Using Python for scientific applications
A Python course will be offered on July 18-20 to the scientific community in Woods Hole by Rob Hetland, Assistant Professor in the Department of Oceanography at Texas A & M University.
About Python:
Python
is a computer language that is easy to learn and use (like MATLAB), and is very
powerful. Python is rapidly becoming a standard language for scientific scripting
-- chances are if you work with code, you will eventually have to deal with
somebody else's Python scripts even if you don't use it as your own primary
language. Many scientists are developing packages and toolboxes in Python (see,
for example http://www-pcmdi.llnl.gov/software-portal/cdat, http:// www.pyngl.ucar.edu/,
and countless other, smaller packages). Many utilities are being developed with
Python hooks build in (like VTK, a 3D visualization library). Stop by and see
what all the fuss is about.
Where: Redfield
Auditorium
When: July 18, 19, 20 from 9am - 11am each day
| Topics | Day | Date |
| The core Python language |
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| Numerical tools (NumPy and SciPy) |
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| Visualization tools (matplotlib) |
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Appropriate Audience:
All are welcome. The course is not a programing course, but a Python course,
aimed at people who already have some programing experience. Basic knowledge
of MATLAB, IDL or other scientific scripting language should be plenty.
Course Format:
The course format will be lecture for the first hour (plus a bit). If you would
like to stay around and try out some of the things discussed, bring your laptop
for help with working examples and installing modules in the second part of
the class. No extra modules are necessary the first day -- just core Python
available at python.org, although you may wish to install ipython (a 'turbo'
interactive Python shell) available at ipython.scipy.org so you can do the examples
with me in class. For more information, check out these websites:
Bring a laptop to work with examples. There will be wireless networking available to facilitate downloading.
Contact / Sponsor Rich Signell of USGS was the local contact for Rob and suggested the course to WHOI's Staff Training and Development coordinator in CIS. Contact Christine Hammond at chammond@whoi.edu with questions.