Physics 697 Special Topics in Applied
Physics: Advanced Projects in Scientific
Computation
Students
will conduct independent advanced projects in scientific computation and
visualization. Example topics are 'Time-Evolution of
the Wigner Function in Phase-Space using Finite Differences’, 'Wigner
Function for an Impurity in a Parabolic Quantum Dot’, ‘Time-Frequency
Processing of Biological Signals’, or ‘Fast Wigner Transforms’. Progress will
be monitored by weekly group meetings instead of formal lectures, with
occasional participation of invited guests to talk about selected topics in
advanced scientific computation. The prerequisites are single variable calculus
(with some exposure to differential equations and linear algebra), introductory
physics, and some familiarity with MatLab.
Instructor: Tomas
Materdey
Text: none, just use
of electronic database and reading of research papers
Weekly meetings:
Tuesday and Thursday
Course Requirements:
1) Independent reading of journal
Articles (individual), present findings at group meetings
2) Attend and participate in the
group meetings
3) Perform two independent
projects (individual or in teams)
4) Oral presentation of project
(individual or in teams) and submit a 10 page typed Research Paper in
scientific journal format for each project (individual)
Grading:
.