Python basics

Python is a straightforward language to learn, it is open-source and it is the most widely used language in the scientific domain. With this in mind, the goal of this chapter is to familiarize you with the use of Python in the scientific domain.

• POSITRON: PythOn for Science In The Reblochon cOuNtry
• Setup your laptop
  • Installing Python
• Basics
  • Python basics
    • Scientific Python
    • Advanced plotting
  • Examples
    • Game of Life and other cellular automatons
  • Exercises
    • Conway’s Game of Life
• Image
  • Support material
    • Basics
    • Orientation an aspect ratio
  • Exercices
    • Tutorial: Counting objects using labeling
    • Practical Work: Steel microstructure
    • Practical Work Bonus: Play with dice
• Data
  • Support material
    • Introduction
    • Linear regression - Linear model
    • Linear regression - Advanced model
    • Derivation of numerical data
  • Ressources
    • Word Generator
  • Exercices
    • Analysis of data from a weather station
    • Tensile test analysis
• ODE
  • Support material
  • Ressources
    • Modelling the trajectory of a badminton shuttlecock
    • Simulation of a set of bodies subjected to gravity
    • Molecular Dynamics : simulation of a crystal formation in 2D
  • Exercices
    • Simple pendulum
    • Driven Harmonic Oscillator
    • Vibrational energy harvesting using a Duffing oscillator
• Optimization
  • Support material
  • Ressources
    • Interactive optimization
    • Illustration : Crossing a river
    • Step by step Optimization : understanding gradient based method
  • Exercices
    • Rosenbrock function and Curve fiting
    • Optimizing a bridge structure
• Machine Learning
  • Support material
  • Exercices
    • Supervised learning using PyTorch: a toy example
    • Reinforcement learning on snake with a genetic neural network