January 29th

MATLAB Crash-Course
JGB 2.312
7:00 – 9:00 pm

Instructor
Ryan Swindeman – The University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences

Abstract
This interactive tutorial is a short crash-course in MATLAB designed to give student scientists and engineers with little or no prior MATLAB experience a working knowledge of the subject. The audience is not expected to know another programming language in detail, but this information would help. Computers will be available on a first-come first-serve basis; bringing your own machine with a MATLAB installation is encouraged.

Topics Covered

• MATLAB Environment
• Programming Vocabulary
• Arrays, Matrices, and Tensors
• Operations
• Solving Equations/Roots
• Plotting
• Loops and Conditionals
• Functions
• Movies

Biography
Ryan Swindeman received a BS in physics with a minor in mathematics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. There his research and thesis comprised a condensed-matter physics and geophysics crossover project concerned with earthquake statistics and a mean-field model; his advisor was Dr. Karin Dahmen. Ryan enrolled at the University of Texas at Austin in fall 2013 and is pursuing a MS in geophysics. After graduation, he hopes to find a position in the oil industry.

Registration
Registration is free for TGS members. If you are interested, please e-mail Elliot Dahl at elliotdahl@utexas.edu with your name and if you have a computer with MATLAB or need to borrow one.