MeetingAgenda - FOSSEE Wiki

Current Tasks

Amit

Task

Status

Due

ULT handout

Done

Sep 3

ULT workbook

in-progress

Sep 3

ULT slides

in-progress

Sep 15

Review App

in-progress

Sep 11

Puneeth

Task

Status

Due

Spoken Tutorial Scripts for Workshop (8-10)

Started

Sep 17

Review of ST Scripts (15-20)

Yet to start

Sep 17

Nishanth

Task	Status	Due
Scripts of spoken tutorials	in-progress	Sep 8
Videos of first two spoken tutorials	Not Started	Sep 10
Advanced Python handout	in-progress	Sep 15
Advanced Python workbook	Not Started	Sep 15
Advanced Python slides	Not Started	Sep 30

Madhu

Task	Status	Due
TDD HandOut	In-progress	Sept 3
TDD Workbook	In-progress	Sept 3
TDD slides	Not started	Sept 15
SciPy.in CfP	In progress	Sept 10
PyCON	As it comes	--

Anoop Jacob Thomas

Task	Status	Due
Live Python 10.09	Done	Sept 1
Basic Python Hand-out	In-progress	Sept 10
Basic Python Workbook	In-progress	Sept 10
Basic Python slides	Not started	Sept 15

Notes of Discussions from [2010-08-07 Tue] to [2010-09-10 Fri]

Course level

Objective
- Simple, Measurable
- Audience
- Background
- Context
- Degree (RBT)
Assessment Strategy
- Consistent with the objective

Workshops

Audience:
- College teachers and students of Science Engineering background
  - basic computer skills
    - be comfortable using the keyboard
    - use an editor
  - basic programming skills
Behaviour
- Students
  - should be able to use python for their curricular needs (symbolic and numeric computation)
- Teachers
  - should be able to use python for teaching (& demonstration) purposes in addition to using it for curricular needs
Condition
- interested in using FOSS tools for their curriculum
- gone through the preparatory material and completed it
  - pass the entry level test (60%)
- access to computers with requisite stuff installed.
Degree
- RBT - Ap
- 5 (worked out example) from a "standard" text book
- 75% on the final test.

Module 1: Basic Plotting (16)

ABCD
- Audience
  - same
- Behaviour
  - should be able to generate plots with any combination of built-in
    - mathematical functions provided by pylab
- Condition
  - being learnt in a self-study tutorial.
  - have python setup in their machine
- Degree
  - RBT - Ap
LO: getting started with =ipython= (2)
- Objective
  - Participants will be able to invoke and use basic features of ipython.
- ABCD
  - Condition
    - have =python= & =ipython= setup in their machine. no mention of =pylab=
- Assessment Strategy
  - Built-in interspersed exercises
  - workbook
    - errors, make connection with error message
- Outline
  - invoking ipython
    - if there's a problem, pre-requisites are not met.
  - getting out
  - explain the prompt
  - typing commands
    - 1+2
      - careful wording to differentiate from print
    - print 1+2
    - history (up, down arrows)
    - backspace, delete key
    - tab completion
      - ab
      - a
      - rou
      - ro
      - r
  - =abs?=, =round?=
  - handling typing errors
    - round(2.48,
      - close it
      - use ^C
LO: using the =plot= command interactively (2)
- Outline
  - ipython -pylab
    - pylab brings in the libraries necessary for Scientific Computing.
  - =linspace=,
  - =len=
  - =clf=
  - =plot=
  - using the plot ui
LO: embellishing a plot (2)
- Outline
  - Title
  - Label
  - line width, color, style
  - annotations
LO: saving plots (2)
- Outline
  - basic savefig
  - png, pdf, ps, eps, svg
  - going to OS and looking at the file
LO: multiple plots (3)
- Outline
  - overlays
    - linspace
      - give one with very few points, more points
      - show smoothness of the curve
  - legend
  - figure 1, figure2
  - subplots
LO: additional features of IPython (2)
- Outline
  - =%save=, =%history=, =%run=
LO: module level assessment (3)
- 10-12 question, time the questions
- pause & and play when ready to look at answers
- show the answers
- one large or two medium questions
- ex: four_plot

Module 2: Plotting Experimental Data (12)

ABCD
- Audience
  - same
- Behaviour
  - should be able to generate plots with numeric data from files.
- Condition
  - being learnt in a self-study tutorial.
  - have python setup in their machine
- Degree
  - Same
LO: loading data from files (3)
- loadtxt with unpack=True
  - primes.list (one col)
  - pendulum.txt (two col)
LO: plotting the data (3)
- plot L vs. T^2
  - using square function
- problem with 3 cols
  - 3rd column is error
  - error bar
LO: other types of plots (3)
- scatter
- pie chart
- bar chart
- log
- illustration of other plots, matplotlib help
LO: module level assessment (3)
- pos.txt is evaluation

Module 3: Handling Large Data Files (17)

LO: getting started with lists (2)
- empty
- filled lists
  - heterogenity
- accessing
- len
- =append= elements
- del (+ remove)
LO: getting started with =for= (2)
- blocks in python
  - (indentation)
- blocks in ipython
  - ... prompt
  - hitting enter
- =for= with a list
- =range= function
LO: getting started with strings (2)
- strings
  - single, double, triple quoted
- accessing elements
- show immutability
- tell that there are methods for manipulation
LO: getting started with files (3)
- show file object
- read the file with =read=
- closing the file
- for line in file:
- print a line
- append the lines to a list
LO: parsing data (3)
- explain what is parsing
- strip (with strings)
- split (with strings)
  - with delimiters
    - specify space as delimiter
- datatype conversion
- reading from files
  - do the same problem done with loadtxt (for pendulum)
  - basic parse sslc text
LO: statistics (2)
- mean
  - summing
- median
- std
LO: module level assessment (3)
- mean g

Module 4: Arrays and Matrices (14)

LO: getting started with arrays (2)
- why arrays
  - speed - simply say
  - array level operations
- creating arrays
  - direct data
  - list conversion
  - homogeneous
  - builtins - identitiy, zeros,
- array operations
  - + - * /
LO: accessing parts of arrays (4)
- accessing individual elements
- slicing, striding
- image manipulation
LO: Matrices (3)
- creating matrices
  - direct data
  - list conversion
  - builtins - identitiy, zeros,
- matrix operations
  - + - * /
  - dot
  - inv
  - det
  - eig
  - norm
  - svd
LO: Least square fit (2)
- show pendulum
  - use loadtxt
- lstsq
LO: Assessment (3)
- extract faces from a group photograph

Module 5: using Sage (13)

LO: getting started with sage notebook (3)
- about sage
  - ...
- starting the notebook server
- using the UI
  - typesetting & print
  - selecting language
    - sage
    - LaTeX
    - python
  - help
    - sum(<tab>
    - ?
LO: getting started with symbolics (3)
- symbolic expressions
  - built-in constants & functions
  - algebraic expressions,
  - series
  - integration, differentiation
  - matrices
- symbolic functions
  - defining
- simplification
- finding roots & factors
- substituting expressions
- output formats
LO: using Sage (4)
- ABCD
  - Degree
    - RBT - U
- Calculus
  - limits
  - differentiation
  - integration
    - indefinite
    - definite
  - piece-wise functions
  - differential equations
  - maxima, minima
- Linear Algebra
  - Vectors and Matrices
    - constructions
  - Vector Operations
    - linear combination
    - dot
    - cross
    - pairwise
  - Matrix Operations
    - linear combination
    - matrix multiplication
    - inverse
    - transpose
    - adjoint
    - rank
    - determinant
    - trace
    - norm
  - Solving equations
  - Eigenvalues, eigenvectors
- Graph Theory
- Number Theory
LO: using sage to teach (3)
- @interact
- 2D, 3D graphics
- Graph Theory
- Share, Publish
- print
LO: Assessment (3)
- 5 questions
- choice of exercises from one area

Module 6:

LO: basic datatypes & operators (4)
- int
  - L, long
- float
  - repr, str
- complex
- boolean
- conversion functions
- sequence datatypes & mutability
  - list available sequence datatypes
    - string
    - list
    - tuple
  - mutability
  - conversion
  - common stuff
    - len
    - in
    - max, min, sum, sorted, reversed
    - accessing individual elements
    - slicing, striding
LO: manipulating lists
- concatenation
- slicing
- striding
- .sort
- sorted
- .reverse
- reversed
LO: manipulating strings
- upper, lower,
- replace
- slicing
- [::-1]
- reversed
- palindrome check
LO: getting started with tuples
- immutability
- tuple packing, unpacking
  - a, b = b, a
- accessing individual elements
- slicing, striding
LO: dictionaries
- empty
- filled
- accessing via keys
- .values(), .keys()
- in
- iteration
LO: conditionals
- if, elif, else
- pass
LO: loops
- pass, break, continue
LO: I/O
LO: sets
LO: getting started with functions
LO: advanced features of functions
LO: using python modules
- scipy
- pylab
- sys
LO: writing python scripts (2)
- import
LO: writing python applications
- modules
LO: testing and debugging
LO: survey of advanced features (4)
- special functions
- solving polynomials
- non-linear equations
- ODE
- FFT
- Mayavi - 3D visualization

Along with registration

submit list of books, which are going to be used
identify exercises for conversion at the time of registration
- students responsibility to avoid duplication
registration shows what everybody has chosen.
- book, edition, page number, exercise,
we should have a list of problems to be assigned
- duplication
- no problems chosen
send DVDs with spoken tutorials
- index.html with sequence of spoken tutorials
  - module details
  - coverage
  - ...

Meeting Notes for [2010-09-07 Tue]

Attended by

Amit
Anoop
Asokan
Bhanukiran
Madhu
Nishanth
Prabhu
Puneeth

Textbook conversion

put-up a site showing problems chapter-wise

fossee.in

scilab.in
- now redirects to scilab.fossee.in
python.fossee.in
- will be future site
- old fossee.in links will redirect to appropriate links in python.fossee.in

Workshops

Workflow
- online registration should be set up
- min 10 teachers, 30 students
- TODO pre course work - spoken tutorials/cut paste python tutorial
- first day morning - we have a one hour assessment.
- people who clear the test only get certificate.
- rest of the workshop is designed only for people who cleared the test.
- unless these conditions are met, money will not be disbursed
Revamped workshop schedule
- first day
  - 4 sessions of current
    - uses =ipython -pylab=
  - 2 sessions of symbolics
    - using sage
- second day
  - start with arithmetic code.
Other workshop requests
- swati
- VC, VTU
- coimbatore

Meeting Notes for [2010-09-03 Fri]

Attended by

Amit
Anoop
Bhanukiran
Madhu
Nishanth
PR
Puneeth

Time

[2010-09-03 Fri 12:30]--[2010-09-03 Fri 14:15]

Amit

Update the events page.
Review App
- done with JavaScript
- working on the builder [2010-09-11 Sat]
  - document your process
ULT
- Handout - DONE
- Workbook - [2010-09-06 Mon]

Anoop

SEES - [2010-09-15 Wed]
- Handout
- Workbook
- Slides
LivePython
- Done
Sage Days wrapping up [2010-09-10 Fri]
- sending out DDs
- get the addresses and stuff
- payments
- Report

Bhanu

Video conversion

Madhu

New strategy for workshops
- Discuss about workshop structure when Asokan
SEES
- Nose vs. unit test framework
  - too many options?
- Handout - DONE
- Workbook - [2010-09-03 Fri]

Nishanth

Spoken Tutorials
- Reviews
- We want level 0 published.
- What is the feedback
  - User feedback
  - Integrated into spoken-tutorials site
- All the scripts ready by [2010-09-08 Wed]
- 2 videos should be ready [2010-09-10 Fri]
- Ideas
  - We need a promotional video
  - Make a spoken tutorial on making a spoken tutorial.
  - What to do for dubbing? How?
SEES
Sage Server
- Take a machine and try it out.

Puneeth

Get FOSSEE handout ready [2010-09-03 Fri]
Workshops
- Confirm who is going to Next workshops
Quick refs - first cut [2010-09-07 Tue]
- plotting
- arrays
- scipy stuff
- additional help
Advanced python along with Nishanth

Misc

New Web structure
- central site with common stuff.
- py.fossee.in, sage.fossee.in, scilab.fossee.in
  - check if something intelligent do-able w.r.t redirection
    - from old pages.
- Discuss this when Asokan is here.
Have a help@fossee.in mailing list
- any questions can be discussed here.
- questions can be redirected to appropriate lists
Hiring Pradeepto?
RMS event
- FOSSEE handout
  - one page
  - what are we
    - who is funding this project?
  - where are we
    - logos
    - fossee, scilab
    - links to each of those.
  - what we do?
    - workshops
    - conferences
    - spoken tutorials
    - sprints
  - what we can do for you?
    - workshops
    - we'll courier you dvds
  - uesful links.
  - Quick ref
  - jobs, info, #fossee
- SAGE handout
- DVD
What license are we using?
- Needs to be discussed next week.

MoM: 20 Aug, 2010

Hiring - Punch
- Check with IRCC about advertisements
- Check with Asokan - hiring mail, advertisements
Textbook Champion - Anoop
- Work to be delegated to Banukiran
- Coordinate with Banukiran
- Help him set up things
- Chalk out a plan
- Decide upon the courses
- Figure out honorarium for contributors/students
- Create a standard document for the entire process
- Try to get interns at their own cost
- Honorarium can be paid
Hiring Banukiran
- Tansa room is blocked
- Tansa room will be available from this Sunday
- Banukiran is joining on 1st September
Test App - Amit
- Done
- Needs to be tested
- There should be interface to add, delete and edit questions
- Should be testable
- If the test is to be manual evaluated, app should give interface
  - to do it
- Needs to be up for next workshop
- Deadline - 1st of October
Review app
- Deadline - 10th of September
- Has to be deployable with Documentation
- Make it a release
Wiki - Punch
- Update schedules
- ACL for FOSSEE group for these schedules
- PR should create a login
Spoken tutorials - Nishanth
- Get the first version ready by getting it reviewed from PR
- Deadline - 27th August
Sage server
- Get a machine
- Run the Sage server on it

MoM: 17 Aug, 2010

Review app - Amit
Test app - Amit
LivePython DVD - Anoop
- Install Java for running 3D plots in Sage
Textbook - Anoop
- Bunch of text books to be converted in the campus
  - 2 day crunched up workshop for IIT-B students
  - Contact instructors of courses
  - Get students to convert the text books
  - Get the work reviewed by the instructor
  - Organize sprints once in a fortnight
  - Pay the students
  - Contact Banukiran
SEES - Madhu
- Plan the course of action for SEES
- Target for Winter vacation
- Talk to students
- Sprints with Sage
  - Should involve using hg as exercise
  - Chose a bug and fix it or solve a text book problem
  - Use hg to create the patch
  - Upload to trac too
Sage workshop - Madhu with PA
- Restructure entire workshop to use Sage notebook than IPython
- Discuss with Asokan sir about it and make a plan
Blog post about "Why it is cool to work at FOSSEE?" - Nishanth
Spoken Tutorials - Nishanth
- Plan the course of action
- Report the status of workshop spoken tutorials
Sage Champion - Nishanth
- Setup a Sage server for IITB
- Maintain it
- Help others setup server
PyTasks - Nishanth
- Ask Ganesh to take one text book and convert it to Sage
- Go through this entire process on paper (meaning mails)
- Document the process
- Restructure PyTask to simulate this process
Hiring - Puneeth
- Wide circulation of mails
  - All possible mailing lists
  - People who have shown interest previously
- Hiring should be based type of the work
  - Writers/Editors - preferably people with BA degree
  - Event Manager
  - Project Manager
  - Instructional Designer
  - Graphic Designer
- Check with IRCC with Deepak's help as to how we can hire Diploma
  - holder's and people who don't hold a degree
- When can we see new faces?
- Check with Ganesh as to how he can help
Quickref - Puneeth
- For everything covered in the workshop
- Must be package based - Matplotlib, NumPy, SciPy
Organizing and managing workshops - Puneeth
- Re-initiate all the requests
Miscellaneous
- Honorarium to be paid to Kamal for Logo design - PR and Madhu
- Kamal can't be hired since he doesn't hold a degree
- Review hiring write-up - PR and Puneeth