A Tutorial on Python Programming - Part 1 of 4 series of lectures

UIC Department of Psychiatry

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A Tutorial on Python Programming - Part 1 of 4 series of lectures


07July

Event Info
Category Date and Time
  • Friday, July 07, 2023
  • 02:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Topic and Speaker
  • A Tutorial on Python Programming: Introduction to Python
  • Runa Bhaumik PhD
    • Research Assistant Professor
    • University of Illinois Chicago
    Runa Bhaumik

Location
  • Virtual
  • Online - via UIC Blackboard Collaborate
Event Coordinator
  • Runa Bhaumik PhD
  • (312) 413-4455
  • rbhaumik [at] uic.edu
Event Details

Runa Bhaumik, Ph.D., a computer scientist is a Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry in the Biostatistics Research Program at the University of Illinois Chicago. Dr. Bhaumik’s research interest lies in the application of statistical, ML/AI, and NLP technologies in health science research, particularly in Psychiatry and Public Health. She teaches a course titled “Health Analytics using Python Programming” in the Department of Biostatistics in the School of Public Health (Course Name: BSTT 424).


Audience:

Students, Researchers in health professionals interested in data science

Purpose:

This Python tutorial will guide participants through common tasks in data science. It is designed to be accessible to people with no previous programming experience

Instructional level:

Beginner

OBJECTIVES

Tutorial1 (July 7th): Introduction to Python:

  • Anaconda installation
  • Use Jupyter Notebook to write and run the code
  • Understand basic Python syntax to use functions and assign variables
  • Create lists
  • Use for-loops
  • Define functions
  • Introduction to NumPy and Pandas