Difference between revisions of "CS382:Topics Matrix"

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* SecondLife or OpenSim
 
* SecondLife or OpenSim
  
=== Guideline Skill Sets ===
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=== Foundation Skills ===
 
* Creating a graph
 
* Creating a graph
 
* Interpreting a graph
 
* Interpreting a graph
 
* Basic statistics
 
* Basic statistics
 
* Estimation
 
* Estimation
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* Parameter sweep
  
 
Potentially
 
Potentially
 
* Building a physical model
 
* Building a physical model

Revision as of 10:32, 2 February 2009

This is meant to be a rough draft of an idea Charlie and I talked about: that we should have a n-by-n matrix of different ideas that we want to make sure we hit. Since an n-by-n matrix is hard to display (especially on a wiki!) it turned into a list instead. Once this is finished, we should make sure that at least one unit addresses each one of these topics.

Initial "dimensions" of the matrix:

Scientific Disciplines

  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Physics
  • Geology (earthquakes)
  • Environmental science
  • One of the social sciences

Potentially:

  • Astronomy

Scientific Tools

  • Agent-based modeling: Netlogo or AgentSheets
  • Systems-based modeling: Vensim
  • Visualization
  • Sensor nets
  • Mashups and Google Earth
  • Parameter sweep

Potentially

  • SecondLife or OpenSim

Foundation Skills

  • Creating a graph
  • Interpreting a graph
  • Basic statistics
  • Estimation
  • Parameter sweep

Potentially

  • Building a physical model