Python course for Astronomers

Instructors:

• André Silva [amiguel@astro.up.pt]
• Jorge Martins [Jorge.Martins@astro.up.pt]

Schedule:

• 4th, 5th, 7th and 8th of March

Topics:

1. General Overview (A. Silva)

   • basic Python
   • basic file and data manipulation
   • exception handling

2. Scientific Python (J. Martins)

   • scientific file and data manipulation
   • scientific libraries

3. Data visualization (J. Martins)

   • on the shell
   • logger
   • plots and graphs

4. Advanced Python (A. Silva)

   • multiprocessing
   • advanced data manipulation