Instructor: Prof. Alfred W. Hubler, a-hubler@uiuc.edu, 244-5892 (w) 328-7701 (h), 778-7330 (c)
Teaching Assistant: Chris Strelioff, streliof@uiuc.edu, 217.299.2196 (cell), 217.333.4736 (office)
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 11am-noon, 4-125 ESB
Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 10:20-11:00AM, 257 Loomis,
and by appointment in my office: 4-129 ESB.
| • genetic algorithms | • fractals & fractal growth | |
| • cellular automata | • percolation | |
| • nonlinear dynamics | • solitons | |
| • agent-based modeling | • neural networks |
In addition students receive a hands-on introduction in programing HTML, PERL, Perl examples and JAVA, code samples, code fragments, documentation, API documentation, Java workshop, Java template.
There is a homework assignment at most lectures.
The course grade is detetermined from homework (40%), three hour exams (10% each), and a final exam (30%). There is up to 10% extra credit for extra credit homework problems. There is up to 20% extra credit for a semester project. The semester project includes weekly meetings and a term paper. Topics for the semester project are listed here.
Prerequisites: This course welcomes all disciplines as the techniques taught are of general utility, but general mathematical comfort is assumed. In addition, some prior mild exposure to differential equations may be useful for limited portions of the course. We will implement a variety of simple but powerful models in class using Perl, Java, and HTML, but no prior programming experience is necessary. Advanced undergraduates are welcome with prior permission of the instructor. Physics 510 is not a required prerequisite to this class.
Please come to the UIUC Complex Systems Conference, May 14-17, 2007.