ARC/WestGrid Research Computing Summer School

June 20, 2017

1. Jupyter Notebooks
   • Cells, modes, and keyboard shortcuts
   • Markdown: text, links, lists, images and tables
   • LaTeX: mathematical notation
     • Exercise: Describe your research
2. Basic Python
   • Datatypes and built-in functions
     • Exercise: Special values of the Riemann zeta function
   • Logic, loops and functions
     • Exercise: Collatz conjecture
   • Packages and modules
3. Scientific Computing in Python
   • NumPy and Matplotlib
     • Exercise: Parametric equations
   • SciPy
     • Exercise: Logistic equation
     • Exercise: Euler's three-body problem
   • pandas
     • Exercise: Vancouver Police data

See ARC/WestGrid Research Computing Summer School main page for details.