Class Projects for Atomic-Scale Simulation MatSE485/Phys466/CSE485
Project guidelines and grading.
Before the end of September, I will form teams. The members will be chosen to balance the teams in terms of interests, programming ability and experience. For the final grade each team will be given a collective grade for the team project based on the following components (with weighting of the score in parentheses):
- Abstract/proposal (10%)Each team needs to turn in a one page 'proposal' and give a 5 minute presentation to the class on 10/22/2020. This proposal needs to be in the form of an abstract of what you propose to do containing literature references. If you have any questions about the suitability of your project, please schedule a meeting with the instructor.
- Scientific Research (25%). Each project should be research oriented, concerning new developments in classical or quantum simulations and with a scientific component.
- Algorithm development (25%). This could involve an optimization of an existing code or algorithm, a new implementation, some interesting science or the use of new computer architectures. You need to include a section detailing how you tested the code to verify its correctness.
- Report (25%). You should write a report of your project including title, authors, abstract, introduction/motivation, algorithm & software used, testing and timing of the code, results, conclusion and references. Please include a statement describing the contribution of each team member to the project. With your permission, we may use the report in future years as examples of class projects. Teams can send me a draft of their report for comments in late November.
- Presentation (15%). Each team has to give a 15 minute oral presentation of their project during the time allotted for the final exam or before. All team members should participate in the presentation. Please email me a pdf version of the presentation slides. The presentation and report should be emailed to me by midnight on Dec. xxth. Please consult me in advance if you encounter a major problem with completing the project.
Below is a list of ideas reflecting some of our interests. Some of them are now out-of-date. These lists are not intended to be exclusive. Your ideas may be better and more interesting to you.
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