Free 2-Day Scientific Computing Python Workshop 10/23+24 at Rosenstiel

The Software Carpentry community (software-carpentry.org) helps researchers get their work done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic research computing skills. This hands-on “Python” workshop will cover basic concepts and tools, including program design, version control, data management, and task automation.

Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems. The course is aimed at graduate students and other researchers. You don’t need to have any previous knowledge of the tools that will be presented at the workshop.

Register Now (free)

Thursday and Friday, October 23+24 2025, 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM | Course Hours BOTH DAYS |  Add to your Google Calendar.

Click here for Full Syllabus + Instructions

Location
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
Library (Room 106 upper level Science and Administration Building “SLAB”
4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Virginia Key, FL 33149.
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Requirements
Participants must bring a laptop with a Mac, Linux, or Windows operating system (not a tablet, Chromebook, etc.) that they have administrative privileges on. They should have a few specific software packages installed (listed on syllabus).

Accessibility
We are committed to making this workshop accessible to everybody. The workshop organizers have checked that:

• The room is wheelchair / scooter accessible (take the elevator located on the ground level in the parking lot area beneath the building).
• Accessible restrooms are available.

Parking
Anyone with a UM parking permit associated with their vehicle license plate number can park anywhere inside the gate on the Rosenstiel campus.  Parking is first-come, first-served, except for a few spaces tagged “RESERVED.”  Outside the gate, the (free) public parking lots are also an option, and alternatively, there is the Rosenstiel Shuttle that originates at the Miller Circle on the Gables campus. (Please check the schedule to see if they are running on the day/time of the event.)

Contact
Please email tnorris@miami.edu for more information.

Instructors
Cameron Riopelle Director of Research Data & Open Scholarship University of Miami Libraries	Timothy Norris, PhD Data Scientist University of Miami Libraries and Frost Institute for Data Science and Computing (IDSC)
Charles Brown-Roberts Applications Software Developer University of Miami Libraries	Helpers Jenna Courtade Rimpi Khurana Raquel Quintanilla

Sponsored by

Louis Calder Memorial Library | Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) | Department of Computer Science | Graduate School | IDSC | Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Scholarship