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CDS 130 - 001 -- Fall 2011
 Computing for Scientists 

Dr. Jie Zhang

computing power

Class Notes (Last Modified: Dec. 08, 2011)

# Date Notes Comments
01 Aug. 30, 2011 Introduction & Syllabus (PDF, 2 MB, final)
02 Sep. 01, 2011 Section I------Computer Fundamentals (CF)  (PPT, 3.5 MB, FINAL, last updated on Sep. 22, 2011)
CF-1-------Binary Representation
03 Sep. 06, 2011 Tool------Introduction to MATLAB (MT) (PPT version, 13 MB) (PDF version, 2MB) ( FINAL last updated on Dec. 08, 2011 )

MT-1----- Matlab Environment, Variables
By Dr. Marr

Accessing MATLAB at GMU (supplement by Marr)

Accessing MATLAB using VCL from Mac (supplement by Fleming)
04 Sep. 08, 2011 MT-2 ------ Vectors
By Dr. Marr
05 Sep. 13, 2011 CF-2------Binary Operation
06 Sep. 15, 2011 CF-3------Data Storage and Encoding
07 Sep. 20, 2011

CF-4------Transistor, Logic Circuits, and Logic Tables

08 Sep. 22, 2011 MT-3 ------ Matrix
09 Sep. 27, 2011 Section II------Scientific Simulation (SS) (PPT, 1 MB,  last updated on Oct. 27, 2011, FINAL),
SS-1 ------ Introduction
MT-4 -------- For Loop

10 Sep. 29, 2011 SS-2------Mathematical Models
11 Oct. 04, 2011 SS-2------Mathematical Model (cont.)- Predator-prey model 
MT-5 -----write a Matlab program, create a simple plot
Sample Matlab files
"prey_v1.m"
"bank.m"
12 Oct. 06, 2011 SS-2------Mathematical Model (cont.)- "plot" function (advanced Matlab)  Sample Matlab files
"prey_v2.m"
"prey_v3.m"
"sin.m"
* Oct. 11, 2011
NO CLASS - Columbus day/Monday class meets today
13 Oct. 13, 2011 Midterm Exam Review Review Sheet and Sample Midterm Exam (PDF)

Sample Exam Solution (PDF)
** Oct. 18, 2011 Midterm Exam Day Midterm Exam (PDF)

Midterm Exam Solution (PDF)
14 Oct. 20, 2011 SS-3.1 ------ Computational Model - algorithm, iteration  interval-subinterval
Sample Matlab Files and Figures
"mymax.m";
"mymax2.m";
"bank_interval.m"
15 Oct. 25, 2011 SS-3.2 ------ Computational Model - Differentiation "cooling.m"
16 Oct. 27, 2011 SS-3.3 ------ Computational Model - Integration
SS-4-------Scientific Methods
"area1.m" ;
"area1_input.m" ;
"area2.m"
17 Nov. 01, 2011 Section III------Visualization (VI) (PPT, 5 MB,  last updated on Nov. 14, 2011,  FINAL),
VI-1 ---- Introduction
VI-2 -----2-D Array
MT-9 -----Double Nested For Loop
18 Nov. 03, 2011 VI-2 -----2-D Array (continued)
MT-10 ----- IF statement
"tumor1.m"
"tumor2.m"
19 Nov. 08, 2011 VI-2 ----2-D Array  - tumor finder exercise (continued)
VI-3 --- Color, Colormap and Image

"tumar_make.m"
"tumar1.txt"
"tumor3.m"
20 Nov. 10, 2011 VI-3 --- Color, Colormap and Image (continued)
21 Nov. 15, 2011 VI-4 --- Height plot
"Gaussian_1D.m"
"mysine.m"
"Gaussian_2D.m"
22 Nov. 17, 2011 Section V - Ethics 1
By Dr. Marr
23 Nov. 22, 2011 Section IV------Data Analysis (DA) (PPT, last updated on Dec. 01, 2011, FINAL)
DA-1------Introduction
DA-2------Statistical Measures
"statistic_1.m"
"temperature.dat"
"statistic_2.m"
* Nov. 24, 2011
NO CLASS -  Thanksgiving
24 Nov. 29, 2011 DA-3 Histogram
Project  Description
"histogram_1.m"
"ASTR111_003_2007_grad.txt"
"histogram_2.m"
25 Dec. 01, 2011 DA-4 Regression "education_income.dat"
"regression_edu_income_1.m"
"regression_edu_income_2.m"
"temp_lat.dat"
26 Dec. 06, 2011 Section V - Ethics 2 (PPT, last updated on Dec. 6, 2011, FINAL)
27 Dec. 08, 2011 Final Exam Review Sheet (PDF)
Sample Final Exam (PDF)
Sample Final Exam Solution (PDF)
* Dec. 10, 2011
Dec, 12, 2011
Last Day of Class
Reading Days
*** Dec.13, 2011
10:30 AM - 1:15 PM
Final Exam
Note 1: the texts with big bold fonts are for final or firm schedules.
Note 2: the texts with small italic fonts are for tentative schedules, which are subject to change without notice.
Note 3: Each section has multiple chapters. For each section, there is only one Powerpoint Presentation file, which accumulates over time until  the section is over.