Wes McKinney 资深数据分析专家，对各种Python库（包括NumPy、pandas、matplotlib以及IPython等）等都有深入研究，并在大量的实践中积累了丰富的经验。撰写了大量与Python数据分析相关的经典文章，被各大技术社区争相转载，是Python和开源技术社区公认的权威人物之一。开发了用于数据分析的著名开源Python库——pandas，广获用户好评。在创建Lambda Foundry（一家致力于企业数据分析的公司）之前，他曾是AQR Capital Management的定量分析师。

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