CPI 200: Mathematical Foundations for Informatics
CIDSE at Arizona State University
Fall 2018 * M, W 3:05 - 4:20pm * M1-09
Instructor: D. Hansford, Ph.D.
dianne.hansford@asu.edu
Office: BYENG M1-02
Office Hours: M, W 10:45-11:45am and by appointment
Syllabus Class Log
| Date | Topics | Materials | Homework |
| 20 Aug | Introduction to course | * Syllabus / website review * Mathematica (MM) -- Wolfram -- Stephen Wolfram * Get your math on! * Introduction to textbook * Ch 1: Introduction to SCV |
* Review materials from today * Laptops (smart phones) in class ... * Install Mathematica -- Goto MyApps for instructions -- Use your ASU email address -- Follow the instructions carefully! -- Wolfram User Portal |
| 22 Aug | Introduction to Mathematica (Bring your laptop!) |
* IntroToMathematica.nb * Programming Tips |
* Play with the tutorial nb |
| 27 Aug | Exercise: intro SCV material Computational Basics |
* Exercise: SCV * Chapter2: Computational Basics * Number representation nb * Algorithm complexity nb * Truncation error nb * Cancellation subtractive error nb * Orders of Magnitude |
Play with the nbs from today Read: AboutNumbers Read Computational Modeling Here is the Patriot Missle article if you want to read more + Pic |
| 29 Aug | Computational Basics wrap-up Discuss readings |
Exercise_CompBasics.pdf HW #1 Assigned Programming Tips |
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| 3 Sep | No class: Labor Day | ||
| 5 Sep | HW Q&A Discuss readings Computational Basics wrap-up |
Readings (see Aug 27) Exercise_CompBasics.pdf |
Origins of Zero |
| 10 Sep | Coordinate Systems | Ch 3: Coordinate Systems | Exercise: Coordinate Systems |
| 12 Sep | Coordinate Systems Basics of Points and Vectors |
Ch 1 from Essentials of CAGD | HW #1 Due |
| 17 Sep | HW2 Discussion |
Triangulations (see slide 22) |
HW #2 Assigned Flying into hurricanes |
| 19 Sep | Numerical Linear Algebra | Ch4: NumLinAlg.pdf | Exercise_NumLinAlg.pdf |
| 24 Sep | HW Q&A Quiz 2 Discuss Numerical Linear Algebra |
Quiz 1 Solutions (same as Exercises) Quiz 2 Solutions |
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| 26 Sep | Numerical Linear Algebra |
HW #2 Due Mock Midterm |
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| 1 Oct | Review | ||
| 3 Oct | Midterm | ||
| 8 Oct | No class: Winter Break | ||
| 10 Oct | Numerical Linear Algebra Exercises + Quiz |
Exercise_NumLinAlg.pdf | |
| 15 Oct | Solving Linear Systems | Ch 5: Solving Linear Systems LinSysStability.nb mesh_smoothing.nb mixing_chemicals.nb |
Exercise: Solving Linear Systems |
| 17 Oct | Solving Linear Systems | pnormVisualization.nb GaussJacobi.nb overdetermined line nb (improved! 10/17) LeastSquares nb |
HW #3 Assigned (updated 10/22) |
| 22 Oct | HW Q&A Solving Linear Systems |
wrap-up of overdetermined linear systems (derivation of normal equations) Exercises |
23 Oct Masters Thesis Defense Light Estimation for Mixed-Reality Devices |
| 24 Oct | Eigen-Problems | Ch 6: Eigen-Problems Tacoma Narrows Bridge |
Cambridge Analytica and EigenThings Exercises: Eigen |
| 29 Oct | HW 3 Discussion | ||
| 31 Oct | Eigen-Problems | Google_Eigenvecs.nb ImageCompress.nb eye ImageCompressColor.nb PCA_3Dobject....nb dragon helix |
HW #3 Due Exercises: Eigen -- work on for next class! |
| Upcoming event: Guest speaker at ASU on 17 Nov "Code Girls" of WWII |
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| 5 Nov | Eigen-Problems | ||
| 7 Nov | Numerical Calculus | Ch 7: Numerical Calculus Derivative.nb Derivative2.nb |
Exercises: Numerical Calculus |
| 12 Nov | No class: Verteran's Day | ||
| 14 Nov | Multivariate Functions Visualization |
Ch 11: Computing with Multivariate Func Bivariate.nb VectorField.nb GradientField.nb DiscretePDE.nb contours_sinx2y2 nb viz2dscalar.nb marching squares |
Exercise_MultivarFct.pdf Exercise_VizScalarOver2Ddata.pdf |
| 19 Nov | Multivariate Functions Visualization |
bilinear interpolation nb quadratic forms nb Ch 15: Volume Visualization What is GIS |
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| 21 Nov | Visualizing Empirical Data | Ch 12: Visualizing Empirical Data Math is Fun: correlation Math is Fun: std, variance BoxWhiskersPlots.nb Log-log plot Wikipedia |
Exercise_VizEmpirical.pdf |
| 26 Nov | Visualizing Empirical Data | Mock End Term | |
| 28 Nov | Review | HW 4 Due | |
| 7 Dec Fri. |
Final Exam 2:30 - 3:45pm Location: In classroom |
