| Date |
Topic |
Homework |
Reading |
Slides |
| 1/20 |
Introduction |
HW1
|
FS:ch 1
|
Intro.PDF
Intro.ppt
Day-1 Questionnaire |
| 1/22 |
Statistical Errors |
|
FS:ch 4, App D
Statistical Formulas (PDF) |
Errors.PDF
Errors.ppt |
| 1/25 |
NO CLASS |
|
|
|
1/27 |
Python review |
|
python tutorial |
|
| 1/29 |
Statistical Mechanics |
|
FS: ch 2 |
StatMech.PDF
StatMech.ppt
|
| 2/1 |
MD I, MD II |
hw1 due
HW2 |
|
MD.pdf
MD.ppt |
| 2/3 |
Potentials for MD and MC |
|
|
Pot.PDF
Pot.ppt |
| 2/8 |
Scalar Correlations |
|
|
correlations.pdf
correlations.ppt |
| 2/10 |
Dynamical Correlations |
hw2 due |
FS App C |
dynamics.pdf
dynamics.ppt |
| 2/15 |
Constant Pressure and Temp |
HW3 |
FS Ch6; App B, E |
MDensemble.PDF |
| 2/17 |
Probability tools, Random number generators |
|
FS: ch 3 |
MCIntro.PDF, PRNG.PDF |
| 2/22 |
Sampling, |
|
Numerical Recipes
see also Web version |
SAMPLING.PDF |
| 2/24 |
Importance Sampling |
|
FS: ch 3 |
ImpSamp.PDF |
| 2/26 |
NOT A CLASS DAY |
hw3 due
|
|
|
| 3/1 |
Markov chains |
HW4
|
FS ch 3 |
RandomWalk.PDF |
| 3/3 |
Directed MC |
|
FS ch 13 |
SmartMC.PDF |
| 3/5 *Make-up Day |
Brownian Dynamics |
|
FS: ch 17 |
Brown.PDF |
| 3/8 |
Long-range Potentials |
|
|
Ewald.pdf
EwaldLecture.pdf
NeighborTables.pd f
|
| 3/10 |
Constraints in MD |
HW4 due
HW5 |
FS: ch15 |
Constraints.PDF |
| 3/12 *NO CLASS |
Free Energy Methods |
|
FS: Ch 7,11,12 |
FreeEnergy.pdf |
| 3/15 - 19 |
APS March Meeting NO CLASS |
TEAMS develop Projects
HW5 due |
|
|
| 3/20-3/28 |
spring break
NO CLASS |
|
|
|
| 3/29 |
TRAVEL-NSF/ no class |
project proposal |
|
|
| 3/31 |
PROJECT PROPOSALS |
|
|
|
| 3/31 |
Polymers |
|
|
Polymers.PDF |
| 4/5 |
Ising model |
|
|
Ising.PDF,
ising-model.pdf |
| 4/7 |
Finite-Size Scaling |
|
|
PhaseTransitions.PDF |
| 4/12 |
MidTerm Exam |
exam |
|
|
| 4/14 |
Kinetic Monte Carlo |
HW6
|
FS Ch 8 |
KMC.PDF |
| 4/19 |
Optimization |
|
|
Optimize.pdf
|
| 4/26 |
Path Integral MC
and
Projector Quantum MC |
HW6 due
Extra Credit:
HW 7
|
|
pimc_intro.pdf, |
| 4/28 |
Path Integrals bosons |
|
|
pimc_bose.pdf |
| 5/06 |
|
HW 7 due to TAs |
|
|
| 5/11 Tuesday |
Final Project Reports (currently: Exam 7-10 pm) |
|
|
|