Introduction to Scientific Computing

We aim for students to:

Learn skills needed for effective data management and analysis using Linux and Python

Understand topics such as, algorithmic thinking, automated logging of instrumental data and the importance of metadata

Gain essential knowledge to start using computers in their environmental science research

Build their experience to enable attendance at other technical courses

You will be tutored by experts from the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis who solve scientific data challenges on a daily basis. They will introduce you to the fundamentals of scientific computing.

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Introduction to Scientific Computing is designed for PhD students and early career researchers in atmospheric and environmental science.

It’s suitable for those with no previous experience in either Linux or Python, as well as those who have used them a little and wish to improve their skills.

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This course is scheduled to be delivered on a face to face basis, with reduced numbers to allow for social distancing. If you have any questions about the plans for the delivery of training please contact training@ncas.ac.uk.

We recommend ensuring that any accommodation and travel booked can be cancelled without cost, as our ability to run this event will be dependent on current guidance.

Given the ongoing changes to the current situation please be aware that we may need to change the delivery mechanism of the course. If the course is moved to delivery via Zoom it will still be a live course delivered by the same staff and we will ensure that you receive the same level of support throughout. If the course is moved to a remote delivery model it will take place over ten half days.

Full academic rate £1,395

Educational discounted rate £930

The educational discounted rate may be available to those students or post-docs not eligible for the subsided rate.

NCAS subsidised rate £310

The subsided rate is available to UK & EU students attending UK universities or students supervised by NCAS staff

Once you have been offered a place on this course, you will be asked to pay the course fees via the University of Leeds online store.

Commercial rate

Attendees from commercial organisations should contact training@ncas.ac.uk to discuss the course fee.

Please contact training@ncas.ac.uk.

The course fee includes all tuition, activities, materials and organised social events.

Accommodation

Accommodation is not provided as part of the course and students should arrange their own in Leeds.

Travel

Delegates are responsible for arranging and paying for their own transport to and from the course.

Fees

Attendees are required to pay in full by credit/debit card or provide a valid purchase order from their home organisation by the confirmation deadline. All payments and refunds are processed by the University of Leeds.

Cancellations/ refunds

Attendee cancellations are subject to a £50 administration fee, plus any accommodation cancellation costs incurred by us, where the cancellation is made more than six weeks (twelve weeks for the Atmospheric Measurement Summer School) before the date of the training course. The remaining balance of the course fee will be refunded.

No refund is payable for a cancellation made within six weeks (twelve weeks for the Atmospheric Measurement Summer School) immediately prior to the training course – in this event the full course fee will remain payable. In the event that a place can be filled by another student then the full fee (less the £50 administration fee) will be refunded once the replacement student has paid in full.

All cancellations must be sent in writing to training@ncas.ac.uk.

Amendments and cancellations

It may be necessary for us to change the content and timing of a course, the staff, the date or the venue. In the unlikely event of the course being cancelled, we will provide a full refund. For all bookings, the liability of the National Centre for Atmospheric Science/University of Leeds shall be limited to the amount of the fee paid to the National Centre for Atmospheric Science/University of Leeds by the delegate.