# About Project Pythia Project Pythia is the education working group for [Pangeo](https://pangeo.io) and is an educational resource for the entire geoscience community. Project Pythia is a home for Python-centered learning resources that are _open-source_, _community-owned_, _geoscience-focused_, and _high-quality_. ## Why do we need Project Pythia? Scientists working in a multitude of disciplines rely heavily on computing technologies for their research. Numerical simulations run on supercomputers are used in the study of climate, weather, atmospheric chemistry, wildfires, space weather, and more. Similarly, a tremendous volume of digital data produced by numerical simulations, or observations made with instruments, are analyzed with the help of powerful computers and software. Thus, today’s scientists require not only expertise in their scientific discipline, but also require high-level technical skills to effectively analyze, manipulate, and make sense of potentially vast volumes of data. Computing environments change rapidly, and two technologies that have emerged and are being adopted by scientific communities relatively recently are Cloud Computing platforms and a software ecosystem of scientific tools built around the open source programming language called Python. Project Pythia provides a public, web-accessible training resource that will help educate current, and aspiring, earth scientists to more effectively use both the Scientific Python Ecosystem and Cloud Computing to make sense of huge volumes of numerical scientific data. ## Why the name _Pythia_? In ancient Greek mythology, the god [Apollo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo) is said to have slain the monstrous [Python](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(mythology)). Apollo's temple was later served by the [Oracle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle) of [Delphi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphi), who was known as the [Pythia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythia). Like the Oracle of old, Project Pythia will help you make sense of things that seem mysterious. We will not, however, _slay_ your [Python](https://www.python.org), but instead help you _improve_ it -- and help you to help others do the same! ## Who is Project Pythia? Pythia is an open and inclusive community! Look [here](index.md#join-us) for info on how to get involved. ## Project Pythia Goals 1. _The Pythia Portal:_ A searchable online portal that provides scientists at any point in their career with educational content and real-world examples needed to learn how to navigate and integrate the myriad packages within the Python ecosystem for the geosciences. 2. _Cloud-Deployable Pythia Platforms:_ A light-weight, Binder-based platform that will make it possible to launch portal content in customizable executable environments in the Cloud with only a “single click.” ## Presentations about Project Pythia To learn more about Project Pythia and its history, see this list of presentations (listed in reverse-chronological order): | Forum | Date | Presenter | Format | Title (with link) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Ocean Sciences | 2024-02 | Brian Rose | slides | [The Project Pythia Cookbook Initiative](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tvABElX-0CgiuzMfY7XFY-gsXzGUXqWV6k2qJeTw5bk/edit?usp=sharing) | | 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) | | 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) | | AMS | 2024-01 | Brian Rose | slides | [Project Pythia's vision: Building an Inclusive Geoscience Community through Accessible, Reusable, and Reproducible Workflows](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nG3iJr6Q7_ktKHg6PXzna7DMp4HDiFgS7scqjKLtXNA/edit?usp=sharing) | | AGU | 2023-12 | Brian Rose | slides | [The Project Pythia Cookbook Initiative](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1J6wgvypXxYZ4uTQHsquyH_tlY6KiQXBcxb3cwdd3FUM/edit?usp=sharing) | | 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) | | 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) | | 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) | | CI2023 Reproducibility Challenge | 2023-05 | Brian Rose | slides | [Project Pythia: Learning Python Geoscience Software](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7915657) | | ISS | 2023-04 | Julia Kent | slides | [How Project Pythia Leverages GitHub for Community Contributions](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13MH5968BAfR6IxplGVbM2bSJ6uRoa5Wkzk5axqvmCX4/edit?usp=sharing) | | ESDS forum | 2023-03 | Brian Rose | slides | [Project Pythia Cookbooks](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1goieS2kjajD93fPSKm6aP2GroNotV9zu/view?usp=sharing) | | 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) | | 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) | | 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) | | 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) | | 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) | | 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) | | AMS | 2022-01 | Drew Camron | slides | [Project Pythia: A community update](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NuV5sI3oGhvuUt_s8hzmj0UA9MqCtlxWTADbJHjr9ow/edit?usp=sharing) | | AMS | 2022-01 | Kevin Tyle | slides | [Leveraging Project Pythia in an Advanced Geoscience & Visualization Course](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1D8kkpsX4CE3rT5QQliH6JfKYeY76fT1gClIEzboxgko/) | | 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) | | 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) | | 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) | | AGU | 2021-12 | Julia Kent | abstract | [ESDS Educational Efforts](https://t.co/hQ1wGQZB18) | | 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) | | AMS | 2021-01 | John Clyne | video | [Project Pythia: a community learning resource for geoscientists](https://youtu.be/_UxlrwB_evo)