PHYS 5391 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN PHYSICS

COURSE:

PHYS 5391 - Speciall topics in Physics -Fall 2002

Prerequisite: UTB-UTEP Master in Physics

Description: Learning on Grid  and parallel computing

INSTRUCTOR:

Manuela Campanelli

Office: SETB 2.258

Phone: 574-6656

E-mail: manuela@phys.utb.edu

 

Office Hrs:  M 9:30am-12:00am, F 9:30am-12:00am, and by appointment.

 

REQUIRED TEXT:

"Cactus Manual" ,  Cactus

 

COURSE TOPICS:

Grid computing and numerical relativity

 

CLASSES:

Mondays (10:00am-12:00pm). Room SETB 2.258.

 

EXAMS:

Final: Monday, December 9, 2002 (10:00am-12:30am).

 

HOMEWORK:

Homework problems will be assigned and graded every week. They will be due the following week.

 

GRADES:

Your final grade will be based on homework (75%), and final (25%). The final exam will consist of a presentation to the class on a particular topic from the work.

Letter grades will be assigned to number grades as follows: A: 90-100, B: 80-89, C: 70-79, D: 60-69, F: 0-59

 

ATTENDANCE:

Attendance in lecture will be taken.

 

MAKE-UP WORK:

Make-up exams and/or extra credit will not be given.

 

HELPFUL HINTS:

Homework problems constitute the major part of this course. Also, I will be available after lecture and during office hours to answer any questions you might have on the problems.

 

Monday 2nd September (10:00-12:00 am):
 

Student	Labs(due on Monday 9th September)	Grades	Attendance
Santiago Peña	Installation and running in parallel  WaveToy in Cactus	100/100	V

Monday 9th September (10:00-12:00 am):
 

Student	Labs(due on Monday 16th September)	Grades	Attendance
Santiago Peña	Maintaining Grid web pages / newsletters	90/100	V

Monday 16th September (10:00-12:00 am):
 

Student	Labs(due on Monday 23rd September)	Grades	Attendance
Santiago Peña	Learning  the use of VDT in Lobizón: Condor	95/100	V

Monday 23rd September (10:00-12:00 am):
 

Student	Labs(due on Monday 30th September)	Grades	Attendance
Santiago Peña	Learning  the use of VDT in Lobizón: Globus	95/100	V

Monday 30th September (10:00-12:00 am):
 

Student	Labs(due on Monday 7th October)	Grades	Attendance
Santiago Peña	Learning  the use of VDT in Lobizón: CondorG	95/100	V

Monday 7th October (10:00-12:00 am):
 

Student	Labs(due on Monday 14th October)	Grades	Attendance
Santiago Peña	Testing of VDT in Lobizón: Grid Testbed I	98/100	V

Monday 14th October (10:00-12:00 am):
 

Student	Labs(due on Monday 21th October)	Grades	Attendance
Santiago Peña	Testing of VDT in Lobizón: Grid Testbed II	98/100	V

Monday 21th October (10:00-12:00 am):
 

Student	Labs(due on Monday 28th October)	Grades	Attendance
Santiago Peña	Testing of VDT in Lobizón: Grid Testbed III	98/100	V

Monday 28th October (10:00-12:00 am):
 

Student	Labs(due on Monday 4th November)	Grades	Attendance
Santiago Peña	Documentation and Lobizón Web Pages I	85/100	V

Monday 4th November (10:00-12:00 am):
 

Student	Labs(due on Monday 11th November)	Grades	Attendance
Santiago Peña	Documentation and Lobizón Web Pages II	100/100	V

Monday 11th November (10:00-12:00 am):
 

Student	Labs (due on Monday 18th November)	Grades	Attendance
Santiago Peña	Preparation on SC2002 LIGO-GriPhyN Testbed and Installation of VDT 1.1.3

Monday 18th November (10:00-12:00 am):
 

Student	Labs (due on Monday 21th November)	Grades	Attendance
Santiago Peña	Participation on SC2002 LIGO-GriPhyN Testbed	90/100	V

Monday 25th November (10:00-12:00 am):
 

Student	Labs (due on Monday 2nd December)	Grades	Attendance
Santiago Peña	Documentation on SC2002 LIGO-GriPhyN Testbed

Monday 2nd December (10:00-12:00 am):
 

Student	Labs (due on Monday 9th December)	Grades	Attendance
Santiago Peña	Final Presentation about SC2002 LIGO-GriPhyN Testbed