Python Workshops

Computational Science and Engineering

Foreword

Python is a popular scripting language which can support numerical computing, machine learning, , and more. This workshop series will introduce you to basic and advanced Python modules and concepts.

The EWS Linux machines have everything we need for the workshop. If you plan to use your personal laptop, you'll need to install a version of Python 3 like Anaconda.

Location

All workshops will be held in the EWS computer laboratory, L520 Digital Computer Laboratory.

There is no sign-up for this series—walk-ins are welcome and encouraged!

L520 DCL can be a little tricky to find if you haven't been there before. It's located in the basement, and can be accessed by going down the main staircase in DCL and turning right.

Topics

Introduction to Python

Feb. 14, 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

Open a new Terminal (command line) and run the setup code below to prepare your EWS machine to run our Python lesson today. This will download the data we will work with a Jupyter Notebook. (You can copy and paste the entire block at once.)

source /class/cs101/etc/venv/cse/bin/activate /class/cs101/etc/venv/cse/
cd
cd Documents
git clone https://github.com/uiuc-cse/python-sp17.git
cd python-sp17/lessons/1-introduction
jupyter notebook

Use Shift+Enter or Ctrl+Enter to execute cells inside Jupyter Notebook If you are using your own computer, make sure that you have python installed and you can pull git repositories.

Numerical Python (numpy)

Feb. 21, 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

Open a new Terminal (command line) and run the setup code below to prepare your EWS machine to run our Python lesson today. This will download the data we will work with a Jupyter Notebook. (You can copy and paste the entire block at once.)

If you have attended previous seminars use following command

source /class/cs101/etc/venv/cse/bin/activate /class/cs101/etc/venv/cse/
cd
cd Documents/python-sp17
git pull
cd lessons/2-numpy-scipy
jupyter notebook

If this is your first seminar execute following

source /class/cs101/etc/venv/cse/bin/activate /class/cs101/etc/venv/cse/
cd
cd Documents
git clone https://github.com/uiuc-cse/python-sp17.git
cd python-sp17/lessons/2-numpy-scipy
jupyter notebook

Use Shift+Enter or Ctrl+Enter to execute cells inside Jupyter Notebook If you are using your own computer, make sure that you have python installed and you can pull git repositories.

Scientific Python (scipy)

Feb. 28, 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

Plotting (matplotlib)

Mar. 7, 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

Execute following code in terminal

source /class/cs101/etc/venv/cse/bin/activate /class/cs101/etc/venv/cse/
cd
cd Documents/python-sp17
git pull
cd lessons/3-matplotlib
jupyter notebook

Data Analytics (pandas/scikit-learn)

Execute following code in terminal

source /class/cs101/etc/venv/cse/bin/activate /class/cs101/etc/venv/cse/
cd
cd Documents/python-sp17
git pull
cd lessons/4-pandas-sklearn
jupyter notebook

Mar. 14, 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

Data Analytics (pandas/scikit-learn)

Mar. 28, 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

Interactive Visualizaiton (bokeh)

Apr. 4, 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

Jupyter Notebook

Apr. 11, 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

source /class/cs101/etc/venv/cse/bin/activate /class/cs101/etc/venv/cse/
cd
cd Documents/python-sp17
git pull
cd lessons/7-jupyter
jupyter notebook

Object Oriented Programming

Apr. 18, 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

Error handling (pdb, etc.)

Apr. 25, 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

source /class/cs101/etc/venv/cse/bin/activate /class/cs101/etc/venv/cse/
cd
cd Documents/python-sp17
git pull
cd lessons/9-pdb
jupyter notebook

After the break, look for topics including machine learning (scikit-learn), debugging and error handling, object-oriented programming, and more.