COS 323: Computing for the Physical and Social Sciences

Fall 1999

Prof. Ken Steiglitz
Dept. of Computer Science
Princeton University





Factsheet

Announcements (reverse chronological order):
    I'll be available by appointment for consultation about final projects from Dec 27 through reading period.

    Written reports are due at Dean's time -- I believe last day of reading period (Tues. Jan 11) at 5pm, at my office. - ken.


  • Schedule of final project reports (Room TBA) 

    (Topic tags are meant to be only mneumonic,
send me mail to correct or update)

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                Thursday, Jan. 6, 2000

1:30 - 1:45	William	Fox	     model for trumpet
1:45 - 2:00	Damion Petrone	     spread of disease in Butler College
2:00 - 2:15	Eric Lasceles	     path finding for multiple objects
2:15 - 2:30	Devon Bush	     ping pong shot
2:30 - 2:45	Louis Smadbeck       detailed bifurcation diagrams
2:45 - 3:00	Christopher Karr     finite game of life, num. representation
3:00 - 3:15	Andrew Farris	     baseball batting order
3:15 - 3:30	Alexander Peretsman  multiple predator-prey
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                Friday, Jan. 7, 2000

1:30 - 1:45	Alexander Carmichael value-at-risk
1:45 - 2:00	Peter Luongo	     traffic flow
2:00 - 2:15	Gregory	Stoll	     momentum in stock market
2:15 - 2:30	Kristian Finlator    lava lamp
2:30 - 2:45	Alec Hanson	     implied distribution of variance
2:45 - 3:00	Maryam Kamvar	     soccor penalty kick
3:00 - 3:15	Michael	Bulboff	     simulation	of West	Nile Virus/encephalitis
3:15 - 3:30	Jeffrey	Callow	     George Washington Bridge stiffening
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                Monday, Jan. 10, 2000

2:00 - 2:15	Neil Shenvi	     billiard-ball model, bottom-up modeling
2:15 - 2:30	Julien Beguin	     clapping
2:30 - 2:45	Adam Lieber	     consumer choice and monopolies
2:45 - 3:00	Michael	Rigal	     population	genetics, generalize Assign. 1
3:00 - 3:15	Jason Aughenbaugh    queuing theory -- ambulance dispatching
3:15 - 3:30	Preston	Cody	     market simulation,	signals/stability
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                Tuesday, Jan 11, 2000

1:30 - 1:45	Adam Juda	     modified game of life: 3 tribes
1:45 - 2:00	Scott Habig	     flexible cloth
2:00 - 2:15	Andrew Sobel	     paint-by-numbers puzzle
2:15 - 2:30	Inna Barmush         gigagents: scheduling with constraints
2:30 - 2:45	Andrew Blair-Stanek  basketball	free-throw fractals
2:45 - 3:00	Carson McCauley	     background	design
3:00 - 3:15	Richard	De Simone    asteroid collision
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  • September 16: Course begins.
    First class: Thur 1:30-2:50, Room 103 CS building
    About the Picture: The centerpiece is an AT&T Digital Signal Processor, melded with a computer-generated model of DNA and set against a background of a graph of fluctuating currency values.
    Created by Roger Ahn