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The London Financial Python User Group (affectionately, LFPUG) has been starting in November 2009. As of September 2006, we've moved to this wiki page and the [[http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/apug|scipy-hosted mailing list]]. There's also still a [[http://python.meetup.com/188/|presence on meetup.com]], since several folks have requested the Python meetup through that site. We'll maintain both this wiki presence and the meetup until there's a clear winner. The London Financial Python User Group (affectionately, LFPUG) has been started in November 2009. Over the last several years, the Python/Numpy/Scipy toolset has steadily grown in popularity among quants. It now plays an important role in the trading and visualization systems throughout the financial industry. A number of London-based quants, traders, and other financial professionals have asked Enthought to set up a “Financial Python” user group.
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Meetings are generally the second Wednesday of each month at the [[http://www.enthought.com/company/map.htm|Enthought offices]] at 7pm. The entrance to the building is on Congress; if the door is locked, you can press the intercom buzzer and tell the security guy that you're here to visit Enthought for the Python meeting. He should let you in and make you sign in. Beginning in November 2009, Enthought started to organize a monthly event where people can meet and discuss Python’s use in the financial sector (best practices, new technologies, etc.).
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Enthought's office is on the 21st floor. Once you enter the front door of the office, if there's no one there, proceed down the hallway to your right (do make the turns around corners!) and near the very end of the hallway, there will be a conference room, and we will be in there with the pizza and drinks. If you’d like to be kept informed about the details of these events, join us on the [[http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2428849| LinkedIn group]] or contact Didrik (dpinte@enthought.com) by e-mail. There is a "high" traffic mailing list for those who are interested about getting the latest information.
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Parking downtown can be tricky, though metered street spots are free at this time. There are also a number of parking garages around, though I don't know the fee details. 515 Congress does have its own parking garage but usually the security gate is down for the night by the time of the APUG meeting so you can't get in. If you do manage to get in, don't worry about getting out as you can always buzz the security guard to request the raising of the exit gate. {{{#!html
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 * Dec 14th, 2009 at 7pm (Monday)
 * Topic:
  * "Resolver One, the Pythonic spreadsheet, and the open source Ironclad project, which lets you use NumPy from IronPython and thus from other .NET languages.", Giles Thomas - Resolver Systems
  * "Chaco : a 2D interactive plotting application toolkit" - Didrik Pinte, Enthought
 * Location: MWB Regent Street, Liberty House 222 Regent Street, London W1B 5TR
 * January 17, 2011
 * Topics :
  * Developing and Deploying Python applications on GPU Cloud Platforms, Suleiman Shehu, CEO of Azinta Systems
  * Black-box model validation with Python, Patrick Henaff
  * 5-minute lightning talk: Giles Thomas of Resolver Systems will introduce their new Python cloud spreadsheet, Dirigible
 * Location:
  * Timetric Ltd ([www.timetric.com]), Second Floor, White Bear Yard, Clerkenwell Road 144a, London, EC1R 5DF. [[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=144a+Clerkenwell+Road,+EC1R+5DF,+London&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=14.275465,37.397461&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=144A+Clerkenwell+Rd,+London+EC1R+5DF,+United+Kingdom&z=16 |Google map ]]
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 * Nov 11th, 2009 at 6.30pm (Tuesday): Didrik Pinte talked about [[http://code.google.com/p/pandas/|pandas]]
 * September 15, 2010
 * Topics :
  * ''Introduction to the Numpy for .NET project'', by Didrik Pinte, [[http://www.enthought.com | Enthought]]
  * ''Faster Python math using pyCUDA'', Ian Oswald, [[http://ianozsvald.com]] - [[http://ianozsvald.com/2010/09/17/demoing-pycuda-at-the-london-financial-python-user-group/ | blog post]]
  * ''A Web Application Stack for a Hedge Fund'', Chris Withers, Simplistix/GLC - [http://groups.google.com/group/glcuk]
 * Location:
  * Please, register before coming by sending a mail to Vincent Guffens (vincent.guffens@ca-cib.com)
  * CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CIB LONDON BRANCH, Broadwalk House , 5, Appold St , EC2A 2DA, London
  * Ask room 8 at the reception

 * June 23, 2010
 * Topics :
  * ''Real time web and implementations with repoze.bfg and eventlet'', by Ben Ford
   * Here are some links on what I was talking about in no particular order:
      http://github.com/boothead/multivisor (slightly out of date but I'll be updating it soon)
      http://vis.stanford.edu/protovis/
      http://eventlet.net/
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebSockets
      http://www.zeromq.org/ and http://github.com/ellisonbg/pyzmq
      http://www.amqp.org/ and http://www.rabbitmq.com/
  * ''Sensitivity analysis of an option pricing model using Traits, Chaco and Mayavi'', by Didrik Pinte, [[http://www.enthought.com | Enthought]]

 * April, 13 2010
 * Topics :
  * ''Working with Excel files'' by Chris Wither, [[http://www.simplistix.co.uk/ | Simplistix]] - ([[http://www.python-excel.org/ | Full tutorial ]])
  * ''Integrating C/C++ libraries using Cython (ta-lib and gsl examples)'' by Didrik Pinte, [[http://www.enthought.com | Enthought]]
   * ([[http://dpinte.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/interfacing-ta-lib-with-cython/ | Ta-lib blog post ]])
   * ([[http://dpinte.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/interfacing-gsl-with-python-using-cython-comparison-with-weave/ | GSL blog post ]])
 * Location:
  * [[http://smarkets.com | Smarkets Limited]], 144a Clerkenwell Road, London EC1R 5DF
 * March, 11 2010
  * ''[[http://Sto.cx | Sto.cx]] helps you play around with ideas for share portfolios'' by Andrew, Timetric.
  * ''An integrated VAR calculation demo using :
   * Numpy memory maps and structured data-types
   * [[http://www.picloud.com | picloud]], Cloud computing simplified
    by Travis Oliphant, [[http://www.enthought.com | Enthought]]
  * Interactive Python graphics/visualisation with Excel ([[http://dpinte.wordpress.com/2010/03/12/interactive-python-graphicsvisualisation-with-excel/ | Blog post ]]) by Didrik Pinte , [[http://www.enthought.com | Enthought]]
  * Cloud computing with Python and Excel ([[http://dpinte.wordpress.com/2010/03/12/cloud-computing-with-python-and-excel-picloud-integration/ | Blog post]]) by Didrik Pinte [[htp://www.enthought.com | Enthought]]

 * Feb 3, 2010 at 7pm
  * Improving NumPy performance with the Intel MKL ([[http://dpinte.wordpress.com/2010/01/15/numpy-performance-improvement-with-the-mkl/ | Blog post]]) - Didrik Pinte [[htp://www.enthought.com | Enthought]]
  * Python to Excel bridges :
    * "PyXLL, a user friendly Python-Excel bridge" ([[http://www.pyxll.com/downloads/PyXLL_LFPUG_20100203.pdf | Slides]]) - Tony Roberts :
    * Discussion on connecting Python and Excel (xlrd/xlwt, pyinex, win32com, pyxll, ...)
  * Speeding up Python code using Cython ([[http://dpinte.wordpress.com/2010/02/12/improving-python-speed-using-cython-binomial-option-valuation-example/ | Blog post]]) - Didrik Pinte, [[htp://www.enthought.com | Enthought]]

 * Dec 14th, 2009 :
  * Resolver One, the Pythonic spreadsheet, and the open source Ironclad project, which lets you use NumPy from IronPython and thus from other .NET languages. - Giles Thomas - [[http://www.resolversystems.com/|Resolver Systems]]
  * Reportlab's framework for producing nice financial reports. - Andy Robinson - [[http://www.reportlab.com/|Reportlab]]
  * Chaco : a 2D interactive plotting application toolkit - Didrik Pinte, [[htp://www.enthought.com | Enthought]]

 * Nov 11th, 2009 : Didrik Pinte talked about [[http://code.google.com/p/pandas/|pandas]]

=== Lightning talks ===

 * The target is to have between 2 to 5 ligthning talks per sessions. Talk duration between 5-10 minutes followed by 5-10 minutes Q&A.
 * Suggestions are welcome, please do send them by e-mail to Didrik (dpinte@enthought.com).

The London Financial Python User Group (affectionately, LFPUG) has been started in November 2009. Over the last several years, the Python/Numpy/Scipy toolset has steadily grown in popularity among quants. It now plays an important role in the trading and visualization systems throughout the financial industry. A number of London-based quants, traders, and other financial professionals have asked Enthought to set up a “Financial Python” user group.

Beginning in November 2009, Enthought started to organize a monthly event where people can meet and discuss Python’s use in the financial sector (best practices, new technologies, etc.).

If you’d like to be kept informed about the details of these events, join us on the LinkedIn group or contact Didrik (dpinte@enthought.com) by e-mail. There is a "high" traffic mailing list for those who are interested about getting the latest information.

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Subscribe to London Financial Python User Group
Email:
Visit this group

Table of Contents:

Contents

  1. Next Meeting
  2. Previous meetings
  3. Lightning talks

Next Meeting

  • January 17, 2011
  • Topics :
    • Developing and Deploying Python applications on GPU Cloud Platforms, Suleiman Shehu, CEO of Azinta Systems
    • Black-box model validation with Python, Patrick Henaff
    • 5-minute lightning talk: Giles Thomas of Resolver Systems will introduce their new Python cloud spreadsheet, Dirigible
  • Location:

    • Timetric Ltd ([www.timetric.com]), Second Floor, White Bear Yard, Clerkenwell Road 144a, London, EC1R 5DF. Google map

Previous meetings

Lightning talks

  • The target is to have between 2 to 5 ligthning talks per sessions. Talk duration between 5-10 minutes followed by 5-10 minutes Q&A.

  • Suggestions are welcome, please do send them by e-mail to Didrik (dpinte@enthought.com).

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