8th Annual Python in Science Conference - Pasadena, CA, August 18-23, 2009.

Editorial

Gael Varoquaux Stéfan van der Walt Jarrod Millman

p. 2

Cython tutorial

Stefan Behnel Robert W. Bradshaw Dag Sverre Seljebotn

p. 4

Fast numerical computations with Cython

Dag Sverre Seljebotn

p. 15

High-Performance Code Generation Using CorePy

Andrew Friedley Christopher Mueller Andrew Lumsdaine

p. 23

Convert-XY: type-safe interchange of C++ and Python containers for NumPy extensions

Damian Eads Edward Rosten

p. 29

Parallel Kernels: An Architecture for Distributed Parallel Computing

P. A. Kienzle N. Patel M. McKerns

p. 36

PaPy: Parallel and distributed data-processing pipelines in Python

Marcin Cieślik Cameron Mura

p. 41

PMI - Parallel Method Invocation

Olaf Lenz

p. 48

Sherpa: 1D/2D modeling and fitting in Python

Brian L. Refsdal Stephen M. Doe Dan T. Nguyen Aneta L. Siemiginowska Nina R. Bonaventura Douglas Burke Ian N. Evans Janet D. Evans Antonella Fruscione Elizabeth C. Galle John C. Houck Margarita Karovska Nicholas P. Lee Michael A. Nowak

p. 51

The FEMhub Project and Classroom Teaching of Numerical Methods

Pavel Solin Ondrej Certik Sameer Regmi

p. 58

Exploring the future of bioinformatics data sharing and mining with Pygr and Worldbase

Christopher Lee Alexander Alekseyenko C. Titus Brown

p. 62

Nitime: time-series analysis for neuroimaging data

Ariel Rokem Michael Trumpis Fernando Pérez

p. 68

Multiprocess System for Virtual Instruments in Python

Brian D'Urso

p. 76

Neutron-scattering data acquisition and experiment automation with Python

Piotr A. Zolnierczuk Richard E. Riedel

p. 81