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E7: INTRODUCTION TO
COMPUTER PROGRAMMING FOR
SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS
Instructors:
Roberto Horowitz
Andrew Packard
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of California at Berkeley
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E7: INTRODUCTION TO
COMPUTER PROGRAMMING FOR
SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS
Instructor:
Roberto Horowitz
Office Hours: Tu 4:005:30, Th 2:003:30
5138 Etcheverry Hall
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E7: INTRODUCTION TO
COMPUTER PROGRAMMING FOR
SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS
Instructor:
Andrew Packard
Office Hours:
Tu: 1:30-2:30, We: 2:30-3:30, Th: 9-10
5116 Etcheverry Hall
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E7: INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER
PROGRAMMING FOR SCIENTISTS AND
ENGINEERS
Lecture Outline
1. Course organization
2. Textbook, grading and software
3. About Matlab and course instructors
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Course organization
Two 50-minute lectures per week
Two 2-hour laboratory sessions per week
Labs begin Wednesday 9/04 next week
One 50-minute discussion session per week
Discussions begin Friday 8/30 today
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Course organization
Lecture Times
Monday and Wednesday, 12:00 - 1:00 in 4 Leconte
Monday and Wednesday, 1:00 - 2:00 in 4 Leconte
An instructor will teach both lectures on the same
day
You can attend either time
Preference seating is given to students enrolled in
the section corresponding to the lecture time
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Course organization
MANDATORY Discussion section times and
location
Fridays, 12:00 - 1:00 in 4 Leconte
Fridays, 1:00 - 2:00 in 4 Leconte
An instructor will teach both discussions on the
same day
You can attend either time; but preference seating
is given to enrolled students
Laboratory assignments are introduced and
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E7 Midterms (2)
IMPORTANT: Midterms will take place during the
discussion section times.
Fridays, 12:00 - 1:00 in 4 Leconte
For students enrolled in Discussion Sec. 101
F 12:00-1:00
Fridays, 1:00 - 2:00 in 4 Leconte
For students enrolled in Discussion Sec. 201
F 1:00-2:00
Tentative midterm dates: 10/11 and 11/15
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Course organization
Two 2-hour laboratory sessions per week
Two lab locations
1. 1109 Etcheverry Hall (34 computers in the room)
2. 212 Wheeler Hall (34 computers in the room)
Total Capacity: 340 students
Labs start next week on Wednesday 9/4
First assignment will be due on Friday 9/13.
(Monday 9/2 is Labor Day Holiday)
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Laboratory Sections 10
Section Time Location GSIs Cap Ava
11 TuTh 8-10 1109 Etcheverry TBD 34 1
12 TuTh 10-12 1109 Etcheverry TBD 34 2
13 TuTh 12-2 1109 Etcheverry TBD 34 1
14 TuTh 2-4 1109 Etcheverry TBD 34 0
15 TuTh 4-6 1109 Etcheverry TBD 34 1
16 MW 8-10 1109 Etcheverry TBD 34 23
17 MW 10-12 1109 Etcheverry TBD 34 1
18 MW 2-4 1109 Etcheverry TBD 34 0
19 MW 4-6 1109 Etcheverry TBD 34 8
20 TuTh 10-12 212 Wheeler TBD 34 7
Total 340
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E7 Enrollment
Course enrollment is limited by the total number of
students that can attend the laboratory sections
and the room capacity in the lecture and
discussion halls Maximum: 340 students
To register in E7 you must be enrolled in:
a lecture, a discussion and a lab section
In previous years, most students that wanted to take
E7 were eventually enrolled.
We will do our best effort to accommodate as many
students as possible this semester as well.
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Laboratory computer usage policy
Laboratory sections can only accommodate as
many students as available workstations (34).
During the time that a laboratory section is taking
place, the students that are enrolled in that section
have priority use of the computers.
If you want to change sections, you have to drop
your current section, and then enroll in the section
you want (or get into the waiting list).
Instructors cannot change wait list order or get
students into a section that is full.
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E7 Minimum Prerequisites
1) Pre-calculus MATH, MATH 1A
2) MATH 1B must be taken concurrently
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E7 recommended textbook
Applied Numerical Methods with Matlab (Custom) by
Steven C. Chapra, 3rd edition McGraw-Hill
Derivation and
description of the
numerical methods
covered in E7
Sample of matlab
codes, functions,
semantics, etc.
Problems
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Other matlab references
Many matlab references books can be purchased online e.g.
amazon.com
MATLAB Help
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Extensive help on all matlab commands
Many demos and examples
Help also available at
http://www.mathworks.com
Click here
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Recommended software purchase
Student Price: $ 100.00
http://www.mathworks.com/acad
emia/student_version/
Contains:
MATLAB, SIMULINK
Statistics Toolbox
Optimization Toolbox
Image Processing Toolbox
Symbolic math functions
and more
MATLAB & Simulink
Student Version
Version R2013A
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Recommended software purchase
Student Price: $ 100.00
http://www.mathworks.com/ac
ademia/student_version/
Professional price is about
$900
You would be hard
pressed to notice the
difference between the
student and the
professional version.
MATLAB & Simulink
Student Version
Version R2013A
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E7 Course website is at bCourses
bCourses (CalCentral.berkeley.edu) is the next version
of bspace (we are using a beta-version)
Course handouts
Course reader
Lecture material
Announcements about the course
Laboratory assignments
Laboratory assignment drop box (due Fridays noon)
Exam information
Grades
Take Quizzes more later
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Grading
Grade computation is based on:
30% Laboratory assignments (~12)
5% Quizzes
15% Midterm examination 1
15% Midterm examination 2
35% Final examination
Straight or curved grading scale?
Probably curved
Typical class GPA is around B-
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Weekly Laboratory Assignments
Posted Thursday evening or Friday morning
Due the following Friday at Noon (12 PM).
UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED, YOU MUST
1. Download auto-grader (matlab p file) from bCourse.
2. Run the auto-grader on your current assignment directory
3. Upload file generated by auto-grader to the bCourses E7
drop box BEFORE Friday NOON
Labs begin Wednesday 9/4
First assignment will be due on Friday 9/13
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Weekly Laboratory Assignments
Posted Thursdays afternoons
Due the following Friday at Noon (12 PM).
NEXT FRIDAY, DURING DISCUSSION SESSIONS:
We will explain how laboratory assignments must
be prepared, auto-graded and turned in.
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Weekly Laboratory Assignments
Posted Thursdays afternoons
Due the following Friday at Noon (12 PM).
Work individually and with the GSI during the lab
sections to complete lab.
DO NOT COPY CODE (we will probably catch you)
It is ok to discuss with fellow students, but not to
copy code or allow your code to be copied.
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E7 Honor Code
The student community at UC Berkeley has adopted
the following Honor Code:
"As a member of the UC Berkeley community, I act
with honesty, integrity, and respect for others."
Your E7 instructors join you in pledging to adhere to
this code.
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E7 Online Quizzes
We will often require students to take 1 or 2 on-line
quizzes per week (one after each lecture).
Quizzes will be available in the E7 bCourses
website
You can take each quiz as often as you want
from the moment that they are made available,
until the moment that they are closed MONDAY
MORNING (08:00 am).
We expect students to get 100% on the quizzes.
Quizzes will be worth 5% of your overall grade.
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E7 Final Exam
Exam group for both E7 lecture sections is:
Exam group 12
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 7-10 pm.
This group includes all courses that are taught
MWF at 1:00 and MTWTF 1:00.
We will have a one and only alternate final
examination time **ONLY** for students that are
taking another exam group 12 class (proof of
enrollment required).
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 3-6 pm
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E7 Final Exam
If you are taking
E7 section 1 (12:00-1:00)
A Class in Exam group 12 (M,W,F 1-2)
A class in exam group 11 (Tu, Th 8-9, 8-9:30)
You will probably have to drop one of these three
courses
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About Matlab
A 20+year old language that has evolved into a programming
environment for scientific software development.
Its a user-friendly but powerful integrated environment, that
includes:
programming language
programming tools (profiler, debugger, editor, publisher)
graphics
high-performance numerical computations
symbolic computations
interfaces to J ava, C and Fortran
real-time interfacing
more
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About Roberto Horowitz
Email: horowitz@berkeley.edu
Born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela
(hence the Spanglish accent just like the most interesting man in the world)
Professor of Mechanical Engineering since 1983.
B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in ME from CAL Go Bears!
Does research in control systems, mechatronics and
transportation control systems
Director of the Program for Advanced Transportation
Technology (PATH)
Has used matlab extensively and taught E7 multiple times.
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About Andrew Packard
Email: pack@me.Berkeley.EDU
Raised in Chicago
Teaches in Mechanical Engineering since 1990.
Ph.D. degree in Mech. Eng. From CAL Go Bears!
Does research in control systems and optimization
Won university-wide Distinguished Teaching Award in 1995
Extensive experience in Matlab and has taught E7and E177
multiple times.
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About Chen-Yu Chan (Head GSI)
Email: chanchenyu@berkeley.edu
Born and raised in Taiwan
B.S. degree in EECS, M.S. degree in Control Engineering
Currently a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering, MSC
Lab, does research in the Human Mechatronic Group
Hobbies: cooking, traveling, badminton
Has extensive programming experience in Matlab.
He wont respond to any facebook friend request.
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Instructors and head GSIs Office Hours
Roberto Horowitz
Tu: 4:00-5:30 in 5138 Etcheverry Hall
Th: 2:00-3:30
Andy Packard
Tu: 1:30-2:30, in 5116 Etcheverry Hall
We: 2:30-3:30,
Th: 9-10:00
Chen-Yu Chan
M, Tu 10:00-11:00 in 136 Hesse Hall
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