This workshop is in the past and registrations are unavailable.
If you register and then realize you cannot attend, you must cancel by Thursday, January 19, 2023 - 11:59pm to avoid a $25 non-attendance fee applied to your library account in accordance with SFU Library's Cancellation Policy.
All times are Pacific Time Zone (Vancouver, BC, Canada).
About the workshop
Python is a popular language for scientific computing, and great for general-purpose programming as well. This hands-on workshop will cover basic concepts and tools, including data structures, and popular data science libraries such as pandas and numpy. This workshop uses curricula from Software Carpentry, whose mission is to help researchers get more work done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic lab skills for scientific computing.
Requirements
Setup & Software Installation
- Participants need to bring a laptop with Python installed on their device prior to attending the workshop
- We will be using Python 3.7 and Jupyter notebooks throughout the workshop. The easiest way to install is via Anaconda https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/install/.
- In addition to this, please make sure you install the following Python dependencies:
- Matplotlib (Instructions https://matplotlib.org/3.1.1/users/installing.html )
- Numpy (Instructions https://scipy.org/install.html )
- Pandas (Instructions https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/install.html)
- Plotly (Instructions https://pypi.org/project/plotly/)
Prerequisite:
This workshop is designed for people with no background in Python.
Facilitators
- Alex Razoumov
- Marie-Hélène Burle
NOTE:
This introductory Python workshop can serve as a prerequisite for an upcoming AI Essentials workshop series offered through SFU's Big Data Hub:
Learn foundational data and AI skills that organizations value in this free workshop for SFU students. This virtual, interactive workshop will be taught by SFU instructors who have decades of experience in both development and state-of-the-art big data and AI research, who will teach you in-demand skills, approaches, concepts and tools.
SFU students can register for this workshop at no cost. Register now
