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This course is for summer undergraduates performing research in astrophysics at University of Toronto, including but not limited to participants in UoT's Summer Undergraduate Research Program (or SURP). The goal is to provide training to help students be successful with the computation aspects of their summer research program.
The course will run every afternoon from 1:00pm to 5:00pm, from Tuesday May 3 to Friday May 13. This 4-hour block will be split into two hours of lecture followed by two hours of tutorial time, in which students will work on their course homework.
Location: The course will be held both in person and remotely, via zoom, with access to CITA computers via ssh/tunnel, or via VNC Remote Desktop (link to VNC instructions here)
- Course coordinator: Norm Murray -- murray at cita utoronto ca
- Tutorial TA: Fergus Horrobin -- horrobin at astro utoronto ca
- Lecturers:
- Norman Murray--
- Fergus Horrobin --
This is a list of dates and topics for the course. (Preliminary -- subject to change.)
| Date | Instructor | Topic |
| 1. Tues May 3 | Norm Murray | Using the CITA Systems, Linux and Git |
| 2. Weds May 4 | Norm/Fergus | Python Language Intro and Workflow |
| 3. Thurs May 5 | Fergus Horrobin | Structuring Your Projects |
| 4. Fri May 6 | Norm/Fergus | Numerical Computing |
| 5. Mon May 9 | Norm/Fergus | Symbolic Computation (Joel Meyers) |
| 6. Tues May 10 | Norm Murray | Statistics and Data Analysis Tools (Carl-Johan Haster) |
| 7. Weds May 11 | Norm Murray | Data IO/Data Manipulation (Mubdi Rahman) |
| 8. Thurs May 12 | Fergus Horrobin | Monte Carlo Methods (Carl-Johan Haster) |
| 9. Fri May 13 | Norm Murray | Machine Learning (Dan Tamayo) |
The mark will be determined on the basis of three items:
| 1. Class participation: | 10% |
| 2. Homework: | 40% |
| 3. Project: | 50% |
In the first week students will work on homework problems related to the first week's lectures. For the second week they will work on a week-long project that will be closely related to the research they do for the rest of the summer. They will hand in their results for this project at the end of the course.
The problem set will be divided into smaller assignments to be handed in every couple of days. Assignments will be posted here once announced.
In the second week students will work on a project supplied either by their supervisor or the instructor. The project is due by midnight, Friday May 14th
Project Instructions and Template
To download all course material to your computer:
git clone [email protected]:CITA/CTA200H.git