# About Project Pythia

Pythia is a community educational resource for helping students, scientists,
and educators learn how to analyze and visualize geosciences data using
the Scientific Python Ecosystem.

## 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.”

## Content

Project Pythia educational resources are intended to support
geoscientists with all levels of Python experience from 0 to 100:
introductory resources for those just getting started with Python,
through advanced scientific workflow development.

### Introductory topics

- Setting up your Python environment with Conda
- Beginning Python programming
- NumPy
- Jupyter Notebooks

### Geoscience focused packages

- Xarray
- MetPy
- GeoCAT

### Scalable workflows

- Parallel computing with Dask
- Migrating workflows to the Cloud

## Training material

Project Pythia will offer a full gamut of training materials:

- Example Jupyter Notebooks & scripts
- Sample data
- Tutorials (interactive and pre-recorded)
- Communication forums

## AMS 2021 Project Pythia Presentation

Watch this recorded video from AMS 2021 to learn more about Project Pythia!

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