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<span style="font-size:29.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Mantid Training Courses Feb 2015<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Following the success of our previous sessions of these training courses we would like to offer them again in February 2015. These courses are open to both facility staff
and any interested people from other institutions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">The following courses will be based at ISIS, RAL and are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="mw-headline"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:18.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#333333">Monday 16th February 1-5pm: Mantid Introduction</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:18.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">An introduction to the Mantid interface, how to graph and visualize your data, manipulate it with the built in algorithms, together with an introduction to curve fitting
and live data analysis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="mw-headline"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:18.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#333333">Tuesday 17th February 9-12am: Introduction to Python</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:18.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">This half day course will introduce you to the Python scripting language, no previous experience required, although some understanding of loops and conditional if statements
will be expected.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="mw-headline"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:18.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#333333">Tuesday 17th February 1-5pm: Python in Mantid</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:18.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">This course concentrates on using Python to build analysis scripts within Mantid as well as controlling the Mantid GUI from python, and accessing the underlying data within
Mantid workspaces.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="mw-headline"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:18.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#333333">Wednesday 18th February 9-5pm: Extending Mantid using Python</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:18.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">For the more adventurous among you this course will introduce you to the many ways you can use Python to extend the capabilities within Mantid adding Python Algorithms and
curve fitting functions, as well as diving deeper into the structure of workspaces.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
After the feedback from the previous run this course has been extended to a full day course, together with adding more material.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="mw-headline"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:18.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#333333">Booking a place</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:18.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">If you are interested in any other these courses please send an email to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto://nick.draper@stfc.ac.uk"><span style="color:#009933">nick.draper@stfc.ac.uk</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>letting
me know which ones you wish to attend. For the courses we will supply PCs, so there is no need to bring a laptop unless you really want to. Spaces are limited to 13 people per course so please book early to avoid disappointment. If a course is over booked
we will try to arrange another session in the future, so if you cannot make that specific date let me know and I’ll let you know about any subsequent courses.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">I’ll send out calendar appointments to you once your place on the course is booked.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="mw-headline"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#333333">For visitors from UK academic institutions:</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Are sometimes able to offer assistance with travel and lodging costs while attending the courses. Let me know when you are booking the courses and I’ll get back to you with
details. If we are able to help, then you travel and hotel must be booked through the ISIS user office.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="mw-headline"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#333333">For visitors from elsewhere:</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">While we can offer this course for free, we cannot unfortunately offer any help with travel or subsistence costs. However please let me know that you will be visiting when
you reply so that I can arrange site access.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Nick Draper<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mantidproject.org/"><span style="color:blue">Mantid Project Manager</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Tel: +44 (0)1235 567212<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Skype: nicholas_draper<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">RAL, R3, G16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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