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Computational skills workshop for new graduate students at U of T Date: November 7-8, 2011. Times: 9:00 to 4:00 both days (8:30 registration on Monday) Venue: Woodsworth 120 and 121 Limit: 40 students Software Carpentry (http://software-carpentry.org) has been teaching scientists and engineers the concepts, skills, and tools they need to use and build software more productively since 1997. This year, we will run an intensive two-day workshop for new graduate students at the University of Toronto during the fall mid-term break. Topics to be covered include: * the Unix shell * version control * basic programming in Python * using databases with SQL * how to test software * and one other topic to be chosen by students' votes Participation is free, but as we only have 40 spaces, please register early at http://swcbootcamp2011.eventbrite.com/. If you later find that you are unable to attend, please take a moment to remove yourself from the list so that someone else can take your place. For more information, please contact Tommy Guy (guy@cs.utoronto.ca) or Dr. Greg Wilson (gvwilson@cs.utoronto.ca).
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