The document provides information about the 1st NITheP Winter School on Computational Physics to be held from July 6-17, 2015 at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. It details the organizers, sponsors, accommodation, meals, course schedule, lecturers, and maps of the campus and surrounding area. The goal of the school is to teach students computational physics and programming skills through lectures and computer lab sessions using MATLAB and other tools over the two-week period.

1. NITheP Winter School on
Computational Physics
Stellenbosch University
South Africa
6-17 July 2015
ORGANISERS
Fabio Cinti (NITheP Stellenbosch)
Azwinndini Muronga (University of Johannesburg)
Frederik Scholtz (NITheP Stellenbosch)
Hugo Touchette (NITheP Stellenbosch)
SPONSORS
National Institute for Theoretical Physics (NITheP)
National Research Foundation (NRF)
012-481-4157
086 247 0487
jan.phalane@nrf.ac.za
UID: 91291
Date: 24 March 2014
UNIVERSITEIT
STELLENBOSCH
UNIVERSITY

2. Introduction
Welcome to the 1st NITheP Winter School on Computational Physics.
This booklet contains basic information about the School. Please take some time to familiarise
yourself with it, especially with the schedule, meal information, and the maps.
We hope very much that you will enjoy the School and your stay in Stellenbosch.
Please feel free to get in touch with us if you have any queries or suggestions.
Fabio Cinti
Phone: 021 808 3864
Email: cinti@sun.ac.za
Hugo Touchette
Phone: 021 808 2653
Email: htouchette@sun.ac.za
Emergency phone numbers
• University campus security: 021 808 2333
• Hugo Touchette: 074 359 9496
• Ren´e Kotze: 083 272 7734

3. Accommodation and meals
Residence
Students from outside Stellenbosch are housed in the Nerina Residence on the campus of
Stellenbosch University – see the map at the end of the booklet.
Meals
All meals will be taken at the cafeteria of the Nerina Residence – see the map.
Service times from Mondays to Fridays:
• Breakfast: 7:15 – 8:30
• Lunch: 12:30 – 13:30
• Supper: 18:00 – 19:00
Service times for Saturday and Sunday:
• Breakfast: 8:00 – 9:00
• Lunch: 12:00 – 13:00
• Supper: 17:30 – 18:30
Please strictly adhere to these times.
Meal tickets will be issued to participants by the organisers.
Keep your meal tickets safe: no ticket, no meal. We have no spare tickets.
Supper will be served on Sunday 5 July.
The last meal is the lunch on Friday 17 July.
Weekend meals
Students housed in Nerina have their weekend meals at the residence.
Departure on Friday
Students housed in Nerina should vacate their room after breakfast on Friday 17 July.
More information about departure will be given during the School.

4. Course information
Lecture rooms
Morning lectures will be held in the Physics Department:
• Week 1: Room beta (no. 3002)
• Week 2: Room alpha (no. 0076)
See the map at the end of the booklet.
Computer lab
Afternoon computer sessions will be held in the room K3019 NARGA G in the Natural
Sciences Building – see the map at the end of the booklet.
Usernames will be distributed for accessing computers.
Course material
Click on the links to access the material.
Website:
http://www.physics.sun.ac.za/˜htouchette/nithepcompphys2015/
Dropbox folder:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/icvi5hdnh59rdz1/AADCUGP5QLn0JEuT3Jcdlv06a?dl=0

5. Schedule
Week 1
Monday 6 Tuesday 7 Wednesday 8 Thursday 9 Friday 10
08:30 Registration
09:00 Introduction to
Matlab I
(Touchette)
Basics of
programming I
(Touchette)
Fourier
transforms I
(Roy)
Rounding and
errors
(Cornell)
Approximation
methods I
(Cornell)
10:30 Break
11:00 Introduction to
Matlab II
(Touchette)
Basics of pro-
gramming II
(Touchette)
Fourier
transforms II
(Roy)
Differential
equations
(Cornell)
Approximation
methods II
(Cornell)
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Computer lab
15:30 Break
16:00 Computer lab
17:30 Supper
Week 2
Monday 13 Tuesday 14 Wednesday 15 Thursday 16 Friday 17
09:00 Differential
equations
(Goldstein)
TBC Random
numbers and
sampling I
(Angeletti)
Monte Carlo I
(Cinti)
Other
programming
languages
(Touchette)
10:30 Break
11:00 Differential
equations
(Goldstein)
TBC Random
numbers and
sampling II
(Angeletti)
Monte Carlo II
(Cinti)
TBC
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Computer lab
15:30 Break
16:00 Computer lab
17:30 Supper

6. Team
Lecturers
• Prof Hugo Touchette (Chief researcher at NITheP Stellenbosch)
• Dr Analabha Roy (Post-doctoral researcher at NITheP Stellenbosch)
• Prof Alan Cornell (Chief researcher at NITheP Wits)
• Prof Kevin Goldstein (Professor at the Physics Department, Wits University)
• Dr Florian Angeletti (Post-doctoral researcher at NITheP Stellenbosch)
• Dr Fabio Cinti (Researcher at NITheP Stellenbosch)
Lab assistants
• Janusz Meylahn (Master student at Stellenbosch University)
• Dr Lorenzo Pucci (Post-doctoral researcher at NITheP Stellenbosch)
• Dr Jacobus Diener (Post-doctoral researcher at NITheP Stellenbosch)
• Dr Anslyn John (Post-doctoral researcher at NITheP Stellenbosch)
Organisation
• Mrs Ren´e Kotze
Phone: 021 808 2653, email: renekotze@sun.ac.za
• Ms Monique Louw
Phone: 021 808 2649, email: moniquel@sun.ac.za

7. Maps
Main campus
Fharga 5, 60
Firga 47
Humarga 77
Narga 22, 69, 70
Computer user areas (CUAs)
Parking
Green Route
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CampusSecurity
Paul Roos Gimnasium
Centre
MainPost
Office
TownHall
To N1
Botanic
Garden
CSIR
NoordwalEast
NoordwalWest
29
Jan Marais Park STIAS
Residence
Physics
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Stellenbosch centre
Stellenbosch
Search nearby: hotels·restaurants

8. Map data ©2015 AfriGIS (Pty) Ltd, Google 100 m
nearby
uth Africa
Places
• Restaurants:
– In the Neelsie Student Centre on campus
– Around Eikestad Mall (left on the first Stellenbosch map)
– Around Church Street (low middle of the second Stellenbosch map)
• Stellenbosch city centre
• Stellenbosch Village Museum (corner Ryneveld and Church Streets)
• Stellenbosch Tourist Information (office located east of Die Braak square)
www.stellenbosch.travel
• Sasol Art Museum (Stellenbosch University Arts Museum)
• Stellenbosch Botanical Garden
• Classical music concerts at Endler Hall (center of first Stellenbosch map)

9. About NITheP
The National Institute for Theoretical Physics (NITheP) is a national facility that leads research
programmes and educational opportunities in the field of theoretical physics in South Africa
and Africa. Launched in May 2008, it provides South Africa with the opportunity to become
an international player in a truly fundamental field of science.
NITheP is a geographically distributed institute that includes all theoretical physicists in
South Africa. Its headquarters is the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS)
at Stellenbosch University, with regional nodes at the University of the Witwatersrand in
Johannesburg and the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban. The three nodes develop and
support theoretical physics in their local regions, as well as nationally.
Mission
To sustain a stimulating theoretical physics research and user facility that links South Africa
internationally through excellence in research and training, thereby supporting scientific
innovation, transformation and socio economic development in South Africa.
Vision
To be Africa’s leading and an internationally competitive research and training institute
in theoretical physics, a discipline that provides the conceptual framework for the natural
sciences.
Nodes
Stellenbosch University
National Institute for Theoretical Physics
Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602
South Africa
Tel: +27 (0)21 808 2649
University of KwaZulu-Natal
National Institute for Theoretical Physics
H-Block, Westville Campus, Durban 4041
South Africa
Tel: +27 (0)31 260 7570
University of Witwatersrand
National Institute for Theoretical Physics
School of Physics, Wits 2050
South Africa
Tel: +27 (0)11 717 6838
www.nithep.ac.za

10. Notes