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CHPC Introductory Scientic Programming School

Nov 15, 12:26 PM

A funded full-week Introductory Scientific Programming School for Science and Engineering students who wish to advance their skills in Linux (Ubuntu) and Python Programming language.

27 Nov. – 04 Dec. 2011

Hosted by the Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) at Meraka Institute and funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST).

Syllabus to be covered includes:
Full 2 day on introduction to Linux (Ubuntu) on the following topics:

Overview of Ubuntu Linux Desktop; Running commands and Getting Help; Browsing the file system; the bash shell; Standard I/O and Pipe; Users, Groups and Permissions; vi and vim Editor basics; the Linux Filesystem In-Depth; Advanced Topics in Users; Groups and Permissions; Printing; Introduction to String Processing; String Processing with Regular Expressions; Finding and Processing Files; and Investigating and Managing Processes.

Full 4 days on Introduction to Python Programming on the following topics:

Python basics, Python Objects, Numbers, Sequences, Dictionaries, Conditional and Loops, Files and Input/Output, Error and Exceptions.

Download the full application form in MS Word format.

Download the full program for the school here

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: 18h00 Sunday 6 November 2011

Should you wish to become one of the participants, please complete the following application form and email (with e-mail subject: CHPC Introductory Programming School) the document back to: dmoeketsi@csir.co.za before the closing date. Successful candidates will be notified from 11 November 2011.