COS 323 - COMPUTING FOR THE PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Schedule: Tues, Thur 1:30-2:50, Room 102 CS building; plus one precept, Wed 5:00-6:00, MECA lab, E-423 E-QUAD.

Instructor: Ken Steiglitz, Room 421 CS Building, email ken@cs.princeton.edu, phone 258-4629, office hours by arrangement, send email.

Graduate Teaching Assistant:

Yefim Shuf (email: yshuf@cs.princeton.edu )

Undergraduate Assistants:

Hide Oki (email: hoki@cs.princeton.edu )

Undergraduate Course Designers:

1997: Mike Carreno, Niki Kittur, J. Sheehan Maduraperuma (consultant).

1998: Roger Ahn, Liadan O'Callaghan, Hide Oki

Catalog Description:

COS 323 Computing for the Physical and Social Sciences

Principles of scientific computation, driven by current applications in biology, physics, economics, engineering, etc. Topics include: simulation, integration of differential equations, iterative optimization algorithms, stability and accuracy issues. Students will pursue projects in a variety of fields, writing their own computer programs and also using higher-level tools such as Mathematica.

QR Fall

Two lectures, one class. Prerequisites: COS 126 and MAT 104. K. Steiglitz

Grading: Weekly 15-minute quizzes, regular programming assignments, midterm project proposal, final project report

Text: No text is assigned. Copies of lecture notes will be distributed, and readings assigned when appropriate. A good general reference is online: [PTVF92] Numerical Recipes. Feel free to use it as a reference, but write your own short programs.