[Nomination] Sonny Mupfuni #42
Description
Select one:
- I am nominating myself for the PyTorch Ambassador Program.
- I am nominating someone else to become a PyTorch Ambassador.
Please confirm that the nominee meets the following requirements:
- The nominee is 18 years of age or older.
- The nominee agrees to abide by the PyTorch Code of Conduct.
- The nominee agrees to comply with the Linux Foundation Antitrust Policy.
- The nominee meets at least one of the qualifications listed in the PyTorch Ambassador Program Requirements.
Nominee Name
Sonny Mupfuni
Nominee Email
Nominee's GitHub or GitLab Handle
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(Optional) Organization / Affiliation
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City, State/Province, Country
Paris, Ile de France, France
Your Name
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Your Email (Optional)
No response
How has the nominee contributed to PyTorch?
- An active contributor to PyTorch repositories (e.g., commits, PRs, discussions).
- A speaker at PyTorch events or workshops.
- A PyTorch user group organizer or meetup host.
- A researcher or educator using PyTorch in academic work or training.
- An active leader in the PyTorch community with at least one year of experience in:
- Organizing events (virtual/in-person).
- Speaking at AI/ML conferences.
- Mentoring others in PyTorch.
- Creating technical content (e.g., blogs, videos, tutorials).
🏆 How Would the Nominee Contribute as an Ambassador?
The nominee would make a significant impact as a PyTorch Ambassador through his established community leadership and demonstrated commitment to knowledge-sharing. Having founded and grown a meetup group to 500 members since December 2023, he's already proven his ability to build and nurture a thriving technical community. The nominee has completed successfully the course PyTorch Essentials: An Applications-First Approach (LFD273).
As an Ambassador, he would leverage this existing platform to specifically promote PyTorch adoption and expertise through:
1. Regular PyTorch-focused events: Converting some of his existing meetup sessions to PyTorch workshops, demonstrations, and hands-on training sessions, immediately reaching his 500-member community.
2. Structured knowledge-sharing: Developing a progressive curriculum of PyTorch topics that builds community expertise from fundamentals to advanced implementations, based on his experience running successful technical meetups.
3. Mentorship programs: Establishing 1-on-1 and small group mentoring for community members interested in deepening their PyTorch skills, creating a multiplier effect as these members become competent enough to mentor others.
4. Cross-community collaboration: Connecting his established meetup group with the broader PyTorch ecosystem, facilitating knowledge exchange beyond his local community and strengthening the overall PyTorch network.
5. Content creation: Documenting learnings, code examples, and use cases generated from his meetups to share with the wider PyTorch community through official channels.
The nominee's proven track record of community building since December 2023 demonstrates he has both the organizational capabilities and the commitment necessary to be an effective ambassador who can immediately amplify PyTorch's reach and impact.Any additional details you'd like to share?
Nominee's meetup Link : https://www.meetup.com/fr-FR/paris-python-machine-learning-deep-learning-meetup-group/
Nominee's LinkedIn (with LFD 273 certificate) : https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonny-mupfuni-36b185138
Educational resources : https://github.com/SonnyDev/meetup_python_ml_dl