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CSCI 2323 - Schedule

Date	Topic	Reading	Due
1-16	Introduction and the Role of Computing in Science
1-18	Numerical Computing - Floating Point Arithmetic	Matlab Ch. 2
1-21	MLK Day (No Class)
1-23	Finishing Numerical Computing
1-25	Intro to MatLab	Matlab Ch. 4 & 5	Assn 1
1-28	Applying MatLab 1	Matlab Ch. 10	Quiz 1 (Answers)
1-30	Control Flow and Functions	Matlab Ch. 11 & 12	Assn 2
2-1	Basic Data Analysis	Matlab Ch. 18
2-4	2-D Arrays and Data Types	Matlab Ch. 6 & 7
2-6	Cell Arrays and Strings	Matlab Ch. 8 & 9
2-8	Solving Systems of Equations	Matlab Ch. 13-17
2-11	Exploring Systems of Equations		Assn 3
2-13	Root Finding	Matlab Ch. 23, 26	Quiz 2
2-15	Data Fitting	Matlab Ch. 19-21
2-18	Signal Processing
2-20	Finish Signal Processing	Matlab Ch. 22
2-22	Integration and Differentiation	Matlab Ch. 24
2-25	DEqs, Population Modeling, etc.	Matlab Ch. 25	Assn 4
2-27	More Differential Equations		Quiz 3
2-29	Multibody Systems
3-3	Symplectic Integrators		Assn 5
3-5	Difference Equations, Bifurcations, and Chaos
3-7	Work on Projects
3-10	Data Processing and Mining
3-12	Test
3-14	Perl Basics	Perl Ch. 1-3	Project 1
3-17	Spring Break (No Class)
3-19	Spring Break (No Class)
3-21	Spring Break (No Class)
3-24	More Perl Basics	Perl Ch. 4
3-26	OPR Panel (No Class)
3-28	OPR Panel (No Class)
3-31	Flow Control and Basic Regular Expressions	Perl Ch. 5
4-2	Subroutines	Perl Ch. 6	Quiz 4
4-4	Randoms and Hashes	Perl Ch. 7-8	Assn 6
4-7	Chompsky Hierarchy and Regular Expressions	Perl Ch. 9
4-9	GenBank and Protein Data	Perl Ch. 10-11	Assn 7
4-11	NCUR (No Class)
4-14	BLAST	Perl Ch. 12	Assn 8
4-16	Further Topics	Perl Ch. 13	Quiz 5
4-18	Student Presentation (Megan's other files)
4-21	Student Presentation
4-23	Student Presentation (Rene's other files)		Assn 9
4-25	Student Presentation
4-28	Student Presentation		Quiz 6
4-30	Student Presentation		Assn 10
5-2	Course Conclusions		Project 2