NPTEL: MATLAB Programming for Numerical Computation

NPTEL Online Course Overview and Schedules

MATLAB Programming for Numerical Computation
Dr. Niket Kaisare, IIT-Madras

Course Objectives
The objective of this course is to introduce undergraduate students to computational
methods using MATLAB. At the end of this course, a student would:

• Learn basics of MATLAB programming

• Get introduced to numerical methods for engineering problems
• Will be able to use MATLAB to solve computational problems

Course Layout
Course start date is 5th February 2018

The course will be covered in the following eight modules: One module per week.
Video lectures will usually be of 15 to 20 minutes in duration. (Except Module-1, where
introductory lectures may be longer). The table below gives information about the
modules and the schedule followed in this online course:

Week No. Module Assignments

Uploaded Due Graded

1 Intro to MATLAB Programming 5th Feb None No

2 Approximations and Errors 12th Feb 21st Feb Best 5 of 7

3 Differentiation and Integration 19th Feb 28th Feb Best 5 of 7

4 Linear Equations 26th Feb 7th Mar Best 5 of 7

5 Nonlinear Equations 5th Mar 14th Mar Best 5 of 7

6 Regression and Interpolation 12th Mar 21st Mar Best 5 of 7

7 ODE in single variables 19th Mar 28th Mar Best 5 of 7

8 ODE – Practical Problems 26th Mar 4th Apr Best 5 of 7

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MATLAB Availability
MATLAB Online, a fully-featured browser-based MATLAB version will be available
to the course participants free of cost, courtesy of MathWorks.

Information regarding the same will be provided two weeks before the course start, i.e.
on 22nd Jan.

Video Upload Schedules

Videos for Module 1 will be uploaded by January 1st, 2018.

This will allow participants ample time to review whether this course suits their
requirements. We will also upload a background problem-sheet two weeks before the
start of the course, i.e., January 22nd.

Videos for each subsequent module will be uploaded along with that module’s
assignment on the same day (i.e., Monday).

All the lecture videos (for all 8 weeks) have already been archived at the NPTEL
website at: http://nptel.ac.in/courses/103106118/.

Course Enrolment
If you are able to browse the course material, download this PDF file and view the
discussion forums, you have already enrolled in this course!

Simply watch the videos, do the practice problems and submit your assignments.

NPTEL Certification
This is an NPTEL certification course. Certification is optional.

If you wish to get certification, please register for certification as described on NPTEL
website. Link for the above will be updated later

Overall Grading Policy for Certification

Assignments (25%): Assignments from Modules 2–8 will be graded. Best five out of
these seven assignments will count towards 25% of the course grade.

Exam will account for 75% of the grade. More details provided when course starts.

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Assignment Submission

Assignment needs to be completed using MATLAB (either the one provided by their
university / institution, or MATLAB Online provided in this course). The results should
be uploaded before the submission deadline on the NPTEL Online Course portal.

You may submit assignment multiple times before the deadline. However, only your
last attempt in each problem will be counted.

Assignment Deadlines

Assignments will be uploaded every Monday for that particular module. Inclusive of
the Monday, you will have 10 calendar days to solve the problems. The assignments
will be due by 11 pm on Wednesday of the following week. The assignments need to
be submitted strictly by the deadline.

Assignments will be due by 11 pm on each Wednesday, for the entire run of the course.
Please plan on submitting assignments well in advance to avoid any issues with
accessing our servers.

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