| Instructor: |
Carlo Segre |
segre [at] iit.edu |
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166a Life Sciences Building |
312.567.3498 |
| Meetings: |
Thursday 15:30-17:00, Room 111 Life Sciences
Building |
| URL: |
http://phys.iit.edu/~segre/phys455/15S/index585.html |
| Objectives: |
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Become familiar with the major research trends, with the institutions
engaged in these activities, with the time scale involved in various
fields, and with the background of the speaker.
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Learn of the applications of concepts in physics to technology,
medical science, and society at large.
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Learn the structure of a public presentation of scientific work.
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Demonstrate the ability to read and comprehend scientific
publications and to critique scientific presentations.
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| Grading: |
Grading for this course will be based equally on attendance and 2
referee reports on ArXiv
preprint articles to be assigned during the term.
- Students request the opportunity to write a preprint referee
report by sending a preprint downloaded from ArXiv by email
to the course instructor.
- ArXiv preprints should have a relation to a colloquium topic and
must be recently posted (within the past 9 months).
- The referee reports must make a "recommendation for publication"
of the article as follows: reject, publish with major
revisions, publish with minor revisions,
publish as is. The recommendation must be justified by the body of your report.
- Your referee report must provide a short summary of the findings
of the article followed by a critique which should address the
scientific results of the article as well as any improvements you
would suggest to the authors.
- Proper citation for all quotations, figures, and supporting
material is required.
- The first Referee report is due before the end of Week 9 of the
semester (March 13, 2016) and the second is due before the last
day of Finals (May 08, 2016).
- Both the Referee reports and the preprints must be submitted to
the appropriate "Referee" Assignment on Blackboard in
PDF format.
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| Academic Honesty Policy: |
IIT has a Code of Academic Honesty which is available at
http://www.iit.edu/student_affairs/handbook/information_and_regulations/code_of_academic_honesty.shtml.
All students in this course are expected to follow this code.
The first violation will result in a grade of "zero" for that
assignment (exam or quiz). Subsequent violations will result
in a failing grade in the course.
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