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 "Multithreading in Python using OpenMP?" ( 2025 )

Sunday at 15:00, 25 minutes, UB5.132, UB5.132, HPC, Big Data & Data Science Dorian Ouakli , slides , video

Python 3.13 now allows for true multithreading in Python thanks to the removal of the GIL. What if we wrote an open-source library that implements OpenMP for Python? Time to improve the performance of your apps by adding a couple lines of code!

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