The course provides hands on training in computational techniques for physics students. It uses a computational programming language such as Python to aid in the analyses of data and to solve complex systems. Data processing, regression analysis, and simple programming skills will be used to simulate and model conventional physics systems. Visualisation techniques will be used to display and interpret data that would have otherwise been too complex for manual analyses. Various topics in physics (e.g., projectile motion, planetary dynamics, radioactive decay) will be analysed with emphasis on the additional complexity that computational approaches allow the scientist to handle.
- Lecturer: Masao Ashtine