Computational Physics 2 (FYS4411/9411), weekly schedule
Morten Hjorth-Jensen [1]
Morten Ledum [1]
[1] Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Spring 2016
Teaching schedule Spring 2016
Lectures are in room FV311 Thursdays 14.15-16 while projects are at the computer lab, room FV329 Thursdays 16.15-19 at the Department of Physics.
| Week and days | Topics to be covered | Projects | Reading assignments | Lab activities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 3 January 18-22 | Introduction to the course | Presentation of project 1 | Setting up git | |
| Variational Monte Carlo for bosons | How to write a scientific report | |||
| Week 4 January 25-29 | Variational Monte Carlo | Work on project 1 | Setting up and using Qt creator | |
| Importance sampling and vectorization | ||||
| Week 5 February 1-5 | Variational Monte Carlo | Work on project 1 | Add importance sampling to code | |
| Importance sampling and blocking | ||||
| Week 6 February 8-12 | Variational Monte Carlo | Work on project 1 | Add blocking to analyze data | |
| Blocking and classes | Optimize code for vectorization | |||
| Week 7 February 15-19 | Variational Monte Carlo | Work on project 1 | Finish blocking | |
| Parameter optimization and classes | Add classes to code and start with Conjugate gradient/Steepest descent | |||
| Week 8 February 22-26 | Conjugate gradient and optimization | Work on project 1 | Finalize Conjugate gradient | |
| More discussion on classes | ||||
| Week 9 February 29 -March 4 | No lectures | Work on project 1 | ||
| Week 10 March 7-11 | VMC for fermions and Hartree-Fock | Presentation of project 2 | ||
| Intensive teaching Monday to Thursday | Work on project 1 | |||
| Week 11 March 14-18 | Parallelization | Deadline for project 1 March 18 | ||
| Week 12 March 21-25 | Holidays, no lectures | |||
| Week 13 March 28 -April 1 | No lectures | Work on project 2 | Start with two electron system | |
| Week 14 April 4-8 | No lectures | Work on project 2 | Start coding Slater determinant | |
| Week 15 April 11-15 | No lectures | Work on project 2 | Implement parallelization | |
| Week 16 April 18-22 | Hartree-Fock theory | Presentation of project 3 | ||
| Week 17 April 25-29 | No lectures | Work on project 2 | Deadline project 2 April 29 | |
| Week 18 May 2-6 | No Lectures | Work on project 3 | ||
| Week 19 May 9-13 | Last lectures and summary of course | Work on project 3 | ||
| Week 20 May 16-20 | No lectures | Work on project 3 | Only project work at lab | |
| Week 19 May 23-27 | No lectures | Finalize project3, deadline May 30 | Only project work at lab |