Hello,

[Sorry about the cross-posting!]

This is to announce a 4 day short term course at IIT Bombay on "Scientific computing with Python". The course will be held between 16th-19th July, 2007 at IITB.

Complete details on the course, registration and other details are available at:

http://ekalavya.it.iitb.ac.in/python_course.do

About the course ----------------

Python is a remarkable, modern, free, easy to learn, high-level and powerful programming language that is well suited for scientific computing. This 4-day course aims to give an overview of the various free tools that are in use and under development today that enable a scientist to build sophisticated science/engineering applications with Python.

Course Content --------------

The course will first provide a rapid introduction to the Python programming language (ideally participants should be familiar with the language before the workshop begins) and the standard library. The following topics will then be covered:

# Efficient array processing in Python using NumPy. # Interactive 2D plotting using matplotlib. # SciPy for general purpose numerical algorithms. # Interfacing Python with FORTRAN, C and C++ using f2py and SWIG. # The notion of MVC design and the use of Traits/TraitsUI to easily create sophisticated graphical user interfaces. # Adding 2D plots to applications using the Chaco toolkit. # An overview of the Visualization Toolkit library and the TVTK package for 3D visualizations from Python. # Extensible plugin-based application frameworks using Envisage. # Scientific data visualization using MayaVi2. # Building a sample application using the above tools.

Schedule --------

Dates: 16th to 19th July, 2007. Venue: IIT Bombay, Mumbai.

Who Should Attend -----------------

Practicing scientists/engineers who have a passion for writing great software and computer scientists/engineers who build scientific applications.

Faculty -------

* Eric Jones -- President and CTO of Enthought Inc., Austin, TX. * Prabhu Ramachandran -- Department of Aerospace Engineering, IITB.

Please forward this announcement to anyone who might be interested. Thanks!

Regards, -- Prabhu Ramachandran http://www.aero.iitb.ac.in/~prabhu