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<p style="margin-top:0cm;line-height:14.25pt;background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222">Training Courses September 2016</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222"><br>
Following the success of our previous sessions of these training courses we would like to offer them again in September 2016. 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 style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222">The following courses will be based at ISIS, RAL and are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222">Wednesday 14th September 1-5pm: Mantid Introduction</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222">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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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222">Thursday 15th September 9-12am: Introduction to Python</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222">This half day course will introduce you to the Python scripting language, no previous experience required, although some understanding of loops and conditional (if .. then) logic
 will be expected.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222">Thursday 15th September 1-5pm: Python in Mantid</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222">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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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222">Friday 16th September 9-5pm: Extending Mantid using Python</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222">For the more adventurous among you this full day 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222">Booking a place</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222"><br>
If you are interested in any other these courses please send an email to</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222"><a href="mailto:nick.draper@stfc.ac.uk">nick.draper@stfc.ac.uk</a>
 letting me know which courses 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 14 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 style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222">I’ll send out calendar appointments to you once your place on the course is booked. However I have a two week holiday booked for the end of August, so replies may be delayed until
 I return.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222">Next run of these courses</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222"><br>
The specific dates of the next run has not been fixed yet, but we expect to run these courses again in roughly 6 months.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222">For visitors from UK academic institutions:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222"><br>
We 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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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222">For visitors from elsewhere:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222"><br>
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>
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<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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