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+<h1>Tutorials</h1>
+
+<h3 id="sec-1"><span class="section-number-3"></span>Intended audience </h3>
+
+<p>College and University Teachers/Professors/Lecturers from any Engineering or Science domain, and Engineering students who would like to use Python for their basic computing and plotting needs.
+</p>
+
+<h3 id="sec-2"><span class="section-number-3"></span>Prerequisites </h3>
+
+<ul>
+<li>
+Participants should be comfortable computer users and be familiar with programming constructs such as loops, conditionals.
+</li>
+<li>
+Familiarity with programming editors&ndash; scite, notepad++, vi, emacs- will be a plus.
+</li>
+<li>
+Familiarity with using the commandline will be another plus.
+
+</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h3 id="sec-3"><span class="section-number-3"></span>Objectives </h3>
+
+<ul>
+<li>
+At the end of the program the participants will have a good understanding of the Python language, and selected libraries.
+</li>
+<li>
+They will be able to write good modular procedural code and use objects.
+</li>
+<li>
+They will get a overview of the other major topics, features and libraries and be able to learn these on their own if required.
+</li>
+<li>
+They will be able to generate 2-D plots using NumPy and Matplotlib, and 3-D plots using MayaVi2.
+</li>
+<li>
+They will be able to incorporate and adapt Python in their lessons
+
+</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h3 id="sec-4"><span class="section-number-3"></span>Coverage </h3>
+
+<p>This is a rough outline of the topics to be covered in the
+tutorials. The exact schedule of the tutorials will be put up in a
+short while.
+</p>
+<ul>
+<li>
+<a href="http://www.sagemath.org" >Sage</a> 
+<ul>
+<li>
+basic usage 
+</li>
+<li>
+symbolic computing
+</li>
+<li>
+numeric computing
+</li>
+<li>
+basic plotting
+</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li>
+Basic Scientific Computing with Python covering the following
+<ul>
+<li>
+ipython
+</li>
+<li>
+pylab
+</li>
+<li>
+numpy
+</li>
+<li>
+scipy
+</li>
+<li>
+basic use of Mayavi
+</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li>
+Basic Python
+<ul>
+<li>
+data-types
+</li>
+<li>
+conditionals &amp; looping
+</li>
+<li>
+functions &amp; modules
+</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li>
+Advanced topics
+<ul>
+<li>
+Cython
+</li>
+<li>
+More Ipython
+</li>
+<li>
+More Mayavi
+</li>
+<li>
+More matplotlib
+</li>
+<li>
+More Sage?
+
+</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>Any participants using their own laptops should have the required
+software installed on their machines, before coming to the venue of
+the tutorials. The installation instructions are available <a href="http://fossee.in/installation-how-to">here</a>.
+</p>
+
+
+<h3 id="sec-5"><span class="section-number-3"></span>Methodology </h3>
+
+<ul>
+<li>
+Completely hands on, exploratory mode with minimal lectures introducing essential concepts and techniques.
+</li>
+<li>
+Typically we will have short 15 - 20 minute lectures, followed by series of graduated problems. The participants will solve them exploring the documentation to do so and the solutions will be discussed.
+</li>
+<li>
+We shall be conducting quizzes during the course of the workshop to evaluate the degree to which the objectives have been accomplished.
+
+</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>Laptops can be brought by participants, and additional laptops/computers can be provided for use for those required. Charging points will be available.
+</p>
+<p>
+As far as installations go, you would require the following:
+</p>
+<ul>
+<li>
+For Debian/ Ubuntu and the like:
+(a) IPython
+(b) Python doc
+(c) the Python Profiler
+(d) Scipy/Numpy
+(e) Matplotlib
+(f) Mayavi2
+
+</li>
+<li>
+For Windows XP (x86), Windows Vista (x86), Mac OS X 10.4+ (x86), RedHat 3 (x86, amd64), RedHat 4 (x86, amd64), RedHat 5 (x86, amd64), and Solaris 10 (x86, amd64) :
+(a) get the EPD (<a href="http://www.enthought.com/products/epd.php">http://www.enthought.com/products/epd.php</a>) bundle and you'll have everything you need! This is available for free for those in academia and others can utilize the free 30 day trial version for now.
+
+</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>In any case, we will be providing live DVDs containing all the required installations and some additional tools on site. The iso can also be downloaded from the fossee.in site (<a href="http://fossee.in/download#DVDs">http://fossee.in/download#DVDs</a>).
+</p>
+
+{% endblock content %}