Description

Julia is a fast, general, dynamically typed programming language for scientific computing. Its features are well-suited for numerical analysis and computational science. This course aims to provide an extensive introduction to Julia to kickstart those PhD researchers who want to incorporate it in their research and to create a solid foundation for Julia novices.

Our course consists of three days (5-7 Feb 2024), going from a basic introduction to becoming a scientific Julia power user.

Day 1:

Morning theory: Basics, collections, types

Afternoon project: cellular automata

Day 2:

Morning theory: types (advanced), metaprogramming, illustration of interesting packages

Afternoon project: uncertainty bands, make your own matrix type.

Day 3:

Advanced Julia projects. Using existing packages for challenging scientific projects, including data science, robotics, simulation and web scraping.

Participants can follow the full three-day course, day 1 & 2 or day 2 & 3. Day 1 might be skipped if one already uses Julia regularly (but it can be a good refresher), and we recommend only following day 3 if one is already quite comfortable in scientific programming.

Pricing:

• Paid for UGent Doctoral Schools members
• Industry, private sector, profession: EUR 750 for two days, EUR 1000 for three days
• Non-profit, government, higher education staff: EUR 375 for two days, EUR 500 for three days

(prices are VAT excl.)

Contact the organizers for more information or see the course website.