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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2017/2018
- Teacher
- MICHELE FERRARI
- Credits
- 6
- Didactic period
- Secondo Semestre
- SSD
- INF/01
Training objectives
- The course is structured as an introduction to computer science and programming for students of the first year of the Course in Mathematics.
The course objective is to provide students with a path from computer architecture to high-level programming languages.
The main concepts of programming - using C language - and an overview of application development environments for scientific computing with the use of MATLAB software will be introduced.
The student will need to understand how the computer works in its basic aspects and must acquire the ability to develop a path from a natural language problem to the algorithm and code using the tools presented in the course. Prerequisites
- None
Course programme
- Introduction to Computer Science:
- General Concepts
- Architecture
- Operating Systems
- Coding Languages
8h
Coding:
- C Language
- Flow Control
- Array and Matrix
- Functions
- Exercices
16h
Application development environment for Scientific Computation:
- Introduction
- Data Structures and Operators
- Graphic capabilities (2D and 3D)
- Code and Functions
- Flow Control
Exercices
20h
Exam Simulation and in-depth views
4h Didactic methods
- Theoretical/ practical lessons.
Learning assessment procedures
- The goal of the final exam is to verify that the student acquired the objectives listed.
The objective of the final exam consists in verifying the level of knowledge of the formative objectives previously stated.
The final exam consists in a written test, with both theoretical and practical questions.
The theoretical part aim to verify the acquisition and the comprehension of the main topics of the course.
The practical questions regard problems whose solution must be obtained by writing code.
The students will have access to a PC.
The exam is passed with a vote of 18/30 both in the theoretical and the practical part. The final vote is the average of the two votes (theoretical and practical). Reference texts
- Slide/ notes
