edit?usp=sharing) | | 
|  | 75 | +| CI2023 Reproducibility Challenge | 2023-05 | Brian Rose | slides | [Project Pythia: Learning Python Geoscience Software](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7915657) | | 
|  | 76 | +| ISS   |  2023-04 | Julia Kent | slides | [How Project Pythia Leverages GitHub for Community Contributions](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13MH5968BAfR6IxplGVbM2bSJ6uRoa5Wkzk5axqvmCX4/edit?usp=sharing) | | 
|  | 77 | +| ESDS forum | 2023-03 | Brian Rose | slides | [Project Pythia Cookbooks](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1goieS2kjajD93fPSKm6aP2GroNotV9zu/view?usp=sharing) | | 
|  | 78 | +| AMS   |  2023-01  | Drew Camron | talk | [Project Pythia: A Community Update on Open and Sustainable Geoscientific Python Education](https://ams.confex.com/ams/103ANNUAL/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/421702) | | 
|  | 79 | +| AMS   |  2023-01  | Max Grover | talk | [ARMing the Open Science Community with Radar Cookbooks: from the Colorado Rockies to the Gulf Coast and Beyond](https://ams.confex.com/ams/103ANNUAL/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/417388) | | 
|  | 80 | +| AGU   |  2022-12  | Kevin Tyle | slides | [Project Pythia - Transforming Software Engineering Education for GeoScience](https://eppro01.ativ.me/src/EventPilot/php/express/web/planner.php?id=AGU22) | | 
|  | 81 | +| AGU   |  2022-12  | Julia Kent | slides | [Project Pythia: A Pangeo Community Tool for Open-Source Education](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19oWV7LULijtIYObrNW3ccoRLNFV9lYA0APuPlXAx_z8/edit?usp=sharing) | | 
|  | 82 | +| SciPy | 2022-07 | Kevin Tyle | slides | [A Community-built Training Resource for the Geoscientific Python Software Ecosystem](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tyPkDVDKZX5BsWk9j-TTwiKT8mNQBBZG/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=114646835079460879999&rtpof=true&sd=true) | | 
|  | 83 | +| ESDS forum |  2022-05  | Julia Kent | slides | [Project Pythia: A Community Learning Resource for Geoscientists](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NGLFwqJdsu53CtsCqZLO3dxQtRcelOsm/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=107342162699810699865&rtpof=true&sd=true) | | 
|  | 84 | +|  AMS  | 2022-01  | Drew Camron | slides | [Project Pythia: A community update](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NuV5sI3oGhvuUt_s8hzmj0UA9MqCtlxWTADbJHjr9ow/edit?usp=sharing)     | | 
|  | 85 | +|  AMS  | 2022-01  | Kevin Tyle | slides | [Leveraging Project Pythia in an Advanced Geoscience & Visualization Course](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1D8kkpsX4CE3rT5QQliH6JfKYeY76fT1gClIEzboxgko/)     | | 
|  | 86 | +|  AMS  | 2022-01 | Max Grover | slides | [Rethinking CESM Diagnostics through the Lens of Earth System Data Science](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aTw0DmaZ-7PQtWXxQqdik825r5mOoYRe/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=113419461755911727326&rtpof=true&sd=true) | | 
|  | 87 | +|  AGU  | 2021-12 | Kevin Paul | e-poster | [Pangeo and Project Pythia: Helping Geoscientists Navigate the Scientific Python Ecosystem](https://agu2021fallmeeting-agu.ipostersessions.com/Default.aspx?s=CF-91-F4-F8-35-E4-B7-40-F2-8C-F6-86-76-97-11-02) | | 
|  | 88 | +|  AGU  | 2021-12 | Kevin Paul | e-poster | [Project Pythia: A Resource to Help Geoscientists Navigate the Scientific Python Ecosystem](https://agu2021fallmeeting-agu.ipostersessions.com/Default.aspx?s=25-22-8E-6D-6E-CB-B4-E9-6D-08-78-2A-61-2F-62-09) | | 
|  | 89 | +|  AGU  | 2021-12 | Julia Kent | abstract | [ESDS Educational Efforts](https://t.co/hQ1wGQZB18) | | 
|  | 90 | +| Pangeo Showcase | 2021-06 | Brian Rose | video + slides | [Project Pythia: a community learning resource for Python-based computing in the geosciences](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/june-23-2021-project-pythia-a-community-learning-resource-for-python-based-computing-in-the-geosciences/1601) | | 
|  | 91 | +|  AMS  | 2021-01 | John Clyne | video | [Project Pythia: a community learning resource for geoscientists](https://youtu.be/_UxlrwB_evo) | 
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