Computational_Science_and_Engineering精选.ppt

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 37 * 42 56 * 24 * * * * * Interactive Scientific Computing Online virtual worlds have great potential as sites for research in the social, behavioral, and economic sciences, as well as in human- centered computer science. A number of research methodologies are being explored, including formal experimentation, observational ethnography, and quantitative analysis of economic markets or social networks. Web Science What is a Computational Scientist? Thank YouQuestions, Comments? bebo@ * Validation * * Science? Computational Science is a multidisciplinary activity, brings together people from a variety of disciplines. * * Seismology: oil exploration, earthquake prediction (Parallel computation reduced compute time from weeks to hours) Global ocean/ climate modeling: global warming, weather prediction Economics: growth of a local or national economy (Agent-based modeling), management of resources, analysis of tax strategies Environmental: utilization of resources, population modeling, insect control Materials research: design of new materials, smart materials; shape driven by temperature materials; materials aging issues (Stockpile stewardship) Drug design: design of anti-cancer drugs, etc. Manufacturing: optimization of manufacturing processes, automation Medicine: Medical imaging, MRIs Human genome: applications to understanding and treating disease * * * Simplify: Purpose is to eliminate unnecessary information and to simplify that which is retained as much as possible. Simplifying assumptions: no friction in the system (physics), no immigration or emigration (population), constant growth rate (biology), etc. Governing principles: laws/relationships from physics, biology, engineering economics, etc.; balance equations. Key variables and relationships Variables types include input variables, output variables, and parameters. * A mathematical model or algorithm is an impo