MNXB11 / NAFY018 Introduction to programming and computing for scientists Introduktion till programmering och datoranvändning för naturvetare
7.5 ECTS credits, 1st half of Fall Term
Introduction and first lecture for the HT 2024 term: 4 September 2024, at 15:00 (see details in Canvas).
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Textbook: "Problem solving with C++", W. Savitch (any edition)
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Course elements and schedule
See Timeedit for the overall up-to-date schedule of classes; details of the course elements are shown below.
| Date and time | Type | Place | Topic | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024‑09‑04 15:00 | Introduction and Lecture 1 |
Sal Curie | Introduction to the role of programming in science, overview of usage of programming in: scientific devices, calibration procedures, pattern recognition, raw data pre-processing, modelling and simulation, distributed computing and data handling, data analysis and data presentation | OS |
| 2024-09-05 15:00 | Lecture 2 | Sal Curie | Essentials of developing code in a collaborative environment: code repositories, software versioning, development frameworks, documentation | OS |
| 2024-09-06 15:00 | Lecture 3 | Sal Curie | Overview of commonly used programming languages: C, C++, Python, bash. Areas of applicability of these languages, benefits and drawbacks of each (see also examples) | FP |
| 2024-09-10 15:00 | Tutorial 1 | Sal Curie | Setting up the course work environment: installation and usage of the Linux desktop client for LUNARC. Fundamentals of Operating Systems. | FP |
| 2024-09-11 15:00 | Tutorial 2 | Sal Curie | Working with a Git repository: checking code out, committing changes, resolving conflicts | FP |
| 2024-09-13 15:00 | Tutorial 3 | Sal Curie | Working in Linux shell, essential command line tools, operating on files and directories, setting access permissions | BK |
| 2024-09-18 15:00 | Lecture 4 | Sal Curie | Specifics of distributed computing: basic concepts, methods for distributed data access, authentication and authorisation, information systems and resource discovery, Grids and Clouds | OS |
| 2024-09-19 15:00 | Tutorial 4 | Sal Curie | Practical examples of more complex programming: implementation of algorithms, work with data sets, usage of bash | FP |
| 2024-09-20 15:00 | Tutorial 5 | Sal Curie | Usage of computing clusters: secure logging into remote systems, examples of usage of parallel calculations, assessment of speed-up | BK |
| 2024-09-24 15:00 | Tutorial 6 | Sal Curie | First steps in programming: simple C++ programs, constants and variables, operators | JH |
| 2024-09-25 15:00 | Tutorial 7 | Sal Curie | First steps in programming: C++ functions, input/output, compilation and execution | JH |
| 2024-09-26 15:00 | Lecture 5 | Sal Curie | Programming in C++, next steps: control structures, functions, pointers, arrays, data structures | JH |
| 2024-10-02 10:00 | Lecture 6 | Sal Curie | Object oriented programming in C++: classes, inheritance, polymorphism | JH |
| 2024-10-03 10:00 | Tutorial 8 | Sal Curie | Exercises on implications of finite discrete representation of numbers, machine precision and accuracy | JH |
| 2024-10-04 10:00 | Tutorial 9 | Sal Curie | Usage of compound data types, choice of optimal strategies | JH |
| 2024-10-09 10:00 | Tutorial 10 | Sal Curie | Filestream, usage of standard containers | JH |
| 2024-10-10 10:00 | Tutorial 11 | Sal Curie | C++ classes | JH |
| 2024-10-11 10:00 | Tutorial 12 | Sal Curie | Usage of Makefile | JH |
| 2024-10-16 15:00 | Lecture 7 | Sal Curie | ROOT as a data storage framework: introduction and architecture overview, usage of ROOT to store and represent data | JH |
| 2024-10-17 15:00 | Tutorial 13 | Sal Curie | Simulation of a physics process using random number generators, recording data in a given format | JH |
| 2024-10-18 15:00 | Tutorial 14 | Sal Curie | Reading data files, plotting data and functions | JH |
| 2024-10-23 15:00 | Lecture 8 | Sal Curie | ROOT as a data analysis framework: ntuples, accessing information, statistical analysis | JH |
| 2024-10-24 15:00 | Tutorial 15 | Sal Curie | Running statistical analysis, assessing uncertainties | JH |
| 2024-10-25 15:00 | Tutorial 16 | Sal Curie | Advanced data analysis with ROOT | JH |
| 2024-10-30 15:00 | Sal Curie | Project consultations | ||
| 2024-10-31 15:00 | Sal Curie | Project consultations | ||
| 2024-11-01 09:00 | Sal Curie | Project presentations |
Teachers:
- OS - Oxana Smirnova
- FP - Florido Paganelli
- BK - Balázs Kónya
- JH - Joachim Hansen
Contact:
Course responsible: Oxana Smirnova, tel. 046-222 7699, Fysikum K333
Previous terms:
Official syllabi:
- Official syllabus of MNXB11
- Official information on NAFY018 (with syllabi in Swedish and English)