Physics through Computational Thinking

Offered bySwayam

Physics through Computational Thinking
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Swayam
Overview

Equip students with the ability to translate physical problems into computational models and analyze them using programming tools

Duration	8 weeks
Total fee	Free
Mode of learning	Online
Official Website	Explore Free Course
Credential	Certificate

Physics through Computational Thinking
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Swayam
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Physics through Computational Thinking
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Swayam
Course details

Skills you will learn

Simulation Data analysis

Who should do this course?

For individuals who want to enhance their knowledge & skills in the field

What are the course deliverables?

Formulate a basic problem that is amenable to full analytical solution
Translate the problem into a form that can be analyzed on a computer, first by visual tools followed by more sophisticated computational tools
Design complementary computational approaches whose results can be subjected to test against the analytical solutions, thus building confidence and making transparent both the methods
Exploit the confidence thus developed to tackle problems that are not amenable to a full analytical solution

More about this course

This course gives a hands-on introduction to computational thinking applied to basic undergraduate physics
A strong emphasis is placed on translating physics problems into a form suitable for analysis on a computer, with visual aids and computer programming tools
The focus here is primarily to develop the cognitive skill of computational thinking in Physics rather than elaborate numerical methods or exhaustive study of Physics
The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only)

Physics through Computational Thinking
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Swayam
Curriculum

Week 1 : Intro to Computational Thinking, Visual Thinking and Mathematica

Week 2 : Dimensional Analysis, non-dimensionalization, scales of a physical problem

Week 3 : Data Analysis: Estimation of errors, and curve fitting

Week 4 : Periodic motion 1: simple, damped, and anharmonic oscillators

Week 5 : Dynamics through numerical methods: Euler, RK methods

Week 6 : Periodic motion 2: forced oscillations, resonance, friction

Week 7 : Intro. to Monte Carlo simulation

Week 8 : Intro. to random walks

Physics through Computational Thinking
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Swayam
Faculty details

Prof. Auditya Sharma

Auditya Sharma: Got a B.Tech in Engineering Physics from IIT Madras in 2006, followed by a PhD in Physics with specialization in Statistical Physics from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 2011. He followed this with two postdoctoral stints: one at the International Institute of Physics, Natal, Brazil from 2011-2013, and another at Tel Aviv University, Israel from 2014-2015. He has been on the faculty in the Department of Physics at IISER Bhopal since 2015.