oleary@cs.umd.edu
When and Where: TuTh......9:30am-10:45am (CSI 3120) (CSI is the Computer Science Classroom building, attached to A.V. Williams and behind the Wind Tunnel.)
Office Hours:
Tuesday 1:00-2:15, Thursday 8:00-9:15, Friday 9-10, and by appointment, and by appointment,
in AVW 3271.
Email is welcome anytime.
My other course meets TTh 11:00-12:15.
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Textbook: I'll make a draft of a textbook that I am writing for this course available to you in pdf files. Click here.
Prerequisite: Undergraduate numerical analysis. Programming assignments will be in Matlab.
Topics: Monte Carlo simulation, numerical linear algebra, nonlinear systems and continuation method, optimization, ordinary differential equations. Fundamental techniques in scientific computation with an introduction to the theory and software for each topic.
Grading: Based on quizzes, homeworks, and project.
Final Exam: None.
CMSC Masters Comprehensive Exam grades: based on best 7 of 9 quizzes.
Scientific Computing Certificate Program: If you are not an AMSC or CMSC major, then you may obtain a Certificate in Scientific Computing notation on your transcript by completing this course plus 661 and 662. Further information.
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Some Information from Fall 2006