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I have uploaded Assignment 2 to the Google drive folder. The file name is AST4320_Assignment2.pdf. The deadline is Sunday, November 10, 2024. 

Sijing 

1) The passing grade of the assignments is 60 out of 100. 

2) You will receive feedback and solutions for the assignments. For the numerical project, you will receive feedback but no solution (as it is a mini research report and there is no standard solution). 

3) I will provide some previous exams at the beginning of December, there will be no solutions to those exams. 

4) If you have concerns of using the Google Drive, or troubles of accessing the file on the Google folder, please let me know. All materials will be ALSO updated on the course webpage upon some student/s request. 

5) The change of the Numerical Project deadline was intended for you to not having too many deadlines at the end of November, and the date is chosen based on the majority votes on Doodle. The change was published on the course website (Sep. 16), is correct on Devilry, and now also on the updated project description file. I do hope t...

I have updated the Numerical Project description and uploaded in the Google Drive, hope it can clarify some things. The new texts are marked with red colour. 

Sijing 

I got some feedback regarding the numerical project and would like to provide some clarifications: 

1) The file AST4320_NumericalProject.pdf is the main project description for the tasks you need to do, and the file AST4320_NumericalProjectnotes.pdf is a document in case you need some help on linux commands, halo finders and the pynbody analysis code, etc. The second file does not contains tasks or assignments, it is served as a "reference guide" if you need help. By design, there is no one-to-one correspondence between the items on the two files. However, please do read both files carefully to understand how to use the simulation code, IC generators, halo finder softwares, and pynbody. For example, the location of the user manual for MUSIC IC generator is in /mn/stornext/u3/robertwi/AST4320test, which contains a detailed explanation of what each parameter means in the parameter file, how to run the code etc. 

2) In AST4320_Num...

The deadline for the numerical project is moved to Monday November 4 according to the Doodle pool. I have also moved the deadline for Assignment 2 from Friday Nov. 8 to Sunday, Nov 10 so that you have more time to work on it. 

Good luck! 

Sijing 

I have decided to uploaded the first assignment and the numerical project a bit earlier than what I told you during the lecture, so that you can have more time to work on them. They are now on the Google drive. 

Also the group teacher will provide a lot of help on the assignments and the project during the group sessions (which starts this week), so please attend them. :) 

Good luck! 

Sijing 

Dear all, 

Here is the list of dates and deadlines in this course. 

1) First written assignment due: Friday, October 11; 

2) Second written assignment due: Friday, November 8; 

3) In-class presentation week: week 46, Nov.11, 12 and 15 (usual lecture and group session time) 

4) Numerical project due: Monday, November 25; 

5) Final exam: Dec. 9, 9:00 AM (as you can already see from the Examination: time and place section) 

I will send out the 1st assignment and the numerical project later today with a separate message here. The delivery of the assignments and project reports will be through the Devilry system, but it is not open yet, so I will post the questions/project on the google drive.   Note that there are many deadlines in November, so I strongly suggest you start early :). 

Sijing  

Just a reminder that we will have a lecture from 12:15 to 14:00 today in room 304. 

See you soon! 

Sijing 

Hi, 

The lecture today has been moved to Friday during the group session time. Sorry about the confusion! I thought I posted a message here on Friday but it didn't seems to appear here. 

Lecture tomorrow is as usual, and I look forward to meeting you all! 

Best regards, 

Sijing