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UVa Physics Computer Facilities
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Lectures on Computing
Over the last few years we've done several courses, short-courses
and lecture series on various computing topics. Here are notes
from some of them.
- Linux System Administration for Researchers
This course aims to provide a practical introduction to
System Administration for researchers who find themselves
in charge of a Linux computer. We take a nuts-and-bolts approach
to each topic, examining realistic problems that the system
administrator may encounter. Although many of the details will
be Linux-specific, much of the course's content will be of general
value, including overviews of computer hardware and the
principles of networking.
- Practical Computing for Science and Engineering
This course will give you a kit of skills and tools that will help you
do great things even if you're not a mathematical prodigy. All you
need is a little computing expertise. This course is designed for
novice programmers: no programming experience is required! We'll teach
you all the basic skills you need.
We'll focus on using using computers to solve common problems you'll
encounter in science and engineering. In particular we'll talk about
using computers to analyze data, simulate data, and visualize data.
- Fundamentals of Computational Physics
This course covers the application of computers to solving
basic problems in physical science, including an introduction
to programming in C(C++), use of external libraries, and
implementation of basic algorithms with a focus on numerical
methods, error analysis and data fitting, and simulating
physical processes. Prerequisites include one semester of
physics and one semester of calculus. No previous computer
experience is required.
This course was developed as Physics 254 and, later, Physics
2660 by Prof. Bob Hirosky. These notes are by Bryan Wright,
and are derived from Prof. Hirosky's curriculum.
- Geek Hours: A Series of "Chalk-Talks" on Computing Topics
These talks cover things like "make", shell scripts, gnuplot, perl, SSI and
compilers and libraries.
- Linux System Administration: Networks and Filesystems
This course aims to provide a practical introduction to
two aspects of Linux system administration (networking and
filesystems) for technically-experienced people who find themselves
in charge of a Linux computer. We take a nuts-and-bolts approach
to each topic, examining realistic problems that the system
administrator may encounter. Although many of the details will
be Linux-specific, much of the course's content will be of general
value, including overviews of computer hardware and the
principles of networking.
- Introduction to Scientific Computing
In this short-course we'll try to get you up and programming!
I hope you'll learn at least four important skills:
- How to connect to a remote computer,
- create programs there,
- run them,
- and view the results.
We'll be using the C programming language under the Linux
operating system. The goal is for you to understand the
mechanics and concepts of scientific programming.
- Spock with a Beard: A Linux Guy Learning OS X Internals in a Hurry
This was a blog that Bryan Wright maintained during the OS X 10.5 "Tiger" era.
Some of the information may still be useful.
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