Feb 3, 2017 · 23m · mad
Project Jupyter // Jason Grout & Sylvain Corlay, Bloomberg (FirstMark's Data Driven)
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In this DataDrivenNYC presentation, Jason Grout and Sylvain Corlay present the evolution of Project Jupyter, demonstrating how its decoupled architecture, interactive widgets, and next-generation JupyterLab workspace empower open-source scientific computing and reproducible data research.
How this conversation actually went
Every chapter scored 0–10 on four independent dynamics. Hover any point for the reasoning behind the score. Matt holds 2.1% of the talking time here. How this is scored →
speaking balance: gold is Matt, purple is the guest (3 minute bins)
When an audience member asks about competition from Apache Zeppelin, Jason Grout politely but firmly asserts Jupyter's distinct strengths and massive community backing.
Hardest push from Matt ▶ 22:58 Playful challenge on conference locationHost Matt Turck lightheartedly teases the speakers by asking if the upcoming JupyterCon will be held in the Hamptons.
Biggest teaching moment ▶ 20:02 Explaining nbdime for notebook diffingJason Grout educates an audience member who raised issues with diffing JSON notebooks by pointing them to nbdime, a dedicated tool developed for structured notebook comparison.
Matt holds his own ▶ 22:14 Guiding the conversation to corporate sponsorship modelsMatt Turck demonstrates awareness of corporate open-source dynamics by steering the presenters to highlight Bloomberg's active policy of encouraging employees to contribute to open source.
the scores for every segment, with the reasoning behind each
| Chapter | Topic | Matt as informed peer | Guest teaching | Guest disagreement | Matt pushing back | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presenter Introductions and Audience Familiarity Poll | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jason Grout delivers a monologue presentation introducing himself, Sylvain Corlay, and Project Jupyter while polling the audience on their familiarity with the tool. The host does not speak during this segment. | |
| Decoupled Architecture and Language-Agnostic Messaging Protocol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jason Grout presents the technical decoupling of the front end and backend kernels in Jupyter. The host remains silent throughout the monologue presentation. | |
| The Jupyter Notebook and Interactive Scientific Communication | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jason Grout details ecosystem applications of Jupyter, such as LIGO reproducible notebooks, Binder, and dashboarding. The host is entirely absent from this presentation segment. | |
| Evolution to JupyterLab and Open-Source Corporate Collaboration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sylvain Corlay conducts a live demonstration of JupyterLab's plugin architecture, multi-panel layouts, and interactive widgets. The host does not participate or speak. | |
| Audience Q&A Session, Bloomberg Philosophy, and JupyterCon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Host Matt Turck moderates audience Q&A and asks brief questions about contributor scale, Bloomberg's open-source philosophy, and JupyterCon location. The overall dynamic is collaborative and welcoming. |