Technical Background

Git and GitHub

There are a ton of good resorces on Git and Github. I’m linking two such resources here: - YouTube video by Kevin Stratvert - Github skills

Python Data Science Stack

  1. We recommend students to study the Python for Data Science Handbook by Jake VanderPlas. It is a free online book that covers the basics of Python, NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, and Scikit-Learn. It is a great resource for beginners and intermediate students alike.
  2. We recommend students regularly hone their skills solving exercises such as 100 Numpy exercises. Given that much of our work is in Torch-like frameworks, the students would also benefit by attempting to solve the exercises using PyTorch.

Object-Oriented Programming in Python

RealPython has a nice tutorial on Object-Oriented Programming in Python. We recommend students to go through the tutorial. They also have a corresponding video page.

LaTeX

We typically use LaTeX for writing reports and papers. We recommend students to use Overleaf for students to get started. Overleaf has a nice 30 minute tutorial that covers the basics of LaTeX. We highly recommend students to go through the tutorial.

Creating a Website and Blog

We highly recommend students create a simple website and a blog. We have been happily using Quarto for our website and blog. You may see in action in Nipun’s website and corresponding GitHub repo here; and Nipun’s blog and corresponding Github repo here.

Both of these are built via Github actions. Feel free to reuse these for creating your own website and blog. We will be happy to help you get started.