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Programming in Python (for quantitative biologists)
Learning objectives and expected learning outcomes
The course introduces students to imperative programming by referring to the Python language.
The course is divided in two parts:
- Python and its object-oriented features;
- Python libraries that can be useful in scientific computation and data analysis, in particular NumPy and pandas.
Students will acquire the ability to write and tune a program that automatizes simple computational tasks; they will be able to understand how a small piece of Python code works, to find the reasons of a malfunction and to correct it appropriately. Moreover, students will be able to use the NumPy and pandas library to analyze tabular data.
A.A. 2022/23
The course will take place in the first semester. Currently, we expect to lecture on-premises, lectures will NOT be streamed. You can find some videos from last year course in the 2020/21 web page linked below. Since November 29, the lectures on both Tuesdays and Thursdays are in room G15.
| Lessons Rooms Farina (Tu), G15 (Th) (40h) | Th_6/10 Tu_11/10 Th_13/10 | Tu_18/10 Th_20/10 | Tu_25/10 Th_27/10 | Th_3/11 Tu_8/11 Th_10/11 Tu_15/11 | Tu_22/11 Th_24/11 | Tu_29/11 Th_1/12 | Tu_6/12 Tu_13/12 Tu_15/12 | Tu_20/12 Tu_10/1 |
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| Labs, Room Delta (16h) | Fr_14/10 | Fr_21/10 | Fr_4/11 | Fr_18/11 | Fr_25/11 | Fr_2/12 | Fr_16/12 | Fr_13/1 |
| Setup | Scaffolded | Plain Python interpreter | Notebooks | |||||
Syllabus
- The Python programming language.
- Native data types.
- Functions, selections and iterations.
- Basic data structures: lists, tuples, dictionaries.
- Object-oriented encapsulation.
- Iterators and generators.
- Files.
- Numpy multi-dimensional arrays and matrices.
- Data manipulation and analysis with pandas.
Any Python3 book can be used to support the learning of the general part, for example J. Hunt "A Beginners Guide to Python 3 Programming" (The electronic version is free for Unimi students). NumPy and pandas have excellent online documentation.
The examination is based on laboratory exercises. A final mark (on a 30 point scale) is given, by taking into account the knowledge of the subject and tools, and the clarity of the solutions.
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Programming in Python (for quantitative biologists)
- Learning objectives and expected learning outcomes
- A.A. 2022/23
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2022/23
- 1. October 6 8:30 Room G15
- 2. October 11 10:30 Room Farina
- 3. October 13 8:30 Room G15
- 4. October 14 8:30 Lab Delta
- 5. October 18 10:30 Room Farina
- 6. October 20 8:30 Room G15
- 7. October 21 8:30 Lab Delta
- 8. October 25 10:30 Room Farina
- 9. October 27 8:30 Room G15
- 10. November 3 8:30 Room G15
- 11. November 4 8:30 Lab Delta
- 12. November 8 10:30 Room Farina
- 13. November 10 8:30 Room G15
- 14. November 15 10:30 Room Farina
- 15. November 18 8:30 Lab Delta
- 16. November 22 10:30 Room Farina
- 17. November 24 8:30 Room G15
- 18. November 18 8:30 Lab Delta
- 19. November 29 10:30 Room G15
- 20. December 1 8:30 Room G15
- 21. December 2 8:30 Lab Delta
- 22. December 6 10:30 Room G15
- 23. December 13 10:30 Room G15
- 24. December 15 8:30 Room G15
- Previous years
2022/23
1. October 6 8:30 Room G15
2. October 11 10:30 Room Farina
3. October 13 8:30 Room G15
4. October 14 8:30 Lab Delta
5. October 18 10:30 Room Farina
6. October 20 8:30 Room G15
7. October 21 8:30 Lab Delta
- Triangle kinds
- DNA Hamming
- Newton square root
- If you want to understand a bit more of git and github you can also try this
