Introduction to Python Workshop

  • Date : 1st June 2018
  • Time : 10:00am to 3:00pm
  • Location : Monash University Peninsula Campus, Building D (Business and Economics), Room D3.11A, https://goo.gl/maps/5CKNAjsMfPs
  • Instructors : Anup Shah, Andrew Perry
  • Helpers : Simon Michnowicz, Kirill Tsyganov, Keith Schulze, Kerri Wait

This hands-on workshop aims to equip participants with the fundamentals of programming and give them skills needed to apply data analysis approaches to their research questions.

General Information

The workshop will be taught in a similar style to Data Carpentry workshops. Data Carpentry’s mission is to trains researchers in the core data skills for efficient, shareable, and reproducible research practices.

Who: The course is aimed at beginners to programming. You don’t need to have any previous knowledge of the tools that will be presented at the workshop.

Setup Requirements: BYO Laptop. No software installation required. The course will be taught online, so active internet connection is required. Tools and material will be provided on the day.

Schedule

Time Programme
10:00 Welcome
10:15 Session 1
12:15 Lunch
01:30 Session 2
02:45 Wrap-up

Python environment

  • This course will use Colaboratory to run Python code. Colaboratory is a Jupyter notebook environment that is well suited to data exploration projects.

Shared Notepad

Syllabus

Introduction to Python Workshop (half day)

Post-workshop survey

We appreciate your feedback (both positive and negative !) - please fill this out in the last 5 mins of the workshop: https://goo.gl/forms/MJfukKMtWJUjGJ3I2

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