February 15, 2024, 2:00-3:00 pm EST

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Presented by: Alex Razoumov

Duration: 60 minutes

Description: In this short session, we will demo some of Python’s capabilities to researchers new to the language, starting with multiple ways to run Python, high-level data collections such as lists and dictionaries, using Python for data processing and manipulation, and data visualization. This short lecture-style course will be followed by a separate, full-day interactive Python workshop in which we will thoroughly study all these topics through hands-on exercises. This follow-up workshop will occur in the weeks after the 2024 HSS Winter Series.

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Biography

Alex Razoumov earned his PhD in computational astrophysics from the University of British Columbia and held postdoctoral positions in Urbana–Champaign, San Diego, Oak Ridge, and Halifax. He has worked on numerical models ranging from galaxy formation to core-collapse supernovae and stellar hydrodynamics, and has developed a number of computational fluid dynamics and radiative transfer codes and techniques. He spent five years as HPC Analyst in SHARCNET helping researchers from diverse backgrounds to use large clusters, and in 2014 moved back to Vancouver to focus on scientific visualization and training researchers to use advanced computing tools. He is now with Simon Fraser University.