Dr Gabriele Lanaro Author

Dr. Gabriele Lanaro is passionate about good software and is the author of the chemlab and chemview open source packages. His interests span machine learning, numerical computing visualization, and web technologies. In 2013, he authored the first edition of the book High Performance Python Programming. He has been conducting research to study the formation and growth of crystals using medium and large-scale computer simulations. In 2017, he obtained his PhD in theoretical chemistry. Quan Nguyen is a Python enthusiast and data scientist. Currently, he works as a data analysis engineer at Micron Technology, Inc. With a strong background in mathematics and statistics, Quan is interested in the fields of scientific computing and machine learning. With data analysis being his focus, Quan also enjoys incorporating technology automation into everyday tasks through programming. Quan's passion for Python programming has led him to be heavily involved in the Python community. He started as a primary contributor for the Python for Scientists and Engineers book and various open source projects on GitHub. Quan is also a writer for the Python software foundation and an occasional content contributor for DataScience.com (part of Oracle). Sakis Kasampalis is a software engineer living in the Netherlands. He is not dogmatic about particular programming languages and tools; his principle is that the right tool should be used for the right job. One of his favorite tools is Python because he finds it very productive. Sakis has also technically reviewed the Mastering Object-oriented Python and Learning Python Design Patterns books, both published by Packt Publishing.