Summer Computing Academy -- One week -- June 12-16, 2017

Keller Hall, 200 Union St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455
We meet every day in Keller 6-212 (room opens at 8:30)
The program starts at 9:00 and ends at 4:30.
At the end of the day we go to Keller 6-212 (room open until 5:00)
Instructor: Marie Manner (PhD student)
TAs: Samira Champlin, Ziwei Li, Luyang Zhao

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Monday June 12
9:00-10:00	Keller 6-212	Introductions, go to computer lab
10:00-12:00	Keller 1-200	Intro to python
12:00-1:30	Keller 5-212	Lunch
1:30-4:30	Keller 1-200	More python, Look at the coding used in day 1
Tuesday June 13
9:00-12:00	Keller 1-200	Python
12:00-1:30	Keller 6-212	Lunch
1:30-4:30	Keller 1-200	Programming the scribbler robots
Wednesday June 14
9:00-10:30	Keller 1-200	Python
11:00-1:30	Bruininks 230	Talk dy Dr. Matthew Chafee, "Decoding Neural Signals", and lunch with REU students
1:30-4:30	Keller 4-204C	E-textile activity
Thursday June 15
9:00-12:00	Keller 1-200	Python
12:00-1:30	Keller 6-212	Lunch
2:00-3:30	Medical Devices Center	Tour of Medical Devices Center
3:30-4:30	Keller 1-200	Work on project
Friday June 16
9:00-12:30	Keller 1-200	Python
12:30-1:30	Keller 2-260	Lunch
1:30-3:00	Keller 1-200	Finish preparation for presentations
3:00-4:30	Keller 2-260	Sharing the results of the week with parents and friends

Information and documentation on Python

For a reference manual of python 3.4, look at https://docs.python.org/3.4/index.html.
A Hands-on Python Tutorial. Simple, with many examples.
A complete online course on Python, Starts easy, goes quite advanced.
A more advanced Google Python class with more focus on data structures. For each data type (string, list, dict, files) include all the methods and simple examples.

Some sample problems you can look at for ideas for your own project.

Contact

Professor Maria Gini
Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Minnesota
4-192 Keller Hall, 200 Union St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455
email: gini@cs.umn.edu