Practical details (kurs-PM)

Examiner and lecturer:
Thomas Ericsson
E-mail: thomaschalmersse, phone: 772 10 91
Office: L2075, Chalmers tvärgata 3

Course homepage:
http://www.math.chalmers.se/Math/Grundutb/CTH/mve080/0809/

Course literature:

• Handouts, copies of lectures (see the course homepage under Diary).
  

• File Formats for VTK Version 4.2.

• Merland, K., Greenfield, J., Large Scale Visualization with ParaView 3. Fetch the pdf-file (under Handouts) and the data (tar or zip) under Data.

• Reference books on Matlab and general computer graphics may be useful but are not necessary. I will say a few words about it during the first lecture.

Teaching:
There are two lectures and two labs every week. See the Course adm. link on the homepage for details.

Examination:
To pass the course you must finish the compulsory computer assignments and get a passing grade (at least) on a take home exam.  For practical details, see Course adm. link.

Computer assignments:
The most important part of the course is the labs, "learning by doing''. The labs should be done in groups of one or two students, not more than two. We have two lab-sessions per week, when you can get help. You probably need to work with labs in your own time as well. There are deadlines for the labs, see the Assignments-link on the homepage. The group should present their solution to the labs at the computers, during a lab-session. You should not hand in any written report, in other words, and you cannot hand in the labs using e-mail. For this organization to work, show your solution as soon as it is ready. If everyone waits until the deadline there will be long waiting times.

It is cheating to copy code or ideas from other groups. Letting someone copy your assignment is also cheating.