# Community

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## [From zero to a fun Julia project in 4 days?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/from-zero-to-a-fun-julia-project-in-4-days/114694)

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**Author:** [@gdalle](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gdalle)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2024, 11:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/from-zero-to-a-fun-julia-project-in-4-days/114694 "2024-05-30T23:46:34Z")

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I’ve been asked to mentor a group of 2-3 students (aged 16+) for a week-long coding camp this summer. The idea is to help them discover computer science through a research-adjacent project, with a public presentation at …

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## [\[Workgroup\] JuliaHealth Meeting – May 30th, 2024](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/workgroup-juliahealth-meeting-may-30th-2024/114805)

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**Author:** [@TheCedarPrince](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheCedarPrince)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2024, 4:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/workgroup-juliahealth-meeting-may-30th-2024/114805 "2024-05-30T16:03:13Z")

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Hi everyone! :wave: It is time for another JuliaHealth community call very soon! After having been on hiatus since April, we are back with another monthly call! We have an exciting schedule already lined up for this mon…

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## [Changes to PkgServers storage backend](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/changes-to-pkgservers-storage-backend/112378)

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**Author:** [@fredrikekre](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fredrikekre)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/changes-to-pkgservers-storage-backend/112378 "2024-05-30T15:23:26Z")

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We are experimenting with some changes to the storage backend of the package servers\[1\]. These changes are currently live on https://staging.pkg.julialang.org. It would be great if some of you could beta test the new ser…

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## [Launching the REPL working group](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/launching-the-repl-working-group/114956)

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**Author:** [@tecosaur](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tecosaur)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2024, 8:36am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/launching-the-repl-working-group/114956 "2024-05-30T08:36:27Z")

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Over in #repl on Zulip, the loose clumping of people that comprise the “REPL working group” have been chatting about improving the REPL for a while. We’re now going to be holding the first call this Saturday, at 2024-06…

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## [Julia and braille](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-and-braille/77002)

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**Author:** [@g2g](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/g2g)\
**Replies:** 43\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-and-braille/77002 "2024-05-27T14:26:11Z")

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According to the CDC, there are one million blind people in the US. Are there any ways to make Julia more accessible to the blind community? … sort of like how LaTeX style variables made Julia more accessible to the scie…

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## [Comparing package management in Python R Julia and Rust](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/comparing-package-management-in-python-r-julia-and-rust/114617)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 11:22am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/comparing-package-management-in-python-r-julia-and-rust/114617 "2024-05-23T11:22:22Z")

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## [Juliausanne - Julia EPFL Lausanne Meetup Group](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliausanne-julia-epfl-lausanne-meetup-group/95677)

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**Author:** [@roflmaostc](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/roflmaostc)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 12:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliausanne-julia-epfl-lausanne-meetup-group/95677 "2024-05-22T12:54:27Z")

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Hi all! In the past days, we gathered a few passionate people in Lausanne / EPFL! We’re trying to organize some meetups in the near future. To stay up-to-date, you can join our meetup group! There is also a #epfl ch…

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## [Why is there a lack of advanced metaprogramming documentation?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-there-a-lack-of-advanced-metaprogramming-documentation/114297)

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**Author:** [@Tarny\_GG\_Channie](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tarny_GG_Channie)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-there-a-lack-of-advanced-metaprogramming-documentation/114297 "2024-05-15T15:52:00Z")

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While Julia has a good metaprogramming starter guide that covers AST manipulation, too much metaprogramming remains undocumented or poorly documented. For example, how could gradient(f,x) work? You would need to inspect …

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## [What's your favorite syntactical sugar in Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/whats-your-favorite-syntactical-sugar-in-julia/49781)

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**Author:** [@Impressium](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Impressium)\
**Replies:** 86\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2024, 6:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/whats-your-favorite-syntactical-sugar-in-julia/49781 "2024-05-15T06:41:20Z")

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Hi best community! I’m planning of doing a Julia Lang tutorial series around syntactical sugar in Julia (feel free to steal the idea). Before that I want to ask you the community what your favorite syntactical sugar in …

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## [This month in Julia world - 2024-04](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/this-month-in-julia-world-2024-04/113638)

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**Author:** [@Krastanov](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Krastanov)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/this-month-in-julia-world-2024-04/113638 "2024-05-14T16:23:09Z")

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To my surprise, this newsletter is now running for a whole year… A monthly newsletter, mostly on julia internals, digestible for casual observers. A biased, incomplete, editorialized list of what I found interesting thi…

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## [High Performance Software Foundation](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/high-performance-software-foundation/106190)

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**Author:** [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/high-performance-software-foundation/106190 "2024-05-13T14:19:42Z")

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Perhaps Julia should get involved here? Linux Foundation Announces Intent to Form the High Performance Software Foundation HPSF (hpsfoundation.github.io)

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## [10 minute physics tutorial part 16 (Cloth simulation) translated to Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/10-minute-physics-tutorial-part-16-cloth-simulation-translated-to-julia/113921)

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**Author:** [@SteffenPL](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/SteffenPL)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2024, 6:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/10-minute-physics-tutorial-part-16-cloth-simulation-translated-to-julia/113921 "2024-05-06T18:56:37Z")

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Over the weekend, I translated one of the 10 minute physics tutorials by Matthias Müller for cloth simulation. It’s a fun exercise, and many things worked out easier than expected. (I was actually trying to test if Julia…

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## [Julia for data analysis book](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-for-data-analysis-book/78090)

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**Author:** [@bkamins](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bkamins)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2024, 1:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-for-data-analysis-book/78090 "2024-05-06T13:39:05Z")

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I am finishing writing a book on data analysis using the Julia language with Manning Publishing. It is mostly targeted at data scientists knowing R or Python wanting to learn Julia, but I am convinced that even if you kn…

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## [Experience report after finishing a (reasonably substantial) Julia project in 2024](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/experience-report-after-finishing-a-reasonably-substantial-julia-project-in-2024/113148)

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**Author:** [@rongcuid](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rongcuid)\
**Replies:** 80\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2024, 11:23am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/experience-report-after-finishing-a-reasonably-substantial-julia-project-in-2024/113148 "2024-05-04T11:23:29Z")

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Originally published on Reddit, got advised to post it here as well. TL;DR Great community. Excellent at expressing “math”. Very fast language. Almost great REPL. Immature ecosystem. Inconvenient debugging. Bad code org…

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## [Off topic: Does anyone has affiliation with HSBC?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/off-topic-does-anyone-has-affiliation-with-hsbc/113775)

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**Author:** [@Tomas\_Pevny](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tomas_Pevny)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 6:51am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/off-topic-does-anyone-has-affiliation-with-hsbc/113775 "2024-05-03T06:51:52Z")

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Hello All, my colleague is discussing some funding from HSBC. The requirement is that on the publications, there will be a person affiliated with HSBC. I am in talks with my colleagues offering Explainable AI (here, I a…

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## [BenchmarkTools needs a maintainer](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/benchmarktools-needs-a-maintainer/111178)

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**Author:** [@gdalle](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gdalle)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/benchmarktools-needs-a-maintainer/111178 "2024-05-02T15:42:16Z")

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Hi everyone, I have been maintaining BenchmarkTools.jl for about a year. I didn’t particularly want to do it, nor did the person in charge before me, but we did our best to keep it afloat. Now I am stepping down, and lo…

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## [\[CfP\] Parallel Applications Workshop, Alternatives To MPI+X -- Supercomputing 2024](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cfp-parallel-applications-workshop-alternatives-to-mpi-x-supercomputing-2024/113701)

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**Author:** [@csweeney](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/csweeney)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cfp-parallel-applications-workshop-alternatives-to-mpi-x-supercomputing-2024/113701 "2024-05-01T16:23:08Z")

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Call for Papers PAW-ATM 2024: Parallel Applications Workshop, Alternatives To MPI+X Held in conjunction with SC24, Atlanta, GA Submissions deadline: July 24, 2024 Notification to authors: August 30, 2024 Workshop …

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## [May JuliaGenAI Community Call - Request for topics to present](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/may-juliagenai-community-call-request-for-topics-to-present/113626)

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**Author:** [@svilupp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/svilupp)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2024, 7:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/may-juliagenai-community-call-request-for-topics-to-present/113626 "2024-04-29T19:51:46Z")

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As agreed last time, let’s do another GenAI community call. Date: \[15th May\] // Up for discussion, any counter-proposals? or it could be 22nd? Time: \[4pm UTC\] (9am PDT, 12pm EDT, 5pm BST, 6pm CET, …) // open to discuss…

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## [Does the Julia community suffer from the “Lisp curse” (whatever it means)?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-the-julia-community-suffer-from-the-lisp-curse-whatever-it-means/102852)

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**Author:** [@Tarny\_GG\_Channie](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tarny_GG_Channie)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2024, 12:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-the-julia-community-suffer-from-the-lisp-curse-whatever-it-means/102852 "2024-04-27T00:03:27Z")

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The Lisp curse is that the more expressive, powerful Lisp language doesn’t really get popular like the less expressive ones, maybe because of the lack of standardization, maybe because it’s easier to mess up? Maybe becau…

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## [Request for Org/Pkg Logos/Graphics for Online Store / JuliaCon](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/request-for-org-pkg-logos-graphics-for-online-store-juliacon/113240)

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**Author:** [@rayegun](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rayegun)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 3:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/request-for-org-pkg-logos-graphics-for-online-store-juliacon/113240 "2024-04-26T15:59:11Z")

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Hi folks! The JuliaCon Organizing Committee is working to set up a new online store for Julia-related merchandise, as well as getting ready for merchandise @ JuliaCon 2024. If you have a logo for your Julia organizatio…

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## [Poll: planning new Julia HPC Call](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/poll-planning-new-julia-hpc-call/113495)

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**Author:** [@giordano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/giordano)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 10:50am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/poll-planning-new-julia-hpc-call/113495 "2024-04-25T10:50:35Z")

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The Julia HPC call doubles! The Julia HPC community runs a monthly call (see the Julia community calendar), on the fourth Tuesday of the month, to gather people interested in using Julia in the HPC domain, answer questio…

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## [Summer School on Julia in Quantum Information Science](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/summer-school-on-julia-in-quantum-information-science/113444)

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**Author:** [@Krastanov](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Krastanov)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 12:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/summer-school-on-julia-in-quantum-information-science/113444 "2024-04-24T12:53:00Z")

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The NSF Center for Quantum Networks and Unitary Fund are sponsoring a summer school on Classical Numerical Methods in Quantum Information Science, taking place in Boston (August 12th-18th). Majority of the content will b…

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## [NASA Roses Support for Open Source Tools and Libraries, NOI Due May 7th!](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nasa-roses-support-for-open-source-tools-and-libraries-noi-due-may-7th/113311)

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**Author:** [@ChrisRackauckas](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ChrisRackauckas)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2024, 1:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nasa-roses-support-for-open-source-tools-and-libraries-noi-due-may-7th/113311 "2024-04-23T13:42:31Z")

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NASA is running a new round of ROSES for supporting open source software. If you would like to contribute to the Julia community, one of the best ways would be to secure grants to get more students working on the ecosyst…

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## [Edited recording of course “GPU Programming with Julia - 2nd edition” at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) now available!](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/edited-recording-of-course-gpu-programming-with-julia-2nd-edition-at-the-swiss-national-supercomputing-centre-cscs-now-available/113390)

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**Author:** [@samo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/samo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2024, 12:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/edited-recording-of-course-gpu-programming-with-julia-2nd-edition-at-the-swiss-national-supercomputing-centre-cscs-now-available/113390 "2024-04-23T12:32:28Z")

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Get the jupyter notebooks discussed in the course, the edited recording and any other relevant information from here: GitHub - omlins/julia-gpu-course-2023: GPU Programming with Julia 2023 - course at the Swiss Nation…

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## [Learning Julia for scientists who are beginning programmers](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/learning-julia-for-scientists-who-are-beginning-programmers/108638)

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**Author:** [@austin-putz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/austin-putz)\
**Replies:** 43\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2024, 7:21am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/learning-julia-for-scientists-who-are-beginning-programmers/108638 "2024-04-23T07:21:46Z")

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Many of us coming from a biological field have taken 0 programming courses. So we will need to learn from books and online manuals that teach programming with Julia as the only language to understand. Most of us never de…

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## [SciML NumFOCUS small development grant: Collocation Methods for Boundary Value Differential-Algebraic Equations](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/sciml-numfocus-small-development-grant-collocation-methods-for-boundary-value-differential-algebraic-equations/113329)

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**Author:** [@ChrisRackauckas](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ChrisRackauckas)\
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**Last updated:** [April 22, 2024, 11:08am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/sciml-numfocus-small-development-grant-collocation-methods-for-boundary-value-differential-algebraic-equations/113329 "2024-04-22T11:08:03Z")

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I am happy to announce the latest funded project in SciML: Collocation Methods for Boundary Value Differential-Algebraic Equations. This is highly requested functionality and thus I am happy to announce our plans to buil…

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## [JuliaUserGroupMunich: Giovanni Pagliarini - Modal Decision Trees & Forests](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliausergroupmunich-giovanni-pagliarini-modal-decision-trees-forests/112411)

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**Author:** [@schlichtanders](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/schlichtanders)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2024, 9:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliausergroupmunich-giovanni-pagliarini-modal-decision-trees-forests/112411 "2024-04-22T09:05:19Z")

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:round\_pushpin:online, organized via meetup :spiral\_calendar: Monday 15. April 2024 :clock4: CET 16:00 Modal Decision Trees & Forests ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ It is about interpretable models for native time-series & …

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## [What kind of packages can be accepted by Julia community?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-kind-of-packages-can-be-accepted-by-julia-community/113275)

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**Author:** [@WuSiren](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/WuSiren)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-kind-of-packages-can-be-accepted-by-julia-community/113275 "2024-04-20T17:52:53Z")

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What are the necessary conditions for a Julia package to be accepted and registered as a public package in the Julia community? In other words, what is the level of threshold for a Julia package to be successfully regist…

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## [What don't you like about Julia for "serious work"?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-dont-you-like-about-julia-for-serious-work/54591)

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**Author:** [@adamslc](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/adamslc)\
**Replies:** 176\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-dont-you-like-about-julia-for-serious-work/54591 "2024-04-20T12:45:30Z")

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One of my advisors is considering transitioning towards Julia from a traditional HPC background using C++ and Python. After a couple days playing around, he seems quite impressed by the flexibility of Julia’s type system…

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## [Julia as a universal platform for statistical software development](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-as-a-universal-platform-for-statistical-software-development/113017)

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**Author:** [@droodman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/droodman)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 7:23am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-as-a-universal-platform-for-statistical-software-development/113017 "2024-04-19T07:23:07Z")

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I just posted a paper presenting a vision of using Julia as a universal back end for statistical software development. Do things once in Julia–optimize, maintain, add features–then call from R or Python or Matlab or Stat…

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