Introduction and setup

Overview

Teaching: 10 min
Exercises: 10 min

Questions

• How can I prepare?

Objectives

• Set expectations for engagement and behavior

Acknowledgement of country

We wish to acknowledge the custodians of the land we reside on. These lessons were developed on the lands of the Wadjuk (Perth region) people of the Nyoongar nation. Today we meet on the lands of the Jagera, Giabal and Jarowair tribes. We pay our respect to their Elders and acknowledge their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of our cities and regions.

Overview

This training was developed by ADACS at the request of Alina Donea.

This workshop has been developed in the style of Carpentries (hence the site layout) but is not an official Carpentries lesson. Some of the content is intended for learners to read, think, and ask questions. The workshop is designed to have three lessons per day dedicated to explaining and demonstrating skills, followed by an afternoon session of skills practice where people can work on their group project.

Assumed knowledge / required software

This course assumes that you have basic proficiency in python.

Software requirements for running on your own computer:

• Python 3.8+ with the following modules (requirements.txt)
  • astropy
  • jupyter
  • kaggle
  • matplotlib
  • numpy
  • pandas
  • scikit-learn
  • statsmodels
• A integrated development environment (IDE) or text editor of choice
  • We recommend Visual Studio Code

If the above doesn’t work for you or you would like to work on a cloud system then we recommend that you use Google Colaboratory, it is free and requires only a Google account to access.

Assumed knowledge (links for info):

• Python scripting SWC Lesson, ADACS Lesson

Engagement

This workshop is all about learning by doing. We will be engaging in live coding type exercises for most of the workshop, and we will set challenges and exercises for you to complete in groups. The more you engage with your fellow learners and the more questions that you ask, the more that you will get out of this workshop.

We will be using sticky notes for in-person participants to indicate their readiness to move on: please stick them on your laptop screen to indicate if you need help or are done and ready to move ahead. For those joining online we’ll be using emotes to indicate the same.

We will use a shared document (etherpad) to manage and record many of our interactions.

Conduct

This workshop will be an inclusive and equitable space, which respects:

• the lived experience of it’s attendees,
• the right for all to learn, and
• the fact that learning means making mistakes.

We ask that you follow these guidelines:

• Behave professionally. Harassment and sexist, racist, or exclusionary comments or jokes are not appropriate.
• All communication should be appropriate for a professional audience including people of many different backgrounds.
• Sexual or sexist language and imagery is not appropriate.
• Be considerate and respectful to others.
• Do not insult or put down other attendees.
• Critique ideas rather than individuals.
• Do not engage in tech-shaming.

See the ASA2022 code of conduct and the Software Carpentries code of conduct for more information.

Introduce yourselves

Introduce yourself to your peers by telling us your name, the title of your most recently published work, and what you do when you want to escape from work.

Do this in person and via the etherpad.

Key Points

• Ask questions, experiment, and help others

• Everyone is here to learn and that means making mistakes

• I’m not that kind of Dr, please excuse my non solar/stellar/space physics expertise