# Keynote: PyMC: Past, Present, and Future by Chris Fonnesbeck

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# Talk Abstract

To kick off PyMCON 2020, I will provide some of the back-story of the PyMC project: where we’ve been, where we are, and where we might go

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| Chris Fonnesbeck | [Twitter `@fonnesbeck`](https://twitter.com/fonnesbeck) | [GitHub `fonnesbeck`](https://github.com/fonnesbeck) | |

# Talk

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RXODDVK7B-g/maxresdefault.jpg "[Keynote] PyMC: Past, Present, and Future (Chris Fonnesbeck)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXODDVK7B-g)

## Chris Fonnesbeck

Chris is a Senior Quantitative Analyst in Baseball Operations for the New York Yankees. He is interested in computational statistics, machine learning, Bayesian methods, and applied decision analysis. He hails from Vancouver, Canada and received his Ph.D. from the University of Georgia.

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