STSCI 4060 - Introduction to High Performance Computing Tools and Concepts

Spring. 2 credits.

Prerequisite: Basic programming skills (any language). Permission of department required.

X. Yang.

The first part of the course teaches basic Python programming knowledge and skills. The second part deals with Python application in statistics (e.g., data visualization and statistical analysis), Python-database integration (e.g., access, update and control an Oracle database), and Python web services (e.g., database-driven dynamic webpages using Python CGI scripts). These techniques are utilized in a comprehensive course project.