Upgrade the project's computational environment to a container.

[dominic-lam]

For this task

1. Objective:

•	Create a custom Docker container for your project’s computational environment.
•	Transition project development from a virtual environment to a container-based workflow.

2. Deliverables:

•	A Dockerfile in the root of your GitHub repository.
•	A GitHub Actions workflow to build and push the container image.
•	Updated README documentation for easy use and maintenance of the container.
•	A seamless containerized environment setup with Docker Compose.

[michael-gelfand]

Changes for this were brought in through pull requests #9, #11, and #13. Task is fully completed now.