[Nomination] Fedor Shabashev #65
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
Fedor Shabashev
Nominee Email
Nominee's GitHub or GitLab Handle
fshabashev
(Optional) Organization / Affiliation
London PyTorch Meetup
City, State/Province, Country
London, United Kingdom
Your Name
No response
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?
As a PyTorch Ambassador, I would continue to grow and engage the vibrant machine learning community I’ve built through the London PyTorch Meetup, which is the only dedicated PyTorch group in the city. Over the past three years, I’ve organized well-attended events (150+ attendees regularly) with speakers from the PyTorch core team and active participation from ML engineers, researchers, and startup founders. Our meetup has over 1,500 members and consistently receives excellent feedback (average rating: 4.5/5 on Meetup.com).
I plan to expand this momentum by:
- Scaling Up Meetup Frequency and Reach: There’s strong demand from our attendees for more frequent events—we consistently see high turnout, engagement, and positive feedback. Currently, I organize meetups roughly once every four months, primarily sourcing speakers from my personal network. With support from the PyTorch Ambassador Program, I aim to increase that cadence to one event every two months. The program’s networking opportunities would make it easier to connect with potential speakers across the global PyTorch community, while the ambassador status itself would help with securing venues and partnerships. This would allow me to deliver more consistent value to the community and keep pace with the rapid evolution of PyTorch.
- Knowledge-Sharing at Scale: All events are recorded and shared via our YouTube channel, which allows knowledge to reach beyond London. I also contribute directly to PyTorch itself, such as this PR to the examples repo, and intend to keep contributing both code and educational content.
https://www.youtube.com/@londonpytorchmeetup
https://github.com/pytorch/examples/pull/658
- Sharing Timely and Practical Knowledge: A key focus of our events is keeping the community up to date with the latest PyTorch releases, features, and ecosystem tools. We invite experts to share real-world best practices and patterns from both academia and production ML, helping attendees stay current and apply PyTorch more effectively.
- Fostering Knowledge-Sharing Through Networking: Each event includes dedicated networking sessions where engineers, researchers, and hiring managers connect and share practical experience. These informal discussions often lead to real learning opportunities—and even job offers—as attendees gain insights from peers solving similar problems in production.
With Ambassador support, I can grow this local community faster and make it easier for people in the UK to engage directly with the PyTorch ecosystem.Any additional details you'd like to share?
My name is Fedor Shabashev, I live in London, UK and over the last 3 years I organised and hosted many Pytorch meetups in London.
- We are the only PyTorch meetup group in London (to the best of my knowledge).
- We have 1,500+ members on Meetup.com.
- Our events regularly attract 150+ attendees, including ML engineers, research engineers, and startup founders.
- We’ve had speakers from the core PyTorch team, including Vincent Moens, Mario Lezcano Casado, and Nicolas Hug.
- We consistently receive positive feedback from our attendees (meetup feedback is 4.5 stars on average on meetup.com)
- You can learn more about us here:
https://www.meetup.com/london-pytorch-meetup/
- We also upload our talks to our YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@londonpytorchmeetup
I also contributed to the PyTorch repository, got a couple of PRs merged:
https://github.com/pytorch/examples/pull/658