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[previous article] [next article]This semester four new instructors are offering their time and expertise for the benefit of the rest of us. More information is available regarding short courses being offered this Fall by referring to the material starting on page 10.
Professor Paul Anderson from Freshman Engineering has agreed to teach a course on using and creating shell scripts. He describes his course as being for "absolute beginners" and plans to use examples of handy shell scripts from his new book, Just Enough UNIX.
Gaining an understanding of how to make shell scripts work for you can lighten some of the repetitive tasks in your computing life. A well-designed shell script can change a multi-minute typing chore into a few simple keystrokes.
Peter Bereolos, a graduate student in Chemical Engineering has used MATHEMATICA and is willing to offer an introductory course on getting started using this powerful package.
MATHEMATICA was first marketed in 1988 and was hailed as a major advance in the technology of mathematics. This package offers 750 built in mathematical operations! Many ECN system users want to begin using this package but find the vast array of possible applications daunting. Hopefully this introductory short course will assist in explaining away some of the usual "start up frustrations" of using a new package.
Greg Roslansky has returned to Purdue to combine his mechanical design experience with a degree in computer science. He is willing to share his experience of using AutoCAD in the "real world" with us. Greg feels the way to understand how to use a CAD system is through hands-on experience; therefore, openings in his class will be limited to the 24 Sun workstations in the room. Read his article, Making AutoCAD A Little Easier To Use. Sign up early for his class...it will fill quickly.
Prof. Zoltowski will demonstrate the ease of math processing with the MATLAB software package. He will show the ease with which matrices and vectors can be manipulated, the ease with which complex matrix operations such as the singular value decomposition can be performed, and the ease with which complex signal processing applications may be implemented. He will also discuss how to generate plots and attendant postscript files.
Katherine Markee and Charlotte Erdmann from the Purdue Libraries will be offering information on new and exciting electronic services available to assist you in gathering published research. Did you know that the library has access to a multitude of profession and scientific databases and that this wealth of information is available to you through the Computer Based Information Service office? This is definitely the short course to attend if you will be writing journal articles or gathering research for your thesis work. If you are interested in attending this class, please contact the Computer Based Information Service (CBIS) office, 494-2808, to be sure adequate handouts are brought to the class.
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