This lecture covers the introduction and organization of the course, focusing on learning to write simple programs, debugging, and testing. Students will become familiar with acquisition, processing, and visualization, as well as implementation using powerful tools. The course emphasizes developing structured software, understanding programming basics, and managing time effectively. Projects will involve using programming languages like C, Fortran, or MATLAB, and students will work on a pair project covering these languages. The lecture also includes references to additional resources for further learning.