El miércoles, 7 de mayo de 2014 05:07:41 UTC-5, Viral Shah escribió: > > David, > > You may have seen the JuliaCon announcement, and there is a hack day right > after JuliaCon. This would be the best place to get the tutorial sorted > out. I believe Leah will also be there, and she has a fair amount of > experience doing Julia tutorials. >
Thanks, Viral, I'm planning to be there! David. > > -viral > > On Tuesday, May 6, 2014 11:01:15 PM UTC+5:30, David P. Sanders wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> This is an announcement about a Julia tutorial for the SciPy 2014 meeting >> that I proposed, and that was recently accepted and announced. The tutorial >> will be on July 7th in Austin, and will then be freely available in video >> format. The meeting webpage is https://conference.scipy.org/scipy2014/ >> >> SciPy is a meeting on scientific computing with Python, where Jeff and >> Stefan gave talks on julia the last 2 years (available online). >> I was not really expecting the tutorial to be accepted, but fortunately >> there are very forward-looking people in the Python community! >> >> The tutorial will last 4 hours and will be introductory, aimed at people >> coming from the SciPy community, i.e. versed in the use of numpy, scipy etc. >> >> My motivations for proposing the tutorial were twofold: >> (i) Firstly selfish, to force myself to learn Julia in detail; >> (ii) Secondly, to write an introductory tutorial, along the lines of >> those which exist in Python, which I feel is something that is currently >> lacking in the community, and which will make the entry point much easier >> for new users. >> >> I have 6 years' experience teaching scientific computing with Ptyhon >> >> I have started to write the tutorial (although it is not yet available >> online), and would very much appreciate your input on the contents. Below >> is the outline I proposed (in Markdown), but which I have now realised is >> missing pieces. >> >> I am also looking for somewhere in the US to spend the week between >> Juliacon (if it happens...!) and SciPy, to work on the tutorial and discuss >> and hack on Julia. Any offers?! I can (probably) cover the expenses. >> >> Best, >> David. >> >> >> # Proposal for Julia tutorial at SciPy 2014 >> >> I: Julia for users >> >> - 0:00 -- 0:20 Introduction >> - Why Julia? Interactive, but compiled >> - Installation >> - Help: documentation and mailing lists >> - Interactivity: REPL and IJulia >> >> - 0:20 -- 0:40 Basic Julia >> - Variables >> - Control structures: if, while >> - Ranges >> - for >> - Dictionaries >> >> - 0:40 -- 1:00 Scientific computing >> - Vectors and matrices: Array >> - Array comprehensions >> - Random numbers >> - Matlab-type notation >> >> - 1:00 -- 1:15 BREAK >> >> - 1:15 -- 1:35 Functions >> - Functions and methods >> - Multiple dispatch >> >> - 1:35 -- 1:55 User-defined types >> - Defining types >> - Parametric types >> >> - 1:55 -- 2:25 Packages >> - using, include, require, import >> - Standard library >> - Statistics >> - DataStructures >> - Graphics: PyPlot, GadFly >> - Profiling >> >> - 2:25 -- 2:40 BREAK >> >> II: Developing in Julia >> >> - 2:40 -- 3:00 >> >> - Users are already developers >> - Modules >> >> - 3:00 -- 3:20 >> - Metaprogramming >> - Macros >> >> - 3:20 -- 3:40 >> - Interfacing with Python: the PyCall package >> >> - 3:40 -- 4:00 >> - Interfacing with C: ccall >> >> >> >> >> >>
