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B013197 - COMPLEMENTS OF COMPUTATIONAL METHODS
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Course Content
Suggested readings
Learning Objectives
Prerequisites
Teaching Methods
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Type of Assessment
Course program
Academic Year 2011-12
Course year
Second year - Second Semester
Belonging Department
Physics and Astronomy
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
INF/01 - INFORMATICS
Credits
3
Teaching Hours
28
Teaching Term
01/03/2012 ⇒ 15/06/2012
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Mutuality
Course teached as:
B015854 - INFORMATICA
3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in PHYSICS AND ASTROPHYSICS
B015854 - INFORMATICA
3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in PHYSICS AND ASTROPHYSICS
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
Main components of computer hardware: CPU, data storage, I/O devices. Boolean algebras and their application in the design of digital circuits. Numeration systems and binary arithmetic. Analysis of a problem and determination of a solving algorithm. Programming languages and coding of instructions and data. Introduction to C programming: data and instructions, I/O functions, control statements, arrays and strings; functions; pointers. Laboratory exercises.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
D. Sciuto, G. Buonanno, L. Mari, Introduzione ai sistemi informatici, McGraw Hill.
K. N. King, Programmazione in C, Apogeo.
L. M. Barone, E. Marinari, G. Organtini, F. Ricci-Tersenghi, Programmazione Scientifica, Pearson Education
K. N. King, Programmazione in C, Apogeo.
L. M. Barone, E. Marinari, G. Organtini, F. Ricci-Tersenghi, Programmazione Scientifica, Pearson Education
Learning Objectives
The course aims to provide some basic concepts of computer science, paying particular attention on programming. At the end of the course, the student will acquire language, methods and techniques allowing him to understand and solve easy computer science problems.
Prerequisites
Courses to be used as requirements (required and/or recommended):
Courses required: None.
Courses recommended: None.
Courses required: None.
Courses recommended: None.
Teaching Methods
CFU: 6
Total hours of the course (including the time spent in attending lectures, seminars, private study, examinations, etc...): 150
Contact hours for: Lectures (hours): 24
Contact hours for: Laboratory (hours): 24
Total hours of the course (including the time spent in attending lectures, seminars, private study, examinations, etc...): 150
Contact hours for: Lectures (hours): 24
Contact hours for: Laboratory (hours): 24
Further information
Luca Ferrari
Office hours: By appointment (contact professor by e-mail or phone number).
Dipartimento di Sistemi e Informatica, Viale Morgagni, 65, 50134 - Firenze (FI), tel: 055 4237454, E-Mail: ferrari@dsi.unifi.it
Simone Landi
By appointment contacting the professor by e-mail or phone call.
Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia,
Sezione di Astronomia e Scienza dello Spazio
Largo E. Fermi 2, 50125 Firenze
Tel: +39 055 205 5224
Email: simone.landi@unifi.it
Office hours: By appointment (contact professor by e-mail or phone number).
Dipartimento di Sistemi e Informatica, Viale Morgagni, 65, 50134 - Firenze (FI), tel: 055 4237454, E-Mail: ferrari@dsi.unifi.it
Simone Landi
By appointment contacting the professor by e-mail or phone call.
Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia,
Sezione di Astronomia e Scienza dello Spazio
Largo E. Fermi 2, 50125 Firenze
Tel: +39 055 205 5224
Email: simone.landi@unifi.it
Type of Assessment
Oral test
Course program
Introduction to information processing and to the intuitive notion of algorithm. Main component of computer hardware: CPU, primary and secondary storage, I/O devices.
Introduction to computer architecture: theory of Boolean algebras, and its use in the design of digital circuits. Numeration systems and binary arithmetic. Analysis of a problem and determination of a solving algorithm. Programming languages and coding of instructions and data. Introduction to programming in C: data and instructions; I/O functions; control statements; arrays and strings; functions; pointers. Laboratory exercises.
Introduction to computer architecture: theory of Boolean algebras, and its use in the design of digital circuits. Numeration systems and binary arithmetic. Analysis of a problem and determination of a solving algorithm. Programming languages and coding of instructions and data. Introduction to programming in C: data and instructions; I/O functions; control statements; arrays and strings; functions; pointers. Laboratory exercises.