CS/CNS 257 Simulation abc

Time: 10:30am-noon M,W

Location: Beckman Institute Auditorium

Instructor:

Al Barr (barr@gg.caltech.edu)

TA: Marcel Gavriliu (cs257ta@gg.caltech.edu, mg@gg, x2820)

Text:

Lin and Segel, Mathematics Applied to Deterministic Problems in the Natural Sciences, SIAM, 1988

In this course, mathematical and computational modeling methods are examined, for representing and predicting the behavior of natural physical phenomena and other deterministic systems. The goal is to develop appropriate skills for simulating unfamiliar physical systems, to make accurate models even where our scientific "reflexes" are not well established.

Notes:

(1) Please send your e-mail address to cs257ta@gg.caltech.edu (2) get a UGCS account and set up your environment.

Fall and Winter Quarters, 1997-98 (ab):

Mathematical Foundations of Simulation. Topics will include the representation of deformation, techniques for mathematical physics, and "structured modeling." Additional areas include cartesian tensor analysis, continuum dynamics, introduction to perturbation theory, and asymptotic analysis. Numerical methods will also be covered, including Lagrangian constraint methods, monte carlo integration, and finite element methods.

Spring Quarter, 1998 (c):

Projects and Case Studies in Simulation. Class members will work on a project of their choice; they apply simulation techniques to selected problems in the physical sciences. The project could also be directed at creating interesting models of unreal entities, made with physical simulation approaches (see below). Class members can make frame-by-frame animations using the facilities of the Caltech graphics group.

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Blobbies with Scales (1995) A simulation of scales growing on a topologically varying surface (from 1 surface to 2), made by Kurt Fleischer et al for his Siggraph 95 talk entitled Cellular Texture Generation. Mpeg 359K.

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