Interactive Computational Simulation
CIS 5930

Fall 2002
TTh 3:35
499 Dirac Science Library
Dr. David C. Banks

 
 
  1. 1 hours
    Get an account on the CSIT machines. Log in to a linux machine in the Computing Commons. Download wave.00.tar.gz into a directory of your choosing. Then type
    gunzip wave.00.tar.gz
    tar xvf wave.00.tar
    cd wave.00
    make -f Makefile.linux
    ./go
    You should see the back side (albeit unlit) of a surface displayed in a window. Drag the mouse (left button down) to rotate the object. You should also see a display of the source code.

  2. 2 hours
    Log in to a linux machine in the Computing Commons and take the vim tutorial (/usr/bin/vimtutor). If you have never used linux or unix, search the Web for "linux tutorial".
    Create a Web page for the course at http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~user/cis5930/ by creating a directory in /home/www/user/public_html/cis5930 (replace "user" with your account name).
    You can use vim to edit the Web page. If you have never created an HTML document, search google for a tutorial on HTML.
    Put links on the page to your future assignments, which will be in directories like /home/www/user/public_html/cis5930/hw00/ . Put your name and the course description at the top the page.

  3. 2 hours
    Read the New York Times article "All Science Is Computer Science" (free registration is required; text-only version mirrored here). Put a printed copy in your notebook. Write a 1-paragraph summary of the article, plus a 1-paragraph description of a computational research project at FSU/FAMU. Create a link to the project if it has a Web page. Put this in your hw00/index.html page.

  4. 1 hours
    Prepare a notebook for this course, one with a clear plastic cover into which you can insert a sheet of paper. Print your Web page and insert it into the front cover of the notebook.
    Print this page and put it into the notebook.
    Print the .pdf documents (two-sided if possible) in the wave.00/doc directory and put them in your notebook.

    5. Print your summary and put it in the notebook.
    Bring the notebook to class.