Rohith Surya Podugu is a Master's graduate from California State University, Los Angeles. During Summer 2024, he worked as an HPCC Systems Intern under Amila De Silva, focusing on the refactoring and release of the PyHPCC project. Prior to this, Rohith was a Full-stack Developer at Tata Communications, where he contributed to internal websites. He also gained experience as an Android intern at Norton Lifelock, working on the Norton Family Parental Control App. Rohith is passionate about the latest trends in Web Development and Machine Learning. Notably, his team secured seed funding for their startup idea during his bachelor's degree. Outside of work, Rohith enjoys reading books, lifting weights at the gym, and watching movies.

Poster Abstract

PyHPCC is a Python package and wrapper built around the HPCC web services that facilitates communication between Python and HPCC Systems. It was initially developed as a LexisNexis Risk Solutions internal-only tool to automate repetitive work done on HPCC Systems. Since its evangelization of PyHPCC in 2022, there has been growing interest across the organization and the broader HPCC Systems community to adopt PyHPCC.

During this time, we have received feedback from our internal users on ways to enhance PyHPCC. In response to this feedback, we have substantially improved PyHPCC, focusing on usability, maintenance, documentation, and contribution guidelines. These enhancements ensure the tool is user-friendly and easy to maintain and extend.

We are excited to announce that, with these enhancements, we are now ready to make PyHPCC open-source and available to the broader HPCC Systems community. By open-sourcing PyHPCC, we aim to foster a collaborative environment where community members can contribute to and benefit from PyHPCC.

Presentation

In this Video Recording, Rohith provides a tour and explanation of his poster content.

Refactoring and Releasing PyHPCC:

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