Sunday, January 2, 2011

Summer School in Scientific Computation

I would like to announce the Madison Area Science and Technology Summer School for Computational Science.

This will be a long Summer School, June 15, 2011 through August 15, 2011.

Tentatively, this will be held at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Department of Physics.

Details can be found at the web site: www/madscitech.org/isc/sschool1.htmlThis web site will be completely functional by January 7, 2011.
Here are the details as they stand now:
Week One: Mathematica Orientation, Symbolic and Numerical Methods, and Good Programming Practices
Monday Morning: Introduction to Mathematica Workshop (3 hr)
Monday Afternoon: Constructing a Program in Mathematica (1 hr)
Tuesday: Breakout sessions
Wednesday Morning: Workshop on Document Preparation in Mathematica (3 hr)
Wednesday Afternoon: Image Processing and Analysis in Mathematica (1 hr)
Thursday: Breakout sessions.
Friday Morning: Workshop on Dynamic Programming in Mathematica (3 hr)
Friday Afternoon: Good Programming Practices (1 hr)

Week Two: Databases, Data Analysis, and Bioinformatics
Monday Morning: Workshop on Database Management in Mathematica (3 hr)
Monday Afternoon:  Using Databases (1 hr)
Tuesday: Breakout sessions
Wednesday Morning; Workshop on Data Analysis in Mathematica (3 hr)
Wednesday Afternoon: Visualization in Mathematica (1 hr)
Thursday: Breakout sessions.
Friday Morning: Workshop on Probablity Theory in Mathematica (3 hr)
Friday Afternoon: Bioinformatics in Mathematica (1 hr)

Week Three: System Simulation and Wavelets
Monday (holiday)
Tuesday: Breakout sessions
Wednesday Morning; Workshop on Control Systems and Feedback (3 hr)
Wednesday Afternoon: System Simulation (1 hr)
Thursday: Breakout sessions.
Friday Morning: Workshop on Signals and Systems (3 hr)
Friday Afternoon: Wavelets for Data, Wavelets for Theory (1 hr)

Week Four: Ordinary Differential Equations, Cellular Automata, and Chaotic Dynamical Systems
Monday Morning: Workshop on DSolve and ODEs (3 hr)
Monday Afternoon:  Global Analysis of ODEs (1 hr)
Tuesday: Breakout sessions
Wednesday Morning; Workshop on NDSolve and ODEs (3 hr)
Wednesday Afternoon: Cellular Automata (1 hr)
Thursday: Breakout sessions.
Friday Morning: Workshop on Systems of ODEs in Mathematica  (3 hr)
Friday Afternoon: Chaotic Dynamical Systems (1 hr)

Week Five: PDES, Fluids, and Shocks
Monday Morning: Workshop on DSolve, NDSolve, and PDEs(3 hr)
Monday Afternoon:  Exploring the Solvability of PDEs (1 hr)
Tuesday: Breakout sessions
Wednesday Morning; Workshop on PDEs(3 hr)
Wednesday Afternoon: Fluid Dynamics in Mathematica (1 hr)
Thursday: Breakout sessions.
Friday Morning: More About PDEs  (3 hr)
Friday Afternoon: Shockwaves (1 hr)

Week Six: Discrete Mathematics, Operations Research, and Groups
Monday Morning: Workshop on Discrete Mathematics (3 hr)
Monday Afternoon:  Graphs (1 hr)
Tuesday: Breakout sessions
Wednesday Morning; Workshop on Optimization (3 hr)
Wednesday Afternoon: Operations Simulation (1 hr)
Thursday: Breakout sessions.
Friday Morning: Workshop on Abstract Algebra in Mathematica (3 hr)
Friday Afternoon: Groups and Symmetries (1 hr)

Week Seven: Information Theory, Quantum Computing, and Scattering
Monday Morning: Workshop on Statistical Mechanics in Mathematica  (3 hr)
Monday Afternoon:  Information Theory (1 hr)
Tuesday: Breakout sessions
Wednesday Morning; Workshop on Quantum Mechanics in Mathematica (3 hr)
Wednesday Afternoon: Quantum Computing Simulation (1 hr)
Thursday: Breakout sessions.
Friday Morning: Workshop on Abstract Mathematics in Mathematica (3 hr)
Friday Afternoon: Scattering Theory (1 hr)

Week 8: Student Presentations
Monday: 6 One-Hour Presentations Chosen Prior to the Summer School
Tuesday: 12 Half-Hour Presentations Chosen Prior to the Summer School
Wednesday: 16 Twenty-Minute Presentations Chosen Prior to the Summer School
Thursday: 16 Twenty-Minute Presentations Chosen During the Summer School
Friday: 32 Ten-Minute Presentations Chosen During the Summer School
The proceedings of the school will be given to any registrants.

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