Technical Computing Using MATLAB®
Instructor: Dr. Adriana Hera
MATLAB® is a high-performance language for technical computing that integrates computation, visualization and programming in an easy-to-use environment. It is a standard instructional tool for mathematics, engineering and science courses in universities and has rapidly become the tool of choice for high productivity research, development and analysis in industry.
This two-day hands-on workshop is designed for beginning and intermediate MATLAB users. No prior knowledge of MATLAB is required. Taught in WPI's Computing and Communications Center by Dr. Adriana Hera, the workshop includes topics such as working with matrices; plotting and visualization; scripts and user defined functions; basic statistics and data analysis, nonlinear fitting; and, solving differential equations. In addition, the course includes a variety of engineering and scientific problems solved using MATLAB.
Topics
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Introduction to MATLAB
MATLAB Environment; Variables; Operators; MATLAB Functions; Matrices; Scripts; Loops and Logical Tests; and Basic plotting. -
Application of MATLAB
Polynomial Fitting; Interpolation; Fourier Transform; Basic Statistics; Numerical Integration; Numerical Root Finding; Techniques for Improving the Performance of MATLAB Programs; Debugging. -
Visualization & Specialized Tools
Solving Ordinary Differential Equations; Advanced Visualization Techniques; Animation. -
Data Analysis
Preparing Data for Analysis: Importing and Exporting Data; Plotting Data; Identifying and Interpolating Missing Data; Removing Outliers; Filtering Data; Descriptive Statistics; Data Fitting Using Minimization Techniques and Nonlinear Regression
Who Should Attend
This workshop is designed for beginning and intermediate MATLAB users. No prior knowledge of MATLAB is required. Registration is limited to a maximum of 20 participants in a session.
Fee
$1,895 per person
1.4 CEUs Awarded
Dates, Location and Course Number
October 20-21, 2009
WPI Main Campus, Worcester, MA
CRN 11642 OT 150
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