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<title>Programming with MATLAB</title>
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<h1>The Problem</h1>
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<li>Scientists are using computers to do amazing things, like
<ul>
<li>predict the physics of aircraft,</li>
<li>develop atomic and molecular models to better understand matter,</li>
<li>simulate the motion of planets, stars and galaxies, and</li>
<li>study the biological processes that form the building blocks of life.</li>
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<h1>The Problem</h1>
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<li><p>But for every successful simulation of global climate, there are a dozen more groups struggling just to get their program to run.</p></li>
<li><p>Many of them tweak and tinker for months, or years, till their code does something more than produce zeros, or grind to a halt.</p></li>
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<h1>The Solution</h1>
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<li>All of this pain can be avoided by
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<li>writing programs that are well-documented,</li>
<li>properly reusing code in programs,</li>
<li>automating tasks that are done often, and</li>
<li>systematically finding and fixing bugs when they appear.</li>
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<h1>The Solution</h1>
<ul>
<li>The good news is that none of this is rocket science.</li>
<li>Like callibrating an oscilloscope, or titrating a solution, they are skills that are quickly picked up, and become easier with practice</li>
<li>…and they will be the focus of today’s lesson.</li>
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<h1>Why MATLAB?</h1>
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<li>We use MATLAB in our lesson because
<ul>
<li>we have to use <em>something</em> for our lesson,</li>
<li>it’s well documented,</li>
<li>it has a large user base among scientists in academia and the industry, and</li>
<li>it has a large library of packages for performing diverse tasks.</li>
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<h1>Today’s Lesson</h1>
<ul>
<li>In today’s lesson, we’ll learn how to
<ul>
<li>load, analyze and visualize data in MATLAB,</li>
<li>get our program to <em>repeat</em> tasks by writing <em>loops</em>,</li>
<li>get our programs to <em>make decisions</em> using <em>conditionals</em>,</li>
<li>make our code <em>reusable</em> by writing <em>scripts</em> and <em>functions</em>,</li>
<li>write programs that <em>check themselves</em> for bugs,</li>
</ul></li>
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<h1>Today’s Lesson</h1>
<ul>
<li>…and along the way, learn some good programming practices, that will save us plenty of time, sweat and tears in the long run.</li>
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