Overview

• An Introduction to Julia
  • Crash course on the syntax and unique features of this language.
  • Hands-on demonstrations (through Jupyter Notebooks)!
  • Preview of useful features to wield for high-performance Julia.
  • Robust problem solving libraries and when you may want to use one over the other.

An Introduction to Julia

Presentation courtesy of Madeleine Udell.

Abstract:

Julia is a truly modern language, rich with features that enable both productivity and performance. Julia uniquely joins the convenience of languages such as MATLAB, R, and Python, with the performance benefits of C and Fortran. Julia has an active community and is rapidly evolving, but in this talk you will see why you should give it a chance even if it isn’t officially 1.0 yet. After a brief introduction to getting started with the language, a discussion of thread control and other more advanced topics will be covered.

Hands on Demonstration

The example repository has everything you need to get started with Julia and more.