Intro to Programming with Python - HPC.NRW Reverse Hybrid

19 Jan 2026, 09:30 → 20 Jan 2026, 13:00 Europe/Berlin

W.11.018 (Campus Grifflenberg)

Martin Errenst

"Introduction to Programming with Python" is an introduction for complete beginners in Python, especially for users interested in using python for scientific computing on the local HPC system PLEIADES.

This registration page is for the Wuppertal sattelite location of the reverse-hybrid series of HPC.NRW. A remote instructor is presenting to multiple sites simultaneously, and local organizers and helpers are available for questions and discussions.

We have up to 15 seats available.

Course Topics

• Running Python code
• Variables and data types
• Loops and conditional statements
• Collections (lists, tuples, dictionaries)
• Functions
• Python design philosophy
• NumPy arrays and slicing
• Packages and modules
• Debugging techniques
• Performance considerations

Speaker

• Jan Steiner (Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn)

Local Organizers

• Martin Errenst (Bergische Universität Wuppertal)

Venue

• In-Person participation:

W.11.018
Campus Grifflenberg

Additional Information

• For the Hands-on Tutorial, please bring your own laptop (Windows, macOS, or Linux).
• This course is free of cost for members of German universities or publicly-funded research institutions in Germany. Please register the course using your university/institution e-mail address.
• The number of seats is limited and the allocation of seats is done by the organizer.
• This course is a collaborative event with the speaker from University of Bonn remotely.

Monday 19 January

09:30 → 13:00 Day 1

Tuesday 20 January

09:30 → 13:00 Day 2