Welcome!

We held the first Data Science Cornwall meetup yesterday.

Thanks

I'd like to thank the great tech community in Cornwall for the support and encouragement in making this happen, especially Brian at Falmouth University, Toby at Headforwards, Garry at Hertzian and Software Cornwall too.

Mission & Values

The aim of Data Science Cornwall is primarily to develop a community around data science in Cornwall. That means providing opportunities for people to connect, share knowledge, learn from each other, be inspired and find support. That community is for individuals, companies, newcomers to data science, beginners and experienced practitioners.

We aim to be an open relaxed community -  which means we'll be neutral from any company affiliation, essential for building trust and sharing knowledge.

We'll work primarily with open source technology, because we value open inclusive access to tools, and transparency into how they work.

We will retain a focus on being beginner-friendly. Even our advanced sessions will have something for beginners to benefit from.

We must be open and inclusive - so please do let us know is something is a barrier that we're not conscious of.

What We'll Do

We'll mostly have talks aiming to share knowledge or experience. We'll encourage members of our community to do these, and not just have travelling serial speakers.

We'll also run hands-on practical tutorials.

There is interest in hackathons so we'll organise these too.

We'll always build in time to talk and network.

Feedback Is Important

It is important that the community says what it likes and dislikes, what its needs are, and what is wants to see more and less of. That's the only way we can organise future meetups that meet our community's needs.