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About the Course

This course gives you an introduction to modeling methods and simulation tools for a wide range of natural phenomena. The different methodologies that will be presented here can be applied to very wide range of topics such as fluid motion, stellar dynamics, population evolution, ... This course does not intend to go deeply into any numerical method or process and does not provide any recipe for the resolution of a particular problem. It is rather a basic guideline towards different methodologies that can be applied to solve any kind of problem and help you pick the one best suited for you. The assignments of this course will be made as practical as possible in order to allow you to actually create from scratch short programs that will solve simple problems. Although programming will be used extensively in this course we do not require any advanced programming experience in order to complete it....

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DM

Apr 4, 2021

Great course, it presents mathematical models and implementations to simulate behaviors of natural systems with the right level of difficulty. It offer awesome insights to solve and optimize code.

AR

Apr 17, 2018

Excellent course for people who love math, physics and simulations ! I choose it to get an insight on Lattice Boltzmann Method, I was happy to apply it and extend it to other cases.

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By Alessio V

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May 20, 2020

The course is a great introduction to the world of modelling and numerical simulation. The material provided is sufficient to get ahold of the different modelling techniques available in the field. During most weeks, the assignments provide examples of real models that really help understanding the concepts explained during the lessons. The scripts provided are clear and easy to handle despite Python is not my preferred language.

By James M R Q

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Aug 30, 2020

I learnt a lot in the course, but, I felt that they expected you to have some sort of programming, math or science related knowledge because some topics where taught superficially but the quizes related to that topic where pretty hard in some cases. Aside from that and the fact some slides had mistakes, I really enjoyed the course, they showed complicated topics in a simple and to the point way, and I always appreciate that.

By Mitch C

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Jan 11, 2022

I feel young again ;)

Some parts of the course covered methods I had last seen in numerical methods courses in the 1980s. Other topics such as the Verlet leapfrog method were new to me, and they made me want to revisit old vispy n-body simulations.

The presentation of Lattice Boltzmann methods improved my understanding of inflow and outflow boundaries. Now I need to fix some bugs in one of my hobby projects...

By Jack S

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Jun 25, 2019

This course covers a lot of different numerical simulation methods. Considering the length of video lectures, it is hard to go deep with certain details. I definitely recommend my peers to spend their own time to play around with some code. This will help you understand what's going on!

By Siddharth S

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Apr 12, 2018

The Course is an excellent soft introduction to simulation methods and gives a soft landing to the world of computation. I recommend this course to anyone who is proficient in programming and just needs a logical guide to help build efficient simulation models.

By Dr. I D

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Aug 2, 2021

This is a very nice course designed smartly and covering a variety of deterministic and stochastic models. The quizzes have been designed in a way that one has to have a good understanding of the course content as well as Python programming in order to pass.

By Johan B

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Dec 14, 2018

En general me gusto mucho el curso, aprendí bastante y pude correr una gran cantidad de simulaciones, buenos recursos aplicables.

Los últimos dos módulos necesitan un poco más de explicación como de la revisión de las preguntas de los exámenes.

By Tapan M

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Aug 13, 2020

While the course is only an introduction to the world of Simulation and Modelling, it manages to introduce just enough components to intrigue the learner and spring a curiosity to learn further on their own accord.

By Olatunde T

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Jul 31, 2020

The course was really interesting and enlightening. The course gave me further understanding of important concepts I had been exposed to as well as new concepts.

By Pongchalat C

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Sep 23, 2023

Great content and lots of examples. However, some assignments and quizzes need to be updated, as well as instructions and feedback for wrong answers.

By Anders A

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Mar 12, 2018

The first 6 weeks of the course very well done. Unfortunately, the last two weeks were not of the same quality as the remaining parts of the course.

By MALYADEEP B

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Sep 21, 2020

The course was nice and informative. Easily presented. But the last two weeks were difficult to grasp and not well delivered.

By Erick B

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Jan 20, 2021

There was some problems with the quizes that took the professors some time to correct.

By JADE J

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Jul 28, 2020

I recommend to put Jupyter Notes in this course. It might come handy in my opinion.

By Mohamad A D

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May 28, 2020

Overall, it is an excellent and well organized multidisciplinary modeling course.

By G.A.Tan

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Jul 28, 2017

A good overview of various simulation methodologies for diffe

By Bodhisattwa B

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Jul 2, 2020

Course content could have been more intense and detailed

By Ahmad H

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Mar 19, 2023

Great course in general, learned a lot of things.

By Apurva

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Mar 13, 2018

Content is great, it can be made better though,

By WANG, Y

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Jan 8, 2023

This course is very useful, Thanks!

By Zain U A

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Oct 19, 2024

a bit hard in my opinion.

By Joseph S

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Jul 3, 2020

Very Intersting........

By Naman R G

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Oct 29, 2024

very good course

By Jean-Michel C

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Nov 16, 2020

Très bon cours !

By michael b

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Oct 29, 2021

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