CSC 210

Computing for Scientists

MESSAGE OF THE DAY:
Welcome to CSC210: Computing for Scientists. Department of Computer Science wishes you a happy, healthy, and successful semester.
Until further notice, we will meet in MM200. Please bring your laptops to lectures.

Content:
The aim of this one-semester course is to provide an introduction to the important task of grappling with scientific problems with the help of numerical computations. Examples such as computing sqrt(2) to 16 digits, population models, chemical reactions, tumor growth, epidemics, mechanical systems, genetic sequence anaylsis, etc., will be examined. The primary computational tools will be PHASER, MATLAB, and Perl programming Language. Some of the underying numerical algorithms and programming techniques will be introduces as appropriate. No previous knowledge of programming is required.

Textbook:
There is no textbook. We will use many sources: book chapters, papers, software, and guest lecturers.

Online Resources:
Web resources for the course are listed at Scientific Computation Online Resources.

Lectures -- Time and Place:
Tuesdays and Thursdays 2.00 - 3.15; MM 200 or UNGAR 311
The first lecture will be in MM200.

Laboratories:
Here is more info about the Ungar 426 Computing Laboratory.
One of the TAs will be in Ungar 426 during these hours

Professors
Hüseyin Koçak
Electronic Mail: hk@cs.miami.edu
Personal Office: Ungar 443. Tel: 305-284-3138
Main Office: Ungar 429. Tel: 305-284-2268, Fax:305-284-2264
Personal Web page: Personal Web page.

Mitsunori Ogihara
Electronic Mail: ogihara@cs.miami.edu
Personal Office: Ungar 439. Tel: 305-284-2308
Personal Web page: Personal Web page.

Dimitris Papamichail
Electronic Mail: dimitris@cs.miami.edu
Personal Office: Ungar 403. Tel: 305-284-2268
Personal Web page: Personal Web page.

Teaching Assistants:
Adam Macmahon, Head TA. Electronic Mail: amcmahon@live.com
Aravind Prakash, Graduate TA. Electronic Mail: aravindprakash@mail.cs.miami.edu
Alexandra Teyssandier, Undergraduate TA. Electronic Mail: a.teyssandier@umiami.edu

Office Hours:
Tuesdays 3.30 - 4.15 and Wednesdays 2.00 - 3.00.

Homework submission:
Homeworks will be accepted through Blackboard. Please follow the submission instructions.

Grading:
There will be no examinations. Your grade will be based on weekly assignments (60%), a midterm (20%) and a final project (20%). You are required to submit written reports on your projects.

Weekly agenda: