Diving into python

We will use the python programming language throughout this project. Python is not only widely used in data analysis and science but also features a rich ecosystem of packages which provide industry-standard tools.

Introduction to python

A very good start into learning python is this course:

• https://swcarpentry.github.io/python-novice-inflammation

Complementary to it, you can have a look into these notebooks if you want to brush up specific aspects, such as the numpy or matplotlib packages:

• https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/jrjohansson/scientific-python-lectures/blob/master/Lecture-1-Introduction-to-Python-Programming.ipynb

• https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/jrjohansson/scientific-python-lectures/blob/master/Lecture-2-Numpy.ipynb

• https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/jrjohansson/scientific-python-lectures/blob/master/Lecture-4-Matplotlib.ipynb

• https://www.datacamp.com/community/tutorials/pandas-tutorial-dataframe-python

As a reference, you can refer to the freely available book "Think python":

• https://greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkpython.pdf

Specific packages for High Energy Physics analysis:

Opening ROOT files

GitHub - scikit-hep/uproot4: ROOT I/O in pure Python and NumPy.GitHub

Creating histograms in python

GitHub - scikit-hep/hist: Histogramming for analysis powered by boost-histogramGitHub

Creating and manipulating four-vectors

GitHub - scikit-hep/vector: Vector classes and utilitiesGitHub

Specialised plotting routines and custom plot styles

GitHub - scikit-hep/mplhep: A set of helpers for matplotlib to more easily produce plots typically needed in HEP as well as style them in way that's compatible with current collaboration requirements (ROOT).GitHub

Specific packages for data analysis:

Handling of columnar datasets

pandas - Python Data Analysis Library

Data visualisation

seaborn: statistical data visualization — seaborn 0.11.2 documentation

Scikit-learn

scikit-learn: machine learning in Python — scikit-learn 1.0.2 documentation

PyTorch

PyTorch