Initial Publication Date: April 21, 2017

Developing Computational Skills in the Sciences with MATLAB

Thursday, April 27, 2017

12:00 pm Pacific | 1:00 pm Mountain | 2:00 pm Central | 3:00 pm Eastern
 Presenters: Lisa Kempler (MathWorks), Alain Plattner (California State University–Fresno), Benjamin Bratton (Princeton University), and Daniel Zysman (Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Summary

Click to watch the webinar screencast (MP4 Video 878.3MB Apr28 17).
This 60-minute webinar will showcase the web pages and resources that have been designed collaboratively by SERC and MathWorks to help you explore how teaching computation in the sciences with MATLAB can enhance the student learning environment in undergraduate science and related courses. The webinar will explore common challenges of teaching computational skills, focusing on teaching data visualization and data analysis, and showcase examples of biology, neuroscience, and geophysics teaching activities that overcome these challenges by utilizing MATLAB as a tool. Lisa Kempler from MathWorks will introduce the web pages and resources available for teaching with MATLAB. Alain Plattner from California State University–Fresno will showcase the teaching activity, Choice of geophone layout in a simple near-surface seismics setting; Benjamin Bratton from Princeton University will showcase the teaching activity, Building Modular Tools for Visualizing Computation; and Daniel Zysman from Massachusetts Institute of Technology will showcase the teaching activity, Principal Component Analysis.

Goals:

At the end of this webinar, participants will have...

  • Access to resources about teaching computation, using MATLAB as a tool
  • Examples of teaching activities that address some common challenges of teaching computational skills
  • Strategies for teaching visualization, data processing, and analysis of scientific data
  • An opportunity to join a growing community of peer educators

Logistics

Time - 12:00 pm Pacific | 1:00 pm Mountain | 2:00 pm Central | 3:00 pm Eastern
Duration - 1 hour
Format - Online web presentation via Adobe Connect web conference software with questions and discussion. To join the webinar, please visit: http://serc.adobeconnect.com/matlab/ and follow the prompts.
Registration is closed.
Preparation - There is no advance preparation required for this webinar.

Please email Rory McFadden (rmcfadden AT carleton.edu) if you have any questions about this event.

Presenters

Lisa Kempler, MATLAB Community Strategist, MathWorks

Alain Plattner, Earth and Environmental Sciences, California State University–Fresno

Benjamin Bratton, Molecular Biology, Princeton University

Daniel Zysman, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Program

Developing Computational Skills in the Sciences with Matlab Webinar 2017 (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 15MB May30 17)

1) Welcome and Introductions

2) Introduction to the site and resources – Lisa

3) Common challenges of teaching computational skills

4) Teaching activities that address these challenges

  • Choice of geophone layout in a simple near-surface seismics setting – Alain
  • Building Modular Tools for Visualizing Computation – Benjamin
  • Principal Component Analysis – Daniel

5) Questions

6) Main takeaways and upcoming opportunities – Lisa

7) Webinar Evaluation

Resources

This webinar is sponsored by

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