by Admin | Dec 11, 2020 | Blog, Diversity & Inclusion (DISC)
NumFOCUS is pleased to announce the launch of our Contributor Diversification & Retention Research Project funded by a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. “We were eager to support NumFOCUS’s diversity initiative because it aims to get to the heart...
by Admin | Oct 30, 2020 | Blog, Diversity & Inclusion (DISC)
We, the NumFOCUS Code of Conduct Enforcement Committee, issue a public apology to Jeremy Howard for our handling of the JupyterCon 2020 reports. We should have done better. We thank you for sharing your experience and we will use it to improve our policies going...
by Admin | Apr 30, 2019 | Blog, Diversity & Inclusion (DISC)
Nominations are open to serve on the NumFOCUS DISC committee! The Diversity and Inclusion in Scientific Computing (DISC) Committee helps to guide the direction and activities of the DISC Program. New DISC Committee Members have ample opportunity to bring their own...
by nf-admin | Dec 5, 2018 | Blog, Diversity & Inclusion (DISC)
This is a guest post by Samuel Brice, DISC Committee Member, originally posted on Medium. Acknowledgements: Thank you to Two Sigma for hosting DISC ! Afshin Darian and Steve Silvester from the JupyterLab core developers team along with Diego Torres who helped...
by Admin | Jun 20, 2018 | Blog, Diversity & Inclusion (DISC)
This is the final post in the series on projects developed at the 2017 Diversity and Inclusion in Scientific Computing (DISC) Unconference. Read our prior posts in the series: Diversity and Metrics in Software Communities Diverse & Inclusive Events and...
by Admin | Jun 15, 2018 | Blog, Diversity & Inclusion (DISC)
This is a contributed post by participants in the 2017 Diversity and Inclusion in Scientific Computing (DISC) Unconference. Read our prior posts in the series: Diverse & Inclusive Events and Conferences Cookbook Starting D&I Conversations at Work Getting...