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NEXT EVENT
CHIPY __MAIN__ MEETING

Description:

Join us for our January __main__ meeting!

Networking and food at 6pm, talks will start at 6:30pm.

 

When: Jan. 15, 2026, 6 p.m.

Where: Tegus (by AlphaSense)

200 N. LaSalle Street. Suite 1100. Chicago, IL 60601

Directions:

Building Entry: Upon arriving at Tegus HQ, attendees will be asked to provide a legal ID to the front desk to check-in. Event Location: Floor 11 - Millennium Park Conference Room.

RSVPs

Registration for this event will close on Thursday January 15 at 12:00 p.m.

Attendance:
In Person Pythonistas: 13

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TOPICS FOR NEXT EVENT

Hack Finance with Wayy Research!
By: Rick Galbo
Experience Level: Intermediate

Have you ever wanted to do some financial research, but struggled. Well maybe not, but if you're here with us tonight, maybe check out some packages that Wayy Research has been creating. Even if you're not a seasoned fin-head, you might be wondering how to get started in quantitative finance. And if you were, boy, are you in luck!

 

We will go over 3 packages:

Wayy-Research/wrdata - a financial data gathering package

Wayy-Research/fracTime - a …

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Beating library solvers by doing less
By: Robin Fishbein
Experience Level: Novice

We love NumPy, SymPy, and other packages for their speed, but generic solvers carry the baggage of generic cases. I’ll demonstrate how hacking your own algorithm, and ignoring what you don’t care about, can sometimes outperform the optimized heavyweights.

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Founded in 2003, Chicago Python User Group is one of the world's most active programming language special interest groups with over 1,000 active members and many more prestigious alumni. Our main focus is the Python Programming Language. There are many ways to get and stay involved. Meetings are open to all levels. Our main meetings are on the 2nd Thursday of every month and happen online remotely. We have SIGs (Special Interest Groups) in: Mentorship, Data Science, Web technologies, and Finance.
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