COMP-208B-session 3683: Computers in Engineering

Winter 2007, Section 3683

News:

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9 Apr: Here is the final06Fall, and fina06Winter questions with answers to algorithm questions for your review.
2 Mar: Here is the midterm question for your review.
2 Jan: Homepage setup. Office hours annouced

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Please read also the student guide to avoid plagiarism.

Names and Numbers:

Lecture: Trottier 1080, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 14:35-15:55
Instructor: Yi Lin. Office McConnell 105. e-mail: ylin30@cs.mcgill.ca, Tel: 514-3987071 ext 0664
Office Hours Instructor: Tuesday, 16:00-17:30, Thursday, 16:00-17:30
Teaching Assistant: Nicolas Gervasi(nick.gervasi_at_mcgill_dot_ca), Zouhair Mahboubi(zouhair.mahboubi_at_mail_dot_mcgill_dot_ca), Marina Malkova(marina.malkova_at_gmail.com), Omar Skalli (omar.skalli_at_mail_dot_mcgill_dot_ca), Paul-André Brossard-Jaimes (paul-andre.brossard-jaimes_at_mail_dot_mcgill_dot_ca)

Overview:

Due to the prevalence of computers in almost every branch of engineering, it is a must for an engineer to have certain levels of computer knowledge. This course will provide you the essential knowledges to be mastered by a qualified engineer. It is divided into three parts, i.e., programming in Fortran language, programming in C language, and algorithms. A student is not expected to be a professional programmer after taking this course. Rather, he/she should be aware of how computer programs are written, what limitations they may have, and how to solve an engineering problem with numerial algorithms and programming. Here is the detail description

Prerequisites: Integral and differential calculus, linear algebra (vectors)

Marking Scheme:

Assignments: There will be 3 assignments in Fortran and 3 in C. They will be worth 20% of the final grade
Midterm: A 90 minute midterm will be held during class time. It will be worth 30% of the final grade
Final Examination: A 3 hour final exam will be held at the end of term. It will be worth 50% of the final grade

Literature:

Fortran, C and Algorithms, Using Fortran 90/95 and C/C++, Gerald Ratzer and Joseph Vybihal, Third Edition, Kendall/Hunt Publishing company.

All (or most of) these books should be on-reserve in the library For this course. Unfortunately, a lof of books get stolen so it might be that some are missing :(

Lecture Slides:

You will be able to download lecture slides (hopefully one day) before class.

Nr.	Date	Subject	Examples	Slides
1	4-Jan	Introduction to computing Course detailed description	--	Lecture 1
2	9-Jan	Basic computers and programming concepts Download editer SciTE, Compiler for windows and Compiler for MacOS here		Lecture 2
3	11-Jan	Introduction to Fortran	examples	Lecture 3
4	16-Jan	Selection	rootfinding, absolute value	Lecture 4
5	18-Jan	SELECT CASE, DO-loop, Character processing	examples	Lecture 5
6	23-Jan	One dimensional array	examples	Lecture 6
7	25-Jan	Two dimensional array	examples	Lecture 7
8	30-Jan	Function	examples	Lecture 8
9	1-Feb	Function and subroutine	examples	Lecture 9
10	6-Feb	Array arguments and examples	examples	Lecture 10
11	8-Feb	Formatting	examples	Lecture 11
12	13-Feb	Midterm review		Lecture 12
13	27-Feb	Transit from Fortran to C(I)	Examples in the slides	Lecture 13
14	01-Mar	Transit from Fortran to C(II)	Examples	Lecture 14
15	06-Mar	Searching	Examples	Lecture 15
16	08-Mar	Sorting	Examples	Lecture 16
17	13-Mar	sorting (II)	Examples	Lecture 17
18	15-Mar	Recursion	Examples	Lecture 18
19	20-Mar	Merge sort	Examples	Lecture 19
20	22-Mar	Root finding an interesting link here	Examples	Lecture 20
21	22-Mar	Integration	Examples	Lecture 21
22	3-Apr	ODE: Initial value problems	Examples	Lecture 22
23	05-Apr	Linear Algebra	Examples	Lecture 23
24	09-Apr	Final Review (I)		Lecture 24

Yi Lin, last updated: Jan 02, 2007