Version 5
We are very grateful for the ongoing support of our major sponsors:
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, a
philanthropic, not-for-profit grantmaking institution established in 1934.
The Mozilla Foundation, a
non-profit organization that promotes openness, innovation and
participation on the Internet.
We would also like to thank the following for their generosity:
J.P. Morgan
is a leader in financial services, offering solutions to clients
in more than 100 countries with one of the most comprehensive
global product platforms available. We have been helping our
clients do business and manage their wealth for more than 200
years.
Microsoft Corporation is the
manufacturer of the most widely used software in the world. Its products
are used worldwide by all kinds of people, on all kinds of computers, for
all kinds of things.
Intel, the world leader in silicon innovation,
develops technologies, products, and initiatives to continually advance how people work and live.
Founded in 1968 to build semiconductor memory products,
Intel introduced the world's first microprocessor in 1971.
The purpose of NumFOCUS
is to promote the use of accessible and reproducible computing in science and technology
through educational programs,
the promotion of high-level languages,
reproducible scientific research,
and open-code development,
and an increase in collaborative research tools and documentation.
Continuum Analytics's mission is
to revolutionize how the world's data is stored, computing, and visualized.
They provide open technologies for data integration on a massive scale
based on their vision of a structured, universal "data web".
The mission of the Python Software Foundation is to promote,
protect,
and advance the Python programming language,
and to support and facilitate the growth of a diverse and international community of Python programmers.
The mission of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
in Saudi Arabia is to educate scientific and technological leaders,
catalyze the diversification of the Saudi economy,
and address challenges of regional and global significance.
Version 4
Work on Version 4 was made possible by the generosity of the following donors:
Enthought Scientific Computing's
mission is to significantly improve the way scientific computing is
accomplished by providing powerful tools for quantitative data analysis
and visualization.
The Indiana University School of
Informatics and Computing is nationally recognized for excellence and
leadership in Informatics programs, including undergraduate and graduate
education, research, placement and outreach.
The Gene Expression in Disease and Development
Focus Group at Michigan State University is interested in
training graduate students and post-docs in the latest bioinformatics
techniques, and advancing the state of the art in genomic analysis.
Microsoft Corporation is the
manufacturer of the most widely used software in the world. Its products
are used worldwide by all kinds of people, on all kinds of computers, for
all kinds of things.
MITACS is a national research
network which connects academia with industry, government and
not-for-profits through short and longer-term research projects.
The Centre for Digital Music (C4DM)
at Queen Mary University London is a world-leading
multidisciplinary research group in the field of Music & Audio
Technology. This activity is funded by EPSRC Grant EP/H043101/1.
Scimatic Software is a
Toronto-based company that specializes in the development of software for
the scientific community.
SciNet is a High Performance
Computing consortium based at the University of Toronto which operates
Canada's largest supercomputer with 30,000 cores and supports researchers
in a wide variety of disciplines from across the country.
SHARCNET is a leading provider of
HPC infrastructure and services for the advancement of world-class
research and the training of computationally-expert individuals.
The Software Sustainability Institute works
with researchers to ensure the useful longevity of research
software.
The Met Office is the national meteorological
service for the United Kingdom, providing quality meteorological
and related services for the Government, the public, the armed
forces, aviation and commercial customers.
Earlier Versions
We would like to thank The MathWorks, the University of Toronto, the Python Software Foundation, and Los Alamos National Laboratory, whose support over the years has allowed us to help thousands of scientists use computers more productively. We would also like to thank Brent Gorda, who helped create and deliver the first version of this course back in 1998.