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Foil 7 PCCS: Physical Computation and Complex Systems at Caltech

From Computational Science Overview May 1195 Presentation at Illinois Computational Science Seminar -- May 5,1995. by Geoffrey C. Fox
1 Replaced some of physics phenomenology requirements (Quantum Physics) by two courses:
  • One similar to CPS615 at Syracuse and
  • One discussing Complex Systems including neural networks, genetic algorithms and related topics
2 Realistically PCCS could only be taken by a Physics major
  • Physics is a good training for computational science as one is taught ab initio problem solving
  • I have had tremendous success in retraining Physics PhD's to general Computational Science
  • 3 of 4 NSF Supercomputer Centers led by Physicists
  • Computer science has a problem as (at Syracuse for instance) no training in practical programming, numerical methods and focus on discrete and not the important continuous (applied) mathematics.
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