COMS S1005 - Summer 2012

Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in MATLAB

General Course Information
Summer 2011, Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:30pm to 8:40pm, Room 627 Mudd Building

Course Webpage
http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~pblaer/cs1005/

Course Description
A general introduction to computer science and programming primarily for engineering students. Covers fundamental concepts of computer science, algorithmic problem-solving capabilities, and introductory MATLAB programming skills. Assumes no prior programming background.

Instructor:

Teaching Assistants:

TBA

Recommended Textbook

Duane Hanselman and Bruce Littlefield, Mastering MATLAB, Prentice Hall. ISBN: 9780136013303.

Grading
Your course grade will be based on 5 homework assignments (50%), a midterm exam (20%) and a final exam (30%).

Course topics

• Introduction to Computer Science
• Introduction to MATLAB
• Variables and Operators
• Arrays and Array operations
• Logical operators and Control Flow
• Algorithms
• Introduction Complexity
• Scripts and Functions
• Binary representations of numbers
• Data types
• Structures and Cell arrays
• Introduction to Computer Organization
• Von Neumann Architecture
• Assembly and the evolution of programming
• Reading and writing text files
• Data analysis and visualization
• Working with polynomials, optimization, integration and differentiation
• Object oriented programming

Homework Policy
You will have 1 week to complete each homework assignment.

All homeworks must be done individually. Please review the Computer Science Department's policy on academic honesty.