| 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 |