Introduction to Python for statisticians

Day: Monday, November 18
Time: 2:10 PM - 3:00 PM
Place: Snedecor Hall 2113

For the GPU Series audience, this talk serves as background for PyCUDA, a Python module for building and launching GPU kernels. However, the material open and accessible to everyone who wants to learn Python. No previous computer programming experience is necessary. Topics include the basic elements of getting started, user-defined functions, code formatting, logic and control flow, data structures, iteration, functional programming features, file I/O, modules in general, and the NumPy module.

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Example Code

IntroPython.py