Courses

Git, GitLab, and TDD

This course is an interdisciplinary course offered by University of Pavia.

When:  2-6 march 2026:  2nd march 9-13, 14-18, 3rd march 14-18, 4th march 14-18, 5th march 11-13, 6th march 11-13 

Where:  Faculty of Engineering “La Nave”, MS1 room (DICAr) and A1 room 

Lecturer: Prof. Lars Radtke 

Objective: Over the course of five sessions, participants will gain experience with Git for version control, GitLab for managing collaborative workflows through issues and merge requests, and the use of CI/CD pipelines together with test-driven development (TDD) to enable automated testing and integration. All topics are taught using Python and illustrated with practical research-oriented examples. 

Advanced Scientific Programming in Python

When: March 10-14 2025 

Where:  Polo Didattico Cravino

Lecturer: Prof. Jochen Peter Hinz

Objective: This seminar teaches the participants to use advanced Python concepts for writing easier to read, more flexible and faster code. It teaches concepts in a hands-on and tangible fashion, providing example use cases that all applied mathematicians and engineers can relate to.

Introduction to Julia Programming 

for Data Science and Scientific Computing

When: October 2024 - January 2025 

Where:  Aula Beltrami

Lecturers: Ivan Bioli, Massimiliano Ghiotto.

Objective: The objective of this course is to provide students with a foundational understanding of the Julia programming language. By the end of the course, students will be able to efficiently use Julia to solve computational problems in different areas. A detail description of the course can be found here.