.. _py4science:

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 Python for scientific computing
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The Python language is an excellent tool for scientific computing and rapidly
growing in popularity.  This page gathers some information and resources on
this topic.

Resources
=========

`Py4Science meeting series at UC Berkeley <ucb/index.html>`_
  An open, informal series open to anyone interested in using, learning about
  or contributing to Python-based tools for scientific research.

`Code review meetings <code_reviews.html>`_
  A topic that bridges research and computing concerns.  The rationale and some
  guidelines on the why and how of having a discipline of group code reviews as
  part of our regular research workflow.
  
`Why Python? <why_python.html>`_
  A short page you may find useful if you are wondering why you should consider
  the Python language as a research tool [ This needs work at the moment...]
  
`A "Starter Kit" <starter_kit.html>`_
  If either I or someone else convinced you with a "why python?" discussion,
  and you are asking "OK, now what?", this may be useful.

`Warts <warts.html>`_
  No tool is perfect, this is the summary of my annoyances.
  
Blog_
  I (occasionally) post items related to this topic.

`Git resources <git.html>`_
  Not specific to Python, but rather a set of resources on how to use a good
  version control system as part of your daily workflow.

  
News and events
===============

In reverse chronological order, links to meetings, discussions or other items
of interest on this topic.

November 2009, Guido van Rossum at our Py4Science seminar
  On November 4, we had a very interesting session with Guido van Rossum, the
  creator of the Python language.  See `this page <2009_guido_ucb/index.html>`_
  for details.

September 2009, PyDy
  At our meeting series, Luke Peterson from UC Davis gave a very interesting
  talk on PyDy_, a project under the SymPy_ umbrella to symbolically describe
  mechanical systems and derive their equations of motion.  Many thanks to Jeff
  Teeters for his continued work of `videotaping the lectures
  <http://www.archive.org/details/ucb_py4science_2009_09_30_Luke_Peterson>`_.

September 2009, decorators
  Some `notes about decorators for controlling execution <decorators.html>`_
  from a September 2009 talk at the Berkeley Py4Science group.

April 2009, PyMVPA
  We will be having a `PyMVPA/NiPy meeting <pymvpa_nipy_sprint_200904.html>`_,
  where we will work on integration issues as well as having two lectures by
  the PyMVPA team.

March 2009, *Expert Python Programming* book review
  I have recently received a copy of the book `Expert Python Programming
  <http://www.packtpub.com/expert-python-programming/book>`_ by Tarek Ziadé,
  you can read my full `review here`_.

March 2009, SIAM CSE09
  I co-organized another Python mini-symposium at a SIAM meeting, this time the
  Computational Science and Engineering one.  I've `posted`_ a summary report
  on my blog, and `this page <2009_siam_cse>`_ has all the slides I have so
  far.

October 2008, 2-day hands-on workshop at UC Berkeley
  I'm holding a `2-day workshop <workshop_berkeley_2008.html>`_ introducing
  Python for scientists.  The workshop is now over, but most of the lectures
  were videotaped and can be found `here`__.

September 2008, PEP 225 for extended binary operators in Python
  Feedback `from the numpy community <numpy-pep225/README.html>`_ on Python's PEP
  225 regarding the implementation of new arithmetic operators.

June 2008, Python and Sage at the annual SIAM meeting
  I have posted `the slides I have <2008_siam>`_ from the Python/Sage
  minisymposium at the 2008 SIAM annual meeting.

__ http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=Fernando+Perez+scientific+python
.. _review here: expert_python_programming_review.html
.. _posted: http://fdoperez.blogspot.com/2009/03/python-at-siam-cse09-meeting.html

.. toctree::
   :hidden:

   why_python
   starter_kit
   warts
   code_reviews
   decorators
   ucb/index
   profiling/index
   git
   expert_python_programming_review
   2008_siam/index
   2009_siam_cse/index
   2009_guido_ucb/index
   workshop_berkeley_2008
   pymvpa_nipy_sprint_200904
   numpy-pep225/README
   numpy-pep225/numpy-pep225

.. include:: links.txt