Welcome to 6.S083 / 18.S190 (dual listed)! This is an introductory course on Computational Thinking, using the Julia programming language, with applications to modelling the COVID-19 epidemic. It is being taught at MIT in the 2nd half of the spring 2020 semester.

Visiting Professor David P. Sanders ([email protected]) & Professor Alan Edelman

MW 3 - 4.30, online. (Registered students will receive a Zoom link.)

Start date: March 30, 2020.

TBD

• 5 problem sets, 20% each. Lowest score dropped.

• To pass, you must submit at least 4 problem sets with passing grades

• No final exam

Problem sets consist of coding and will be submitted online.

If you use Windows, please download Git for Windows here

To get the files, use git from the command line (or from a GUI), as follows

• Clone the repository once with

git clone https://github.com/dpsanders/6.S083

This will create a new directory called 6.S083 with the matierials.

• Update it to pull in new changes

git pull

This needs to be executed from within the directory. (Use cd to change directory.)

See here for the course syllabus and schedule.