LU_PySem_2020_1

Python Seminar at University of Latvia Spring 2020

Seminar website (wiki)

http://selavo.lv/pysem

Register for the seminar

Register 2020 spring address

Join the Slack channel for the seminar

Join Slack

Recommend installing Anaconda (Jupyter notebooks,Python + many libraries), on your local computer:

https://www.anaconda.com/download/

Binder(hosted Jupyter notebooks) Beta

• Binder allows you to run Jupyter notebooks in the cloud

Syllabus

• Python Standard Library (argparse, Collections, etc)
• Machine Learning with Pytorch (we did Tensorflow last semester)
• Packaging Topic for distribution
• Text recognition and training with Tesseract
• Natural Language Processing with NLTK and other tools
• Web Development with Flask and Django (presenters can apply)
• Working with databases* with SQLAlchemy
• Plotly other visualization libraries
• UI libraries (PySides for QT!)
• other cool libraries/projects

Course Requirements

• Individual/Group project(program) in Python - 6 points

Presentation/Participation - 4 points max

• Presentation on Python library 1-3 points each (2 presentations possible)
• Participation/attendance bonus 1-2 points (50% attendance required)

It is expected that students will acquire necessary Python basics during the course(we covered Python basics in the 2019 fall seminar)