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README.md

+# Programming Techniques for Scientific Simulations I ([402-0811-00L](http://www.vvz.ethz.ch/Vorlesungsverzeichnis/lerneinheit.view?semkez=2021W&ansicht=KATALOGDATEN&lerneinheitId=148080&lang=en))
+
+### General information
+
+The course will take place in a **hybrid presence / online** format:
+
+  * **Presence**: Thursday 13:45 - 17:30, [HCI](http://www.mapsearch.ethz.ch/map/mapSearchPre.do?gebaeudeMap=HCI&geschossMap=G&raumMap=3&farbcode=c010&lang=en) [J 3](http://www.rauminfo.ethz.ch/Rauminfo/grundrissplan.gif?gebaeude=HCI&geschoss=J&raumNr=3&lang=en) [>>](http://www.rauminfo.ethz.ch/Rauminfo/RauminfoPre.do?gebaeude=HCI&geschoss=J&raumNr=3&lang=en)
+
+  * **Online**: Live stream over Zoom. All Meeting IDs can be found
+    [here](http://www.sam.math.ethz.ch/~karoger/pt/hs2021/)
+    (Login credentials were sent by Email on Monday, September 20.
+    If you were not enrolled in the course then, please
+    send an email to the mailing list [below](#questions)).
+
+  * **Recordings**: All recordings can be found [here](http://www.sam.math.ethz.ch/~karoger/pt/hs2021/).
+    (See remark above for the login credentials.)
+
+We kindly ask **all participants** to comply with the up-to-date Coronavirus
+COVID-19 measures:
+
+  * <https://ethz.ch/services/en/news-and-events/coronavirus.html>
+
+### Summary
+
+This lecture provides an overview of programming techniques for scientific
+simulations.
+The focus is on advanced C++ programming techniques and scientific software
+libraries.
+Based on an overview over the hardware components of PCs and supercomputers,
+optimization methods for scientific simulation codes are explained.
+
+### Questions
+
+For questions or remarks we have a mailing list where you can reach us:
+<pt1_hs21@sympa.ethz.ch >.
+
+## Lecture slides, script, exercises and solutions
+
+Lecture slides, exercise sheets and solutions will be provided as part of this
+git repository.
+
+## Submission
+
+If you want to receive feedback on your exercises, please push your solutions
+to your own git repository before **Monday night** of the week after we hand
+out the exercise sheet.
+Then send a notification / request for correction email (possibly with specific
+questions) to the mailing list.
+Advanced users may use `GitLab` issues (make sure to tag all the assistants,
+but not the professor, with their @name in the issue description).
+
+Your exercise will then be corrected before the next exercise session.
+Make sure to give *maintainer* access to the following people:
+@karoger, @engelerp, @ilabarca, @lbloin, @msudwoj and @rworreby.
+
+Of course, working in small groups is allowed (and even encouraged using a
+collaborative workflow with `git` and `GitLab`).
+However, please make sure that you understand every part of the group's
+proposed solution (you will have to e.g., at the exam!).
+If several group members submit the exercises, please indicate clearly in the
+notification/request for correction email all the group members and indicate
+which parts of the solution you would like to have looked at individually
+(although we try to run data comparison tools carefully during the correction,
+we may miss some individual solution of group members).
+
+## Course confirmation (Testat)
+
+For students needing the confirmation (Testat) for this course, we require
+that 70% of the exercises have been solved reasonably (sinnvoll).
+The submission deadline is every Wednesday midnight (Zurich time!).
+
+Please announce that you want the confirmation (Testat) for this course
+explicitly at the beginning of the semester. Contact us either in person or
+through the mailing list.
+
+## Exam information
+
+* For general information, see the performance assessment tab in the course
+  catalogue [here](http://www.vvz.ethz.ch/Vorlesungsverzeichnis/lerneinheit.view?semkez=2021W&ansicht=LEISTUNGSKONTROLLE&lerneinheitId=148080&lang=en).
+
+* The exam will have two parts: A written theoretical part, and a programming
+  part that you will solve on the exam computers.
+
+* The exam computers will run Fedora Linux, similar to those that you find in
+  the computer rooms in the ETH main building.
+  The system language of the computers is English.
+  A list of the installed software can be found [here](https://www.ethz.ch/services/en/it-services/catalogue/managed-client/computer-rooms.html).
+
+* By default, the keyboards will have the Swiss layout.
+  There will be a poll for those who want to get a US keyboard instead.
+
+* Provided on the computers are:
+    * The full lecture repository
+    * The C++ standard ([draft version](http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2012/n3337.pdf))
+    * An offline version of http://www.cppreference.com
+      (See *Html book* https://en.cppreference.com/w/Cppreference:Archives)  
+      We recommend that you try it out before the exam.
+      Also note that the search function is absent: use the Index page and the
+      search function of the browser.
+    * An offline version of [the Python documentation](https://docs.python.org/3.8/index.html)
+      (See https://docs.python.org/3.8/download.html)
+      We recommend that you try it out before the exam.
+    * As needed, offline versions of the documentation for Python libraries.
+
+* This is an open-book exam, which means that you can bring any written
+  material (books, notes, printed code, ...).
+  However, you may **not** use any digital devices (other than the exam
+  computer) during the exam.
+
+* Don't forget to bring your student card (Legi).
+
+## Useful resources
+
+### Literature
+
+C/C++ primers and references:
+
+* Stroustrup, "The C++ Programming Language", 2013.
+  Available online within the ETH network [here](https://search.library.ethz.ch/permalink/f/823s1o/nebis_sfx3280000000036330).
+
+* Kernighan and Ritchie, "C Programming Language", 1988.
+  Available online within the ETH network [here](https://search.library.ethz.ch/permalink/f/13kse66/nebis_sfx3710000000220165).
+
+Practical/Advanced C++ programming:
+
+* Meyers, "Effective STL", 2001.
+  Available online within the ETH network [here](https://search.library.ethz.ch/permalink/f/13kse66/nebis_sfx1000000000385265).
+
+* Meyers, "Effective C : 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and
+  Designs", 2005.
+  Available online within the ETH network [here](https://search.library.ethz.ch/permalink/f/823s1o/ebi01_prod009837972).
+
+* Meyers, "Effective Modern C++", 2014.
+  Available online within the ETH network [here](https://search.library.ethz.ch/permalink/f/13kse66/nebis_sfx3800000000006955).
+
+* Vandevoorde, Gregor, and Josuttis, "C++ Templates: The Complete Guide", 2017.
+  Available online within the ETH network [here](https://search.library.ethz.ch/permalink/f/823s1o/nebis_sfx4100000000880644).
+
+
+### Web resources
+
+* [C++ reference](https://en.cppreference.com)
+* [C++ standard](https://isocpp.org/)
+* [C++ core guidelines](http://isocpp.github.io/CppCoreGuidelines/CppCoreGuidelines)