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SUMMARY:SAINTS@tlabs Short Course in  Computational Physics with Python
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190624T090000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190626T160000Z
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DESCRIPTION:\nShort Course in Computational Physics with Python\n\nLecture
 rs/facilitators: Prof Brandon van der Ventel (Physics Department\, Stellen
 bosch University)\n\nTarget group: students/staff/interns at iThemba LABS 
 involved with Physics research and doing computer programming\n\nLevel: Be
 ginner\n\nPrerequistes: No prior knowledge of Python is required.\n\nMater
 ials: All materials will be provided.\n\nCost: Free for participants but o
 nly twenty places available on first-come first served basis.\n\nCertifica
 te of attendance: will only be issued to participants who attend the entir
 e course.\n\nNote: students must get their research supervisors permission
  to attend and staff must get their manager’s permission to attend.\n\nC
 ourse Outline: \n\n1. Introduction to coding\n\nA general overview of prog
 ramming languages. Comparison between different languages. Why proficiency
  in Python is an essential skill for the 21st century.\n\n2.  Setting up 
 Integrated Development Environment (IDE)\n\nThe Anaconda Distribution will
  be introduced since it is the current state-of-the-art data science platf
 orm. All Python coding will be done within the Jupyter notebook environmen
 t.\n\n3.  Crash course in Python\n\nSummary and hands-on examples of the 
 most important Python commands.\n\n4.  Introduction to numpy: the fundame
 ntal package for scientific computing in Python.\n\n5.  Introduction to d
 ataframes with Python using pandas\n\n6.  Introduction to plotting in Pyt
 hon with matplotlib\n\n7.  Introduction to seaborn: powerful and flexible
  plotting package built on\n\nmatplotlib and easily integrated with pandas
  dataframes\n\n8.  Solving differential equations with Python\n\n(a) Clas
 sical physics: analyse single and coupled differentials equations\n\n(b) N
 on-physics problems: solution and formulation of mathematical biology prob
 lems: epidemiology\n\n(c) Quantum mechanics: solution of the one-dimension
 al Schrödinger equation for a variety of potentials\n\n9.  Exercises on 
 each section\n\n \n\n \n\nFor further information contact: \n\nProf. Ric
 hard Newman\, \n\nSAINTS Office\, Room J140\,NRF iThemba LABS \n\nE-mail:
  saints@tlabs.ac.za\, +27 (21) 8431411\n\n\n \n\n \n\nhttps://indico.tla
 bs.ac.za/event/90/
LOCATION:Computer LAB
URL:https://indico.tlabs.ac.za/event/90/
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