Workshop 29th February 2016 4 p.m. 177/2023 (Boldrewood Campus)
Computing with units
Emanuele Zappia, Hossam Ragheb
University of Southampton
- Web page
- http://computationalmodelling.bitbucket.org/tools/
- Categories
- Complex Systems, Computational Social Science, Computer Science, Data Management, Data Science, Database, e-Research, Education, HPC, IPython/Jupyter Notebook, Linux, Mac OS X, Multi-physics, Multi-scale, NGCM, Pervasive computing, Pylab, Python, Scientific Computing, Software Engineering, Symbolic calculation, VirtualBox, Windows
- Submitter
- Emanuele Zappia
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Often, computational calculations are performed without taking into account physical units. This approach can lead to misinterpretations of numerical results or even to disastrous events. In order to stem this source of mistakes is desirable to carry out calculations with numbers that have physical quantities attached. This workshop will offer an introduction to the overall idea of "computing with units" approach. Specifically, the workshop will focus on the Python library Pint, giving an introduction to the module and some exercises to grasp the basics of the library.
Workshop instructions: Please, bring your own laptop, create an account on GitHub.com and install VirtualBox. A Virtual Machine image will be provided; please download the Virtual Machine here. Follow the instructions on how to use the Virtual Machine here. Basic knowledge of Python required.
This workshop is part of the Advanced Computational Methods II course.
The speakers: Emanuele Zappia graduated in Materials Science and Engineering (BSc.) and in Materials Engineering (MSc.) from Federico II University. He is currently undertaking an iPhD at University of Southampton in Next Generation Computational Modelling with the project Microstructural modeling of skin mechanics.
Hossam Ragheb graduated in Mechatronics Engineering (BSc.) from Ainshams University and Subsea Engineering (Msc) from University of Aberdeen. He is currently undertaking an iPhD at University of Southampton in Next Generation Computational Modelling with the project Multi-Scale Modelling of Composite Riser Systems.
Email: e.zappia@soton.ac.uk, har1g15@soton.ac.uk