B1.3b Statistics Random variables, mean, Compute confidence intervals and variance, standard deviation associated statistical measures for random Estimation of mean, variance, variables using various distributions. (I) covariance Statistical testing, confidence intervals B2: Information and Communication Technology B2.1 Computer Central Processing Unit Describe the different components of a systems RAM, data storage devices and real-time data acquisition system, standards including various modes of Communication board, serial communication and time-tagging. (I) links, communication ports and standards, buffers, Describe the role of a device driver and its Ethernet links, data relation to data exchange. transmission rates Communication protocols Create/Configure a data link and evaluate Clocks, clocks drift, time any time delays across the link. tagging and synchronization of data Operating systems Device drivers B2.2 Office Word processors Use classical office work software suites. work software Spreadsheets Prepare a poster describing scientific or suites Graphics software project results. (B) B2.3 Basic operations of a computer Write a program or script for data format Programming program or script conversion and/or basic algorithm Algorithms conditional computation. instructions) (B) Scientific computation Configure a small network and transfer environments data over that network
B1.3b Statistics (I) Random variables, mean, variance, standard deviation Estimation of mean, variance, covariance Statistical testing, confidence intervals Compute confidence intervals and associated statistical measures for random variables using various distributions. B2: Information and Communication Technology B2.1 Computer systems (I) Central Processing Unit RAM, data storage devices and standards Communication board, serial links, communication ports and standards, buffers, Ethernet links, data transmission rates Communication protocols Clocks, clocks drift, time tagging and synchronization of data Operating systems Device drivers Describe the different components of a real-time data acquisition system, including various modes of communication and time-tagging. Describe the role of a device driver and its relation to data exchange. Create/Configure a data link and evaluate any time delays across the link. B2.2 Office work software suites (B) Word processors Spreadsheets Graphics software Use classical office work software suites. Prepare a poster describing scientific or project results. B2.3 Programming (B) Basic operations of a computer program or script Algorithms conditional instructions) Scientific computation environments Write a program or script for data format conversion and/or basic algorithm computation. Configure a small network and transfer data over that network