Overview
In collaboration with the Office of Information Technology (OIT), CIRC provides hands-on workshops on mathematical and statistical software packages including MATLAB, FEMLAB, Microsoft Access, SAS, S-Plus, and SPSS. We offer both introductory workshops for first-time users as well as advanced workshops on more specialized features of the software packages.
The workshops are taught interactively in an instructional computer lab at UMBC accompanied by tutorial handouts. In addition, CIRC offers walk-in clinics on the same software packages. Participants are able to explore the software at their own pace and can discuss particular problems concerning the software with CIRC staff.
“I am thrilled to be partnering with Mathematics and Statistics to support CIRC. Through our partnership with CIRC, OIT can refer faculty and graduate students to faculty and students in CIRC with much more expertise in statistics and simulation than OIT could ever provide.” - Jack Suess, Vice President for Information Technology, UMBC.
Software Workshop Schedules
Software Descriptions
MATLAB
MATLAB is a popular mathematical software package
that combines efficient linear algebra operations and
powerful graphics with an intuitive, interactive user interface.
MATLAB can be useful for a wide range of applications
from basic matrix and vector manipulations
to full-color 2-D and 3-D visualization.
Datafile for Baisc Matlab Workshop: matlabdata.dat.
Datafiles for 3D Graphics Workshop:
volcanox.dat,
volcanoy.dat,
volcanoz.dat.
Datafiles for Intermediate Programming Workshop:
de_driver.m,
euler.m,
frhs.m,
plot_error.m,
plot_sol.m,
true_sol.m.
COMSOL Multiphysics / FEMLAB
COMSOL Multiphysics, formerly known as FEMLAB,
is a powerful package for the solution of
partial differential equations using the Finite Element Method (FEM).
It is extremely intuitive and user-friendly because of its
sophisticated graphical user interface (GUI).
The user does not need to know the numerical methods used inside the package.
Mathematica
Mathematica is a powerful mathematical software that combines symbolic and
numerical computations. Mathematica can be useful in all areas of
mathematics including applications in graphing, calculcus, and linear algebra.
Maple
Maple is a popular package for symbolic computations, such as
to compute derivatives and integrals, solve non-linear systems of equations,
and more. Additionally, Maple has numerical computation and
graphing capabilities, both in two in three dimensions.
SAS
SAS is a powerful statistical software package. It can handle most data
analysis issues ranging from simple data exploration to advanced
modeling. SAS has convenient built-in functions and procedures for
dealing with a large variety of statistical problems.
Datafiles for download: PROFIT.xls, Salary.csv.
S-Plus
S-Plus is a powerful statistical software package that handles most data
analysis issues ranging from simple data exploration to advanced
modeling. It also has extensive and powerful graphics capabilities.
Datafile for download: PROFIT.xls.
SPSS
SPSS for Windows provides a powerful statistical analysis and data
management system in a graphical environment, using descriptive menus and
simple dialog boxes to do most of the work for you. Most tasks can be
accomplished simply by pointing and clicking the mouse.
Datafile for download: PROFIT.xls.
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Access is a relational database management system
(DBMS). A DBMS is a software product that allows a user to store,
manipulate, and retrieve data. Microsoft Access allows the user to
store more data than spreadsheet based software products such as
Microsoft Excel, while providing a more user-friendly interface to
manipulate and retrieve data than commercial statistics based
software packages such as SAS or S-Plus.
Datafile for download: AccessTutorial.zip.
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