Description

Code: 550385 (Undergraduate), 4186050 (Masters), 4225032 (Doctorate).

Elective subject of undergraduate and postgraduate that allows to acquire knowledge in the design and implementation of efficient and portable computational solutions for scientific and engineering problems through the Python language. This language is a tool that allows the rapid and efficient development of computational solutions with the integration of modules for scientific calculation, 2D and 3D visualization, user interface, and a series of other tools according to the area of ​​application. The objective is to review the fundamentals of object-oriented programming and optimization, for an efficient implementation of the algorithms. The course has a strong emphasis on scientific calculation, beginning with the optimized use of matrices and tools for an efficient management of information. Various areas of analysis are studied, mainly the digital processing of signals and images, and manipulation and visualization of information.

Content

Python Introduction

Syntax, Data Types, Operators, Iterative Cycles, Bifurcations and Functions.

Object-oriented programming through Python

Classes, Objects, Inheritance, Polymorphism and Encapsulation.

File Management

Bases of scientific calculation using Python

Optimized management of Vectors, Matrices and other types of data, 2D Graphics.

Advanced scientific calculation using Python

Integration, FFT, Interpolation, Linear Algebra, Clustering, Optimization, Signal and Image Processing.

3D Visuatlization and user interfaces

Final Project

At the end of the course the students develop a Final Project, where they integrate the knowledge learned, plus the search of existing libraries, in a real application. Some integrate the user interface part, with the acquisition/deployment/processing/storage of data, from acquisition systems developed in other courses.

– Detection of diabetes condition from electronic records.

– Guitar tuner software.

– Design and implementation of EEG acquisition and processing interface.

– Design and implementation of server for temperature measurement and remote viewer.

– Creation of graphic interface for the control of a modified RC car.

– Design and implementation of a visualization interface of a wheelchair to graph physiological patterns and positioning of the patient.

– Implementation and evaluation of scaling filter performance pixel art HQ2X.

– Design and implementation of a visualization interface of the state of a data network between two points with IP protocol.

– Design and implementation of a multimedia file transfer application.

– Design and implementation of an interface for validation of clinical data labeling (text files).

– Control of waiting time in Emergency Room through RFID device.

– Design and implementation of a visualization interface and selection of cerebral nerve fibers.

– Visualization of fibers using GLSL.

Recommended Links

Official Python Software Foundation documentation: https://www.python.org/doc/

Official documentation of standard library: https://docs.python.org/2/library/index.html

Very complete tutorial of the standard library: http://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/.

Another pretty useful tutorial: https://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/

Python(x,y), Windows installation: https://python-xy.github.io/downloads.html

Site with interactive tutorials: http://www.learnpython.org/en/

Site with descriptions and examples of a variety of modules: https://pymotw.com/2/py-modindex.html