Instructor: Grigory Shamov (University of Manitoba)

Title: Python in HPC Tutorial

An introduction to Python and its use in High-Performance Computing environment.

Course plan:

• Getting access to Python
• Basic Syntax; using Python REPL and ipython.
• Python control structures: Loops, conditions, and functions
• Python data structures: lists, dicts, arrays
• Importing packages; package management systems (conda, pip, wheels)
• Numpy numeric Python package
• An overview of parallel/concurrent Python programming.
• An overview of running Python code on ComputeCanada HPC systems

Duration: 3 hours

Level: beginner

Prerequisites: Basic exposure to programming in any programming language.