Course Name: Physics through Computational Thinking

Course abstract

This course gives a hands-on introduction to computational thinking applied to basic undergraduate physics. A strong emphasis is placed on translating physics problems into a form suitable for analysis on a computer, with visual aids and computer programming tools. The focus here is primarily to develop the cognitive skill of computational thinking in Physics rather than elaborate numerical methods or exhaustive study of Physics. Our approach to problem solving is as follows: a) Formulate a basic problem that is amenable to full analytical solution. b) Translate the problem into a form that can be analyzed on a computer, first by visual tools followed by more sophisticated computational tools. c) Design complementary computational approaches whose results can be subjected to test against the analytical solutions, thus building confidence and making transparent both the methods. d) Exploit the confidence thus developed to tackle problems that are not amenable to a full analytical solution.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Auditya Sharma

Auditya Sharma: Got a B.Tech in Engineering Physics from IIT Madras in 2006, followed by a PhD in Physics with specialization in Statistical Physics from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 2011. He followed this with two postdoctoral stints: one at the International Institute of Physics, Natal, Brazil from 2011-2013, and another at Tel Aviv University, Israel from 2014-2015. He has been on the faculty in the Department of Physics at IISER Bhopal since 2015.
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Prof.Ambar Jain

Ambar Jain: Got an Int. Msc. degree in Physics from IIT Kanpur in 2003, followed by a Phd in High Energy Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge in 2009. He followed this with a postdoc at Carnegie Mellon University before joining the Department of Physics, IISER Bhopal as a faculty member
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Teaching Assistant(s)

Ritu

P.hD

ANSHUM MANCHANDA

P.hD

 Course Duration : Feb-Apr 2020

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 Enrollment : 18-Nov-2019 to 24-Feb-2020

 Exam registration : 16-Dec-2019 to 20-Mar-2020

 Exam Date : 25-Apr-2020

Enrolled

2301

Registered

16

Certificate Eligible

12

Certified Category Count

Gold

2

Silver

1

Elite

3

Successfully completed

6

Participation

0

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold





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AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 6 out of 8 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
Physics through Computational Thinking - Toppers list

SAPTARSHI SARKAR 95%

Hooghly Mohsin College

ROHIT SINGH 92%

Patna Womens College (Autonomous), Patna University, Patna

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 2301

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 80

Assignment Statistics




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Score Distribution Graph - Legend

Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.