Our first task is to make sure that everyone can access the internet and has the correct software installed. I will try to help troubleshoot any problems anyone might encounter, and I believe there will be people from the Unversity of Bremen's IT department on hand to help as well.
The Anaconda distribution is a convenient way to install Python along with a lot of useful tools and libraries. You can get the Anaconda download links here.
As stated on the Anaconda website:
The open-source Anaconda Distribution is the easiest way to perform Python/R data science and machine learning on Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X. With over 15 million users worldwide, it is the industry standard for developing, testing, and training on a single machine, enabling individual data scientists to: