SIMULATION METHODS IN PHYSICS - announcement
FYSIIKAN SIMULOINTIMENETELMÄT kl. 1996


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Time: Thursday 16-18, starting on Jan 18 (you can join later).
Place: Physics department, lecture room IV
Lecturer: Veikko Karimäki
Coverage: Undergraduate / Postgraduate course, 4 credits (4 ov)

The teaching language is English provided at least one of the participants present does not understand Finnish.

Course material: Lecture notes "Monte Carlo menetelmät", V.Karimäki, HU-SEFT I 1993-01. An English version is under preparation.

Forms of attendance:

The work (4 credits) in different parts is distributed roughly as follows: attending the lectures (1 credit), working out the exercises (2 credits) and the special exercise (1 credit).

Lecture programme 1996 (Thursdays 16-18):

 18.1., 25.1., 8.2., 15.2., 23.2., 29.2., 7.3., 21.3., 28.3., (4.4.), 11.4., 18.4., 2.5., 9.5. --> Note: No lecture on 25.4. due to work trip

Exercises 1996:
The solutions are discussed during and after the lecture hours.

The participants leave their solutions on paper to the lecturer by the date mentioned in the exercise document. The requirement is that at least 40% of the exercises (integrated) giving maximal points (<=total number of exercises) should be worked out. Bonus points to be added to the exam points are given for >50% exercises solved as follows: 1/2/3/4 bonus points for at least 40/55/70/85% of solutions from maximal. The deadlines for the exercises are as follows:
Exercise 1-2   by   8.2.1996
Exercise 3     by  14.2.1996
Exercise 4     by  21.2.1996
Exercise 5     by  29.2.1996
Exercise 6     by   7.3.1996
Exercise 7     by  21.3.1996
Exercise 8     by  28.3.1996
Exercise 9     by  11.4.1996
Exercise 10    by  18.4.1996
Exercise 11    by   2.5.1996
Demos and sample solutions can be found from the directory ~karimaki/fyssim.

Special exercise:

The special exercise is a small simulation problem which the participants can solve in groups of 2-3 participants or alone if preferred. A number of problems will be issued in the beginning of April amongst which the students can choose their favourite. The solutions are worked out as home work. No marks nor bonus points are given for the special problem. It is only taken as a partial requirement for passing the course. The solution includes a working version of the program as well as a brief document with the program output.

A collection of project defintions can be found from the file: ~karimaki/public_html/fyssim/projects.ps.

Final exam:

The final exam will include 5-6 problems of similar nature as the exercises or material presented in the lectures. Any algorithm can be presented in pseudo code. The exercise bonus points are added on the top of the exam points.

The date of the exam is May 22nd. One can have an exam also later but it needs to be agreed separately. There are examples of earlier exams (in Finnish).

Demos and sample solutions:

In the demos we use CERN library packages.

1. HBOOK- PAW demo: code, PAW commands, 1D plot, 2D plot, lego plot
2. Simple simulation: sum of two random variates here with output

In order to run the demos in your own environment you have to run the setup for the CERN libraries. Either you have to type: 
 
     source  ~karimaki/fyssim/cern_setup
or to put the same command at the end of your .cshrc file so that the command will be executed every time you login. You find the most relevant CERN program library information from the point of view of the course from:
1. MATHLIB
2. CERNLIB entries