Computer Science 2500:
Data Analysis with Scripting Languages
(Fall 2009)

Instructor	Office	Office Hours	Lectures
Todd Wareham harold@cs.mun.ca	EN-2034 737-4601	TBA	MWF, 11-11:50 am TBA

• Course outline
• Course diary
• Assignments
• Answers to Class Exam #1 (PDF)
• Answers to Class Exam #2 (PDF)
• Answers to Final Exam:
  • Text (PDF)
  • Code (Q2: tf_GUI_F09.py)
• Course marks (assignments/exams) (as of 11:10 am, Dec 21)

• Home pages for previous offerings of this course:
  • Fall 2008 (Wareham)
  • Winter 2008 (Wareham)
  • Fall 2007 (Byrne)

• On-line resources:
  • General Python sites
    • Wikipedia: Python
    • Python Home Page
    • Python 2.5.4 (Version available on MUN CS machines)
      • Python 2.5.4 Tutorial (by Guido van Rossum)
      • Python 2.5.4 Documentation
      • Python 2.5.4 Library Reference
    • Python 3.1.1 Documentation (latest stable version)
    • Dive Into Python: An Online textbook
    • Useful Python Modules, Packages, and Libraries
  • Application-specific sites
    • GUI development
      • Tkinter (Wiki / Reference manual)
    • VPython -- Create 3D graphics and animations using Python
    • Google App Engine -- Automatically run Python scripts on Google's computing infrastructure
  • Discipline-specific sites
    • BioPython: Python Tools for Computational Molecular Biology
    • ChemPython: Python Tools for Chemical Informatics
    • EconPy: Python Packages for Economics Research
    • NLTK: Natural Language Toolkit for Python
    • Python for Physics
    • PsychoPy: Psychology Software in Python (Psychology, Neuroscience, Psychophysics)
    • NumPy: Numerical Tools for Python
    • SciPy: Scientific Library for Python
  • Vaults of Parnassus: Python Resources
  • SourceForge.net -- The world's largest Open Source software development website.

Notices:

• Dec 1, 11:05am
  Final Exam notes posted here.

• Nov 30, 10:25am
  Posted answers for Assignment #8.

• Nov 27, 12:05pm
  Posted answers for Assignment #7.

• Nov 12, 11:20am
  Posted answers for Class Exam #2.

• Nov 9, 9:55am
  Posted answers for Assignment #5.

• Nov 5, 3:25pm
  Posted answers for Assignment #6.

• Oct 30, 10:30am
  Assignment #8 posted.

• Oct 29, 10:30am
  Class Exam #2 notes posted here.

• Oct 28
  
  • Assignment #7 posted (10:25am).
  • Assignment #9 posted (10:55am).
  • Posted answers for Assignment #4 (1:20pm).

• Oct 26, 3:40pm
  Class Exam #2 re-scheduled for Friday, November 6.

• Oct 14, 10:00am
  Posted answers for Class Exam #1.

• Oct 7, 9:15am
  Posted answers for Assignment #3.

• Oct 2, 1:35pm
  Given current LabNet problems, Assignment #3 is now due in class on Monday, Oct 5.

• Sept 30, 8:35am
  Fixed errors in definition of "is approximately" in Question #1 of Assignment #3.

• Sept 29
  • Class Exam #1 notes posted here (11:05am)
  • Posted answers for Assignment #2 (11:25am)

• Sept 22, 10:45am
  Posted answers for Assignment #1.

• Sept 14, 9:55am
  Error found and fixed in stats0.script answers for Question #1 in Assignmenr #1.

• Sept 3, 8:50am
  Simplified Question #1 of Assignment #1.

• August 25, 12:50pm
  Assignment #5 posted.

• August 24, 2:00pm
  Assignment #6 posted.

• August 21, 10:20am
  Assignment #4 posted.

• August 20, 10:35am
  Assignment #3 posted.

• August 19, 2:25pm
  Assignment #2 posted.

• June 15
  
  • Open for business! (10:50am)
  • Assignment #1 posted (2:20pm)

Created: June 15, 2009
Last Modified: December 21, 2009