Merge pull request #24 from gjbex/development

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Author: gjbex

docs/README.md

@@ -21,21 +21,20 @@ When you complete this training you will
 
 ## Schedule
 
-Total duration: 4 hours.
-
-  | Subject                                     | Duration |
-  |---------------------------------------------|----------|
-  | introduction and motivation                 |  5 min.  |
-  | performance and profiling                   | 25 min.  |
-  | libraries                                   | 10 min.  |
-  | Cython                                      | 60 min.  |
-  | coffee break                                | 10 min.  |
-  | interfacing with C/C++/Fortran              | 30 min.  |
-  | multi-threaded programming                   | 10 min.  |
-  | MPI                                         | 45 min.  |
-  | dask                                        | 15 min.  |
-  | pyspark                                     | 20 min.  |
-  | wrap up                                     | 10 min.  |
+Total duration: 8 hours.
+
+  | Subject                                     |  Duration |
+  |---------------------------------------------|-----------|
+  | introduction and motivation                 |   5 min.  |
+  | performance and profiling                   |  25 min.  |
+  | libraries                                   |  10 min.  |
+  | Cython                                      |  90 min.  |
+  | interfacing with C/C++/Fortran              |  60 min.  |
+  | multi-threaded programming                  |  60 min.  |
+  | MPI                                         | 120 min.  |
+  | dask                                        |  30 min.  |
+  | pyspark                                     |  20 min.  |
+  | wrap up                                     |  10 min.  |
 
 
 ## Training materials
@@ -66,6 +65,13 @@ If you plan to do Python programming in a Linux or HPC environment you should
 be familiar with these as well.
 
 
+## Level
+
+* Introductory: 10 %
+* Intermeidate: 30 %
+* Advanced: 60 %
+
+
 ## Trainer(s)
 
   * Geert Jan Bex ([geertjan.bex@uhasselt.be](mailto:geertjan.bex@uhasselt.be))

python_for_hpc.pptx

@@ -22,3 +22,5 @@ functions use memory.
 1. `run_memory_prof.sh`: Bash shell script to create a memory profile.
     Note that this generates a lot of overhead in terms of CPU time.
 1. `cellular_automata.py`: example code to illustrate snakeviz.
+1. `microbenchmarking.ipynb`: some pitfalls when microbenchmarking
+    Python code.