CODE Schedule

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This course will meet on Wednesdays, from 11am to 2pm. The course begins on May 12, and the course ends on June 30. For this course you will need a computer with access to the internet. This course will be conducted via Zoom, so we recommend finding a quiet place to be located while you are taking the class.

We will have a speaker present during our lunch time, so please have something prepared and ready to eat!

 

Course Outline

Week 1:

  • Introduction to the course by Dr. Prakash

  • Keynote address from Dr. AmanPreet Badhwar

  • Overview of scientific programming in Python by Dr. Wagner

 

Course Structure Weeks 2 – 8:

  • 11am:  Scientific Programming: Introduction to the tools of the trade

  • 12pm: Break

  • 12:10pm: Professional Development

  • 12:50pm: Break

  • 1pm: Scientific Programming:

    • Tutorial Assignment: Creating your first code notebook in Jupyter lab.

    • Demo Python for everything (art, music, web scraping)!

 

Week 2:

  • Scientific Programming:

    • Basics of Python programming I –strings & numbers

    • Tutorial & Assignment: Thinking with loops!

  • Professional Development: Faculty panel discussion

 

Week 3:

  • Scientific Programming:

    • Basics of Python programming II – lists and dicts

    • Tutorial & Assignment: Using Python dictionaries to change the meaning of pop songs!

  • Professional Development: Research environment etiquette

 

Week 4:

  • Scientific Programming:

    • Basics of Python programming III – Functions

    • Tutorial & Assignment: List comprehension all the things!

  • Professional Development: Tackling Imposter Syndrome head on

 

Week 5:

  • Scientific Programming:

    • Python packages I – Pandas for numeric data

    • Tutorial & Assignment: Charting meme stocks in Python!

  • Professional Development: Graduate student panel discussion

 

Week 6:

  • Scientific Programming:

    • Python packages II – Nilearn for brain data

    • Tutorial & Assignment: Visualize and manipulate fMRI data.

  • Professional Development: Introduction to fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging)

 

Week 7:

  • Scientific Programming:

    • Python packages III – Decoding the brain with Nilearn

    • Tutorial: Decoding the brain’s representation of objects.

  • Professional Development: Addressing microaggressions in academia

 

Week 8:

  • Scientific Programming:

    • Putting it all together – Do different people’s brains synchronize when watching movies?

    • In Class Tutorial: Using Python to measure similarities between different people’s brains.

  • Professional Development: Student presentations