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COMPUTER SCIENCE FOR PHYSICS
Stampa
Enrollment year
2021/2022
Academic year
2021/2022
Regulations
DM270
Academic discipline
FIS/01 (EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
Course
PHYSICS
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Year of study
1°
Period
2nd semester (01/03/2022 - 15/06/2022)
ECTS
6
Lesson hours
60 lesson hours
Language
Italian
Activity type
WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST
Teacher
NEGRI ANDREA (titolare) - 4 ECTS
COSTANZA SUSANNA - 2 ECTS
Prerequisites
None. The lectures start from computer science basics.
Learning outcomes
The course provides an introduction to basic computer science and is aimed at the typical applications in physics. The lessons, rather than being focused on a specific programming language, are characterized by a pragmatic approach to computer science aimed at teaching learning methods, simulation techniques, data analysis and debugging procedures.
Course contents
The first part of the course illustrates the principles of operation of computers, their main components and operating systems. Main topics are: the Linux operating system, widely used in research, the unix commands and the shell scripts used to automate procedures. The basic concepts of procedural programming languages ​​and object-oriented languages ​​are then presented. As an example of a language currently used in a physical research environment, an introduction to C ++ is provided. The course in an hands-on introduction to computer science, therefore the main focus is on the execises in computer lab. The students, for example, will develop in C ++ the simulation of a problem typical of classical physics. The data analysis program (ROOT), developed at CERN, is used as graphical library.
Teaching methods
The lectures are assisted by OpenOffice presentations, that will be made available to students in pdf format via the Kiro platform. Since this is an hands-on course, all the topics presented during the lectures will be reproduced by the students in the computer lab via the implementation of ad-hoc programs.
Reccomended or required readings
The slides provided by the teacher already cover all the topics presented and are sufficient for the preparation of the final exam. Eventually, if the student deems it necessary, he can complete the preparation with any introductory manual to C ++, such as http://www.learncpp.com/
Assessment methods
Develop a project that entails the concept introduced during the lectures.
Further information
Develop a project that entails the concept introduced during the lectures.
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