└── README.md /README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Fast Dynamic Programming with Python 2 | 3 | **An Introduction to High Performance Computing for Economists** 4 | 5 | [John Stachurski](https://johnstachurski.net/) 6 | 7 | This is a brief lecture on fast dynamic programming in Python using just-in-time compilation and multithreading. 8 | 9 | Attendees are encouraged to bring their laptops and install [Anaconda Python](https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/) before they arrive. 10 | 11 | Topics: 12 | 13 | * [Using Python via Jupyter Notebooks](https://python.quantecon.org/getting_started.html) 14 | * [First steps with Python](https://python.quantecon.org/python_by_example.html) 15 | * [Scientific computing with Python](https://python.quantecon.org/need_for_speed.html) 16 | * [Just-in-time compilation](https://python.quantecon.org/numba.html) 17 | * [An example DP problem](https://python.quantecon.org/mccall_correlated.html) 18 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------