Workshops

🐍 Intro to Python

This two-part workshop is an introduction to programming and plotting in Python for people with little or no previous programming experience.  It will cover use of interpreters (Python 3), visualization (matplotlib), data wrangling (pandas), notebooks (JupyterLab), and data platforms (Anaconda).

Upcoming offerings:

• nonte currently scheduled

  • sign-up to mailing list to receive announcements of future workshops ✨

Expectations:

• little or no previous coding experience!

• register in advance

• attend both sessions of workshop

• bring laptop to workshop

• install software before workshop

• download workshop dataset

▶️ Intro to the Terminal

The terminal and the command-line are gateways to robust and efficient computing tasks.  The Unix shell is often at their core and has been around longer than most of its users have been alive.  It has survived because it’s a powerful tool that allows users to perform complex and powerful tasks, often with just a few keystrokes or lines of code.  It helps users automate repetitive tasks and easily combine smaller tasks into larger, more powerful workflows.  Use of the shell is fundamental to a wide range of advanced computing tasks, including high-performance computing.  This two-part workshop will introduce you to this powerful tool.

Upcoming offerings:

• none currently scheduled

  • sign-up to mailing list to receive announcements of future workshops ✨

Expectations:

• little or no previous command-line experience!

• register in advance

• attend both sessions of workshop

• bring laptop to workshop

• install software before workshop

• download workshop dataset

🐧 Intro to Linux

Linux is an open-source operating system that is fundamentally relevant and empowering to research computing in many disciplines.  Linux is available at Wellesley, from personal workstations to mid-level facilities to high-performance computing clusters, and this session will explore the landscape of Linux capabilities and tools on campus.  This session pairs well with The Terminal workshop, although that workshop is not a prerequisite.  This session will focus more on how and where Linux is implemented at Wellesley, how to locate and connect with those tools, and how to find support resources related to Linux on campus.  Workshop attendees are typically extended access to a development sandbox Linux workstation.

Upcoming offerings:

• none currently scheduled

  • sign-up to mailing list to receive announcements of future workshops ✨

Expectations:

• little or no previous experience!

• register in advance

• consider bringing laptop to discussion

Python (continued)

Past offerings:

• two-part workshop, 2025 June 5 & 12, Thu, 7pm-9:30pm, Sci H-305, light snacks

  • instructors: Jonathan Kemp, Spencer Dockal, & Wendy Shook

• two-part workshop, 2025 January 29 & February 5, Wed, 7pm-9:30pm, Obs 114, light snacks

  • instructors: Jonathan Kemp & Spencer Dockal

• two-part workshop, 2024 June 6 & 13, Thu, 7pm-9:30pm, Sci H305, light snacks

  • instructors: Jonathan Kemp, Spencer Dockal, & Wendy Shook

• two-part workshop, 2024 January 31 & February 7, Wed, 7pm-9:30pm, Obs 114, light snacks

  • instructors: Jonathan Kemp & Spencer Dockal

• two-part workshop, 2023 June 8 & 15, Thu, 6pm-8:30pm, Sci Ctr H-305, light snacks

  • instructors: Jonathan Kemp & Wendy Shook

• two-part workshop, 2023 April 12 & 19, Wed, 6pm-8:30pm, Obs 114, light snacks

  • instructors: Jonathan Kemp & Nora Hoch

Terminal (continued)

Past offerings:

• two-part workshop, 2025 June 3 & 10, Tue, 7pm-9:30pm, Sci H-305, light snacks

  • instructors: Jonathan Kemp, Spencer Dockal, & Wendy Shook

• two-part workshop, 2025 January 28 & February 4, Tue, 7pm-9:30pm, Obs 114, light snacks

  • instructors: Jonathan Kemp & Spencer Dockal

• two-part workshop, 2024 June 4 & 11, Tue, 7pm-9:30pm, Sci H305, light snacks

  • instructors: Jonathan Kemp, Spencer Dockal, & Wendy Shook

• two-part workshop, 2024 January 30 & February 6, Tue, 7pm-9:30pm, Obs 114, light snacks

  • instructors: Jonathan Kemp & Spencer Dockal

• two-part workshop, 2023 June 6 & 13, Tue, 6pm-8:30pm, Sci Ctr H-305, light snacks

  • instructors: Jonathan Kemp & Wendy Shook

• two-part workshop, 2023 April 11 & 18, Tue, 6pm-8:30pm, Obs 114, light snacks

  • instructors: Jonathan Kemp & Nora Hoch

Linux (continued)

Past offerings:

• one-part discussion, 2025 June 18, Wed, 7pm-8:15pm, Sci H-305, light snacks

  • instructor: Jonathan Kemp

• one-part discussion, 2025 February 12, Wed 7pm-8:15pm, Obs 114, light snacks

  • instructor: Jonathan Kemp

• one-part discussion, 2024 June 26, Wed, 7pm-8:15pm, Sci H305

  • instructor: Jonathan Kemp