General Information

The main purpose of the workshop is to:

• Introduce the Unix environment and bash commands
• Teach the basics of Python, for beginners and more advanced users
• Convey the idea of properly structuring your projects and code
• Cover the basics of Git and Version control, as well as how to properly install them.
• And more...

This workshop is split into two parts:

• Website with slides and workshop information:
  https://tinyurl.com/bcb2019
• Repository with data from the workshop:
  https://tinyurl.com/bcb18-repo-main

The workshop will take place from
August 2nd-8th, 2019 from 1:30pm-4:30pm

Syllabus

• Setting up Environments
• Unix Tips and Tricks
• Programming in Python
• Structuring your Project
• Version Control with Git
• and more...

To access the presentations for each topic, go the website shown above (https://tinyurl.com/bcb2019)

Other links

This is a small section of links and resources for getting you started ith programming.

For a more detailed list of resources check:
https://vanderbilt-astro-starting-grad-school.readthedocs.io

General

• Vanderbilt University
• Vanderbilt Astronomy Group
• Tools for starting grad schoold and more!

Version Control

• Github website
• Github Guides & Tutorials
• Git tutorials & training by Atlassian

Coding

• Python course by Codecademy
• Learn Python the Hard Way - Free online course on Python
• AstroML: Machine Learning and Data Mining for Astronomy

Machine Learning Courses

• Applied Machine Learning in Python by Coursera
• Machine Learning course by Andrew Ng (Stanford)
• Victor Lavrenko's playlist on machine learning tutorials
• Udacity's Deep Learning course

Papers

• Deep Learning overview by Yann LeCun
• Interactive Notebooks: Sharing the Code by Helen Shen