Coding Practice in MatLAB

I had a post trying to relate a good coding practice in Matlab to the bus resistance of the code.

This week, in mathworks blog,  Brett suggested three nice tutorials for matlab enthusiastic. This is equally useful to  experts as well. They are:

• Michael Robbins' "Good MATLAB Programming Practices"; 
• Pascal Getreuer's "Writing Fast MATLAB Code"; and 
• Nico Schlömer's "Guidelines for writing clean and fast code in MATLAB."

From:

Good MATLAB Coding Practices

Open Access Physical Review X (PRX)

American Physical Society (APS) has opened up for the creative commons (cc) side of it.
Recently it announced the open access journal Physical Review X (PRX) with the aim of "covering all of physics and its application to related fields".

I think by publishing in the open access journals authors have two fold benefits. One, the readers will get unrestricted access to the articles. Second, because the readers get the easy access, the author will ultimately get more readers. Plus the authors retain the copyright of the articles. The cc3.0 license permits anyone, without the need to obtain permission from the author(s) or APS, to copy, distribute, transmit, and adapt article content, provided proper attribution is given to the author(s) and to the source of the material.

Currently there is $1500 processing fee supposedly to "cover the expenses associated with peer review, composition, hosting, and archiving."


From http://prx.aps.org/

PRX features

• Publication in a fully open access journal
• Broad subject coverage encouraging communication across related fields
• Validation through prompt and rigorous peer review
• Retention of copyright by authors
• Liberal reuse rights through Creative Commons licensing
• Rapid dissemination via continuous online publication
• Full integration with the Physical Review family of publications through APS's journal platform

A list of open access journals:
http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=expand

Today marks the 45th day and I am still thinking...
Did it really happen and what if it would not have happened?
I could not collect enough courage to jot down these words.

We will try our best to continue on the path that you illuminated.

Mom, please rest in peace.








































































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Cleaning the 16inch Telescope Mirror

Thanks to Prof. Delano, we were able to bring the 16-inch lens down.
It requires some cleaning up after about 40 5/6 years. The controller was also not functioning properly. The previous posts on observatory can be found here...
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 The concave reflector. Yes, it needed cleaning!

 

How to inspire your students?

It is said that it takes a whole village to raise kids...
The statement reflects the power a teacher has during the grooming of the kids in the classroom and beyond.

Some teachers took the parabolic flight, defying gravity and doing the experiments designed by their kids.

I think in the wake interest in increasing the number of students in STEM, one can devise NSF projects for such fun and inspiring projects.

How do you inspire your students?