Scientific Computing From Scratch

A summer bootcamp on scientific computing for beginners with Python and Pytorch organized by Pratyush Tiwary, University of Maryland. All classes via zoom 4-6PM New York time. Zoom link has been sent to registered students.

2024 Instructors:
João Rodrigues, Schrödinger
Eric Beyerle, University of Maryland
Ricardo Ramirez, University at Buffalo
Payam Kelich, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Qianyu Zheng, Georgia Institute of Technology
Aram Bughdaryan, Deep Origin
Raunak Dey, University of Maryland
Wenhao Gao, MIT

Syllabus

Module Scope Notes Time
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Video
Introduction to python Basic syntax

What is a function

Useful packages

Data handling

Colab July 10 2024 4-6PM EDT 🎬
Numpy & Data Handling More on lists, dictionaries, arrays

Data Handling with Numpy
Colab July 11 2024 4-6PM EDT 🎬
Matplotlib Basics of Matplotlib

Line plots

Visualizing errors

Multiple subplots

Contour plots
Colab July 17 2024 4-6PM EDT 🎬
Pandas and sklearn Working with datasets Colab July 18 2024 4-6PM EDT 🎬
Introduction to machine learning with PyTorch Part 1 Colab July 24 2024 4-6PM EDT 🎬
Introduction to machine learning with PyTorch Part 2 Colab July 25 2024 4-6PM EDT 🎬
More on machine learning with PyTorch Part 1 Colab August 7 2024 4-6PM EDT 🎬
More on machine learning with PyTorch Part 2 Colab August 8 2024 4-6PM EDT 🎬

Useful resources

Mathematical Foundations

Python and Data Science

PyTorch and Machine Learning

Open Education Statement

All notes of this class will be published in on this website under Creative Commons CC0 License. Should you wish to improve the course materials, please follow instructions here to submit issues or pull requests to this GitHub repo. This is a ZERO Textbook Cost course. Links to all materials will be accesible on this GitHub repo and website.