This course is part of the MATLAB Programming for Engineers and Scientists Specialization

Akos Ledeczi +1 more instructor

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MATLAB Programming for Engineers and Scientists SpecializationVanderbilt University

About this Course

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The course builds on the foundation laid by the first course of the Specialization called “Introduction to Programming with MATLAB.” It covers more advanced programming concepts such as recursion, vectorization, function handles, algorithm efficiency and others. At the same time, it presents many features that make MATLAB a powerful programming environment for engineering and scientific computing, such as  its support for object oriented programming, the new user interface design environment and Live Scripts.
By the end of this course, you will be familiar with more advanced computer programming concepts, able to write more efficient code, and able to create object oriented MATLAB applications with graphical user interfaces.

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Approx. 56 hours to complete

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Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Chinese (Simplified), Italian, Vietnamese, Korean, German, Russian, Turkish, English, Spanish

What you will learn

You will learn advanced concepts related to functions such as recursion and function handles.

You will learn how to write efficient programs.

You will learn the basics of Object Oriented Programming.

You will learn to write Live Scripts and create professional graphical user interfaces.

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100% online

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Course 2 of 3 in the

MATLAB Programming for Engineers and Scientists Specialization

Flexible deadlines

Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.

Intermediate Level

Approx. 56 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Chinese (Simplified), Italian, Vietnamese, Korean, German, Russian, Turkish, English, Spanish

Instructors

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Akos Ledeczi

Professor of Computer Engineering, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

381,208 Learners

2 Courses

Mike Fitzpatrick

Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Neurosurgery, and Radiology

Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Neurological Surgery, Radiology & Radiological Sciences

381,208 Learners

2 Courses

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Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University, located in Nashville, Tenn., is a private research university and medical center offering a full-range of undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees.

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week

Week 1

1 hour to complete

Introduction

1 hour to complete

1 video (Total 3 min), 4 readings

1 video

Introduction2m

4 readings

Syllabus10m

How to Get MATLAB10m

Course Files10m

Textbook10m

Week

Week 2

14 hours to complete

Functions Revisited

14 hours to complete

5 videos (Total 176 min), 12 readings, 9 quizzes

5 videos

Recursion Part 146m

Recursion Part 245m

Recursion Part 315m

Variable Number of Arguments20m

Function Handles and Nested Functions47m

12 readings

Assignment Details5m

Solution to Digit Summation10m

Solution to Maximum Element10m

Solution to Reverse a Vector10m

Solution to Fibonacci 10m

Solution to Palindrome10m

Assignment Details2m

Solution to Name-Value pairs10m

Solution to Data Entry10m

Assignment Details2m

Solution to autograder10m

Solution to Fun with Polynomials10m

Week

Week 3

8 hours to complete

Potpourri

8 hours to complete

4 videos (Total 168 min), 6 readings, 5 quizzes

4 videos

Mixed Mode Arithmetic32m

Linear Equations47m

Live Scripts38m

Error Handling49m

6 readings

Assignment Details2m

Solution to Edge Detection10m

Solution to Audio Mixer10m

Assignment Details2m

Solution to Electrical Circuits10m

Solution to Linear Regression10m

1 practice exercise

Live Scripts10m

Week

Week 4

7 hours to complete

How to Write Efficient Code?

7 hours to complete

5 videos (Total 160 min), 4 readings, 5 quizzes

5 videos

Algorithmic Complexity Part 113m

Algorithmic Complexity Part 218m

Algorithmic Complexity Part 334m

Efficiency in Practice31m

Vectorization and Other Speed-Ups1h 1m

4 readings

Assignment Details2m

Solution to Recursion Revisited10m

Solution to Fibonacci Profiler10m

Solution to Maximum Clique10m

2 practice exercises

Efficiency in Practice10m

Vectorization and Other Speed Ups10m

About the MATLAB Programming for Engineers and Scientists Specialization

This Specialization aims to take learners with little to no programming experience to being able to create MATLAB programs that solve real-world problems in engineering and the sciences. The focus is on computer programming in general, but the numerous language features that make MATLAB uniquely suited to engineering and scientific computing are also covered in depth. Topics presented range from basic programming concepts in the first course, through more advanced techniques including recursion, program efficiency, Object Oriented Programming, graphical user interfaces in the second course, to data and image analysis, data visualization and machine learning in the third course.

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