6.S083 Introduction to Computational Thinking with Julia

Spring 2020

Please see https://github.com/mitmath/6S083 for the Spring 2020 version of the course

See the branch fall_2019 here for the fall 2019 version.

Welcome to 6.S083. This is an introductory course on Computational Thinking, using the Julia programming language, taught in fall 2019.

Professors

Visiting Professor David P. Sanders ([email protected]) & Professor Alan Edelman

Lectures

MW 3 - 4.30, online. (Registered students will receive a Zoom link.)

Start date: March 30, 2020.

Office hours

TBD

Evaluation

• 5 problem sets, 20% each. Lowest score dropped.

• To pass, you must submit at least 4 problem sets with passing grades

• No final exam

Problem sets consist of coding and will be submitted online.

Windows users

If you use Windows, please download Git for Windows here

Getting the files

To get the files, use git from the command line (or from a GUI), as follows

• Clone the repository once with

git clone https://github.com/dpsanders/6.S083

This will create a new directory called 6.S083 with the matierials.

• Update it to pull in new changes

git pull

This needs to be executed from within the directory. (Use cd to change directory.)

Syllabus

See here for the course syllabus and schedule.