AST5110 – Numerical Modeling

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• describe the discretization of simple PDE's such as the advection equation.
• examine the stability of difference equations using von Neumann stability analysis.
• explain the implicit and explicit numerical schemes and solution techniques for these.
• acquire expertise in characteristic equations.
• use continuous integration aspects, cloud platforms and git (github/gitlab) among other tools.

Both Master's and PhD candidates can take this course. The course is not open for single course studies.

Students admitted at UiO must apply for courses in Studentweb. Students enrolled in other Master's Degree Programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.

PhD candidates from the University of Oslo should apply for classes and register for examinations through Studentweb. If a course has limited intake capacity, priority will be given to PhD candidates who follow an individual education plan where this particular course is included.

The course has a max capacity of 30 students, with 15 spots for Master's students and 15 spots for PhD candidates. Based on experience, there is generally room for everyone who applies for admission to the course within the deadline.

Teaching extends over one semester. Three hours of lectures will be given every day in an intensive two-week period at the beginning of the semester. During the rest of the semester, students will be working on a major project assignment that will be adapted to the Master's level, where they will code, and receive individual digital supervision on a weekly basis.

During the first two weeks of teaching, students will also be given six compulsory exercises that will be adapted to the Master's level. These assignments must be approved before students can start working on the major project assignment. At the end of the semester, students are expected to give an oral presentation of major project assignments and learned course experiences. This presentation which will be part of the assessment in the course.

During the semester, the student will work on a major project assignment that will be adapted to the Master's level. Results from the project assignment will be presented orally at the end of the semester and delivered in slides / a presentation. The presentation of the project assignment will be the basis for a final oral exam, which counts 70% towards the final grade. The compulsory exercises and delivered presentation slides will make up 30% of the final grade, where each will count as 5%.

This course has 6 compulsory exercises that must be approved before the final exam.

It will also be counted as one of the three attempts to sit the exam for this course if you sit the exam for the following course: AST9110 – Numerical Modeling

Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are offered a postponed examination at the beginning of the next semester.

Re-scheduled examinations are not offered to students who withdraw during, or did not pass, the original examination.