Introduction to progamming with python

WeSe 2016-ENI

Dates

26.10 | 10:45 - 12:15hrs : Intro --> Frank, Motivation (--> all)

27.10 | 14 - 18hr : Basic programming concepts => python's basic syntax --> Henrik

01.11 | 14 - 18hr : Scientific programming w/python (i) : basic numpy and matplotlib --> Flo

14.11 | 14 - 18hr : Scientific programming w/python (ii) : advanced numpy and scipy --> Frank

29.11 | 8:15 - 10hr : Special topic! image processing --> Norma + own project (present question)

01.12 | 8:15 - 10hr : Special topic! (pandas (--> ?)) own project

05.12 | 14 - 18hr : Project presentation

Content

Wednesday (26.10.)

Intro (Frank)

• what is python?
• why python?
• how to use python? (interactive interpreter, scripts/programs, notebooks)
• the python ecosystem (numpy, scipy, matplotlib, ...)

Motivation (4 super cool things done w/ python)

• Frank :
• Norma :
• Henrik :
• Flo : Music Genre Classifier

what are we gonna do in the following days

• presentations
• exercises
• projects (3 backup projects)
  • Frank :
  • Norma : image processing
  • Henrik :
  • Flo :

where to find the course material

https://github.com/MPIDS/introduction_to_programming

time to try it (and solve installation problems if there are any)

Thursday (27.10)

Basic programming concepts

part 1

data types, data containers, loading data

part 2

loops, functions, modules

. . .

part n

Tuesday (01.11.)

Scientific programming w/ python, Part 1

1. basic linear algebra
2. scientific visualisation with matplotlib

Monday (14.11.)

Scientific programming w/ python, Part 2

1. advanced numpy
2. scipy

Projects

Tuesday (29.11), Thursday (01.12.) & Monday (05.12.)

Projects

optional extra topics:

• pandas

• image processing (29.11)

• turtle

• code testing

• debugging

• oop

• git

• inter-phasing with C

• advanced python: decorators, context editors

• python and the open science movement (jupyter-notebook)