CS3330-Outline-2016

CS3330 Scientific Computing, Fall 2016

  • Instructor: Cheng-Hsin Hsu (chsu AT cs.nthu.edu.tw), Delta (台達館) 643.
  • Time: Tuesdays 1:20 p.m. – 2:10 p.m., Fridays 1:20 – 3:10 p.m.
  • Location: Delta (台達館) 109.
  • Office Hour: Tuesdays 3:30 p.m.- 4:20 p.m. at Delta 643.
  • TA: Fang-Yu Shih (scoly_840805 AT yahoo.com.tw) and Hsin-Yu Chang (cindy321123 AT yahoo.com.tw)
  • Lab Session (assignment demos): Tuesdays 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. at EECS 328.

一、課程說明(Course Description)

This course covers the basic concepts of scientific computing, and consists of three modules: (i) mathematical typesetting with Latex, (ii) symbolic computing with SageMath, and (iii) numerical computing and visualization with Matlab/Octave.

二、指定用書(Text Books)

1. “More Math Into Latex”, G. Gratzer, 4th Ed., Springer, available online at NTHU’s Library (http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-0-387-68852-7).
2. “Sage for Undergraduates”, G. Bard, American Mathematical Society, online version at http://www.gregorybard.com/books.html .
3. “Experiments with Matlab”, C. Moler, available online at http://www.mathworks.com/moler/exm/index.html .
4. “Numerical Computing with Matlab”, C. Moler, available online at http://www.mathworks.com/moler/index_ncm.html .

三、參考書籍(References)

None

四、教學方式(Teaching Method)

Lectures, assignments, and exams.

五、教學進度(Syllabus)

Tentatively, we plan to cover Latex (textbook #1) in 2 weeks, SageMath (textbook #2) in 3 weeks, and Matlab (mostly textbook #3) in 10 weeks.

六、成績考核(Evaluation)

Assignments (40% + 5% bonus), 15 times
Mid Term Exams (25%), 2 times (10% + 15%)
Final Exam (35%)

七、可連結之網頁位址

https://nmsl.cs.nthu.edu.tw/index.php/courses

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