Over the duration of this course we will have two projects, to be chosen by participants. Project topic suggestions are listed below, but you are not limited to those choices.

We will assign 3-person groups for each project (different for each project). Once the group is formed, each person will pick one of three roles, a Code person, a parameter person and an analysis person.

Helpful experience that might help make the choice are listed below. These are not required, but if you happen to have the experience in your group you might consider using it.Helpful experience that might help make the choice are listed below. These are not required, but if you happen to have the experience in your group you might consider using it.

• Code Person:
  • Access to additional machines at home institution to speed up calculations (large number of machines or a fast machine)
  • Good knowledge of how to run code efficiently (debugging, compiling, profiling, make)
  • Some knowledge of fortran, though not much programming is needed
    • maybe some small tweaks of the code to modify output, input formats.

• Parameter Person:
  • Manage various inputs (and their formats) relevant for your calculations.
  • Some knowledge about the physics of the astrophysical environment (ability to judge realistic and unrealistic parameters, relationships between parameters)
  • Scripting languages that allow to efficiently alter input files

• Analysis Person:
  • Familiarity and access to software that allows efficient creation of graphs, maybe even abundance movies
  • Knowledge of scripting languages that allow efficient extraction of information out of text files