Python for Scientists

by Christian Sendlinger, Felix Spanier

Tuesday 17 Nov 2026, 10:00 → Thursday 19 Nov 2026, 16:00 Europe/Zurich

Goethe University Frankfurt, Campus Riedberg

Python is one of the most used programming in science due to its simplicity and wide applicability. This course is aimed at scientists who want to use Python for the analysis of data, automation of workflows and simple numerical simulations.

Contents of the course

• Using the IPython Notebook
• Modules and Functions
• Introduction to Numpy and Matplotlib
• Reading/writing data from files
• Introduction to Scipy (interpolation, integration, fitting)
• Applying Python to scientific problems

Location: The course takes place at FIAS, Ruth-Moufang-Str. 1, 60438 Frankfurt, Room 0.200

Registration Fee:  None (exclusive to academic institution members)

Organization: Organized by the NHR@SW.

Daily Timings:  10:00–16:00