Welcome to the CTA200H course!
This course is for summer undergraduates performing research in astrophysics at University of Toronto, including but not limited to participants in UofT's CITA Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) and David A Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP). The goal is to provide training to help students be successful with the computation aspects of their summer research program.
The course will run every afternoon from 1:00pm to 5:00p, from Tuesday May 7 to Friday May 17. This 4-hour block will be split into two hours of lecture followed by two hours of tutorial time, in which students will work on their course homework.
Location: The course will be held hybrid, both in person in MP257 and remotely, via zoom. Access to CITA computers will be done via VNC Remote Desktop or SSH.
- Course coordinator: Norm Murray -- murray at cita utoronto ca (you will need to fill in @ and dots/periods)
- TA: Daven Cocroft
- Lecturers:
- Norman Murray
- Janosz Dewberry
- Sam Hadden
This is a list of dates and topics for the course (subject to change):
| Date | Instructor | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Tues May 7 | Norm | Using the CITA Systems, Linux and Git |
| 2. Weds May 8 | Norm | Python Language Intro and Workflow |
| 3. Thurs May 9 | Sam | Symbolic Computation |
| 4. Fri May 10 | Janosz | Numerical Computing |
| 5. Mon May 13 | Norm | Data IO/Data Manipulation |
| 6. Tues May 14 | Norm | Structuring Your Projects |
| 7. Weds May 15 | Norm | Statistics and Data Analysis Tools (Carl-Johan Haster) |
| 8. Thurs May 16 | Norm | Monte Carlo Methods (Carl-Johan Haster) |
| 9. Fri May 17 | Norm | Machine Learning (Dan Tamayo) |
The mark will be determined on the basis of three items:
| Item | Weight |
|---|---|
| 1. Class participation | 10% |
| 2. Homework: | 40% |
| 3. Project: | 50% |
In the first week students will work on homework problems related to the first week's lectures. For the second week they will work on a week-long project that will be closely related to the research they do for the rest of the summer. They will hand in their results for this project at the end of the course.
The problem set will be divided into three smaller assignments to be handed in every couple of days.
- Assignment 1 Due by 1PM May 9th
- Assignment 2 Due by 11:59PM May 11th
- Assignment 3 Due by 1PM May 14th
In the second week students will work on a project supplied either by their supervisor or the instructor. The project is due by 5PM on Monday May 20th 2024.
To download all course material to your computer:
git clone [email protected]:CITA/CTA200H.git