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October 13, 2023 (Friday) - Project 1

Submission deadlines

Course Schedule

SD Project 1 22 Sept. 2023 Project 1 13 Oct. 2023 SD Project 2 27 Oct. 2023 Project 2 17 Nov. 2023 Presentations 21 Nov. 2023 Presentations 28 Nov. 2023 Presentations 5 Dec. 2023 Presentations 12 Dec. 2023
Until 23:59, 22 Sept. 2023

Deadline for short description of Project 1

Upload a PDF document to Kooplex into workdir/2023sd1 introducing your chosen topic and your plans in a concise manner. You will receive feedback that will help with your final submission. (Kooplex tutorial)

Until 23:59, 13 Oct. 2023

Deadline for Project 1

Upload a PDF document and appropriate code/notebook files to Kooplex into workdir/2023p1 as your final submission for Project 1. (Kooplex tutorial)

Until 23:59, 27 Oct. 2023

Deadline for short description of Project 2

Upload a PDF document to Kooplex into workdir/2023sd2 introducing your chosen topic and your plans in a concise manner. You will receive feedback that will help with your final submission. (Kooplex tutorial)

Until 23:59, 17 Nov. 2023

Deadline for Project 2

Upload a PDF document and appropriate code/notebook files to Kooplex into workdir/2023p2 as your final submission for Project 2. (Kooplex tutorial)

8:00-10:00, 21 Nov. 2023

Presentations

Prepare a 10-minute presentation based on your project submissions summarizing your most important results and figures. Register for a time slot via e-mail (szamszimmsc(at)gmail.com). TIMETABLE [link to come]

Presentations will be held online, on Microsoft Teams.

8:00-10:00, 28 Nov. 2023

Presentations

Prepare a 10-minute presentation based on your project submissions summarizing your most important results and figures. Register for a time slot via e-mail (szamszimmsc(at)gmail.com). TIMETABLE [link to come]

Presentations will be held online, on Microsoft Teams.

8:00-10:00, 5 Dec. 2023

Presentations

Prepare a 10-minute presentation based on your project submissions summarizing your most important results and figures. Register for a time slot via e-mail (szamszimmsc(at)gmail.com). TIMETABLE [link to come]

Presentations will be held online, on Microsoft Teams.

8:00-10:00, 12 Dec. 2023

Presentations

Prepare a 10-minute presentation based on your project submissions summarizing your most important results and figures. Register for a time slot via e-mail (szamszimmsc(at)gmail.com). TIMETABLE [link to come]

Presentations will be held online, on Microsoft Teams.

About the course

Computer Simulations in Physics

How to get a grade

During the semester, you will receive three grades, one for each of your project reports and one for your presentation. Your final grade will be determined as the average of these three grades. (No further examination will be held in the exam period.) Detailed requirements can be found here.

Schedule for 2023/24 Fall semester

During the semester, both online and in person consultation is available upon request. Do not hesitate to ask if you have any questions!

Textbook

Department server

Lecture recordings of 2020

Resources

Books and similar courses

Submissions

Submission requirements

Details on requirements and grading can be found here.

Short description

  • Introduction (most important equations, figures)
  • Background, broader context
  • Motivation (why you chose the topic)
  • Proposed solution (methods and tools you will need)
  • Obstacles (potentional difficulties)
  • Expected results, hypothesis
  • About 1-page long
  • Upload as PDF to Kooplex

Project report

  • Introduction with motivation and theoretical background
  • Methods
  • Results, emphasizing your own contribution
  • Discussion, Conclusion
  • Format (scientific language!)
  • Figures (easily understandable, asthetic figures with legends)
  • References
  • Upload as PDF to Kooplex, with additional code files
  • Grades decay after deadline
Details

Presentation

  • 10-minute long!
  • prepared in English (if possible)
  • appropriate slides
  • about both projects
  • concise
  • special emphasis on own contribution
  • questions about submissions and course material
Templates

Submission examples

Empty Latex project templates

PDF

tex file

bibliography

sample image

Example reports (English)

Lotka-Volterra models

Fermi-Pasta-Ulam problem

Projectile motion simulation

Fractal dimension of the Julia set

Example reports (Hungarian)

Kaotikus dinamika

Másodrendű fázisátalakulás az Ising-modellben

Example short descriptions

Atomic motion in a magnetic trap

Double pendulum and deep learning

Path integral on the lattice

Feedback and grades

Results of submissions and detailed feedback can be found here.