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Computer Science Exercise and User's Software

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Course Unit Code480-2013/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated3 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites There are no prerequisites or co-requisites for this course unit
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
UHL72Mgr. Radim Uhlář, Ph.D.
Summary
The subject Computer Science Exercise and User improves the computer skills gained through the secondary education. It is focused on the spreadsheet software Excel and mathematical computing software MATLAB.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Repeat the basic knowledge from secondary school information technology.
Solve the simple exercises from basic information technology using the EXCEL and MATLAB.
Course Contents
1. Excel: Working with workbooks and worksheets, interface; Introduction to formulas and functions; Logical functions
2. Cell references: absolute, relative, mixed and external; copy the formulas
3. Text functions; Lookup and reference functions
4. Statistical functions; rounding of numbers; Array formulas; Solving the system of linear equations
5. Analysis of the data: sorting and filtering; conditional formatting
6. Creating, adjustment and formatting of the chart
7. Typographic conventions for editing a text with mathematics symbols
8. Introduction to MATLAB
9. Alternatives to MATLAB (e.g. Octave); The MATAB environment; elementary operations (command line)
10. Variables, arrays and matrixes; array and matrix operations
11. Saving the data into a file and loading the data from a file; loops
12. Creating, adjustment and formatting of the chart; Symbolic mathematics
13. The basic commands in LINUX
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Winston, W.L., Microsoft Excel 2010: Data Analysis and Business Modeling, Microsoft Press, 2011.
Walkenbach, J.: Excel 2013 Power Programming with VBA, Wiley, 2013.
http://www.excel-easy.com/
https://www.mathworks.com/
Musto, J.C., Howard, W.E., Williams, R.R., Engineering Computations: An Introduction Using MATLAB and Excel, 2nd edition, McGraw Hill, 2021.

Navarrů, M. EXCEL 2019: Podrobný průvodce uživatele, GRADA, 2019.
Zaplatílek, K., Doňar, B., MATLAB pro začátečníky, BEN - technická literatura, 2005.
Tvrdík, J., Pavliska, V., Bujok, P., Základy modelování v MATLABU, Ostravská Univerzita, 2010.
Musto, J.C., Howard, W.E., Williams, R.R., Engineering Computations: An Introduction Using MATLAB and Excel, 2nd edition, McGraw Hill, 2021.
Recommended Reading:
Etheridge, D. Excel 2007 Data Analysis: Your visual blueprint for creating and analyzing data, charts, and PivotTables, Wiley Publishing, 2007.
Chapman, S.J., MATLAB Programming for Engineers, Thomson, 2004.
Etheridge, D. Excel 2007 Data Analysis: Your visual blueprint for creating and analyzing data, charts, and PivotTables, Wiley Publishing, 2007.
Barilla, J., Simr, P., Sýkorová, K. Microsoft Excel 2010 Podrobná uživatelská příručka, Computer Press, 2010.
Etheridge, D. Excel 2007 Data Analysis: Your visual blueprint for creating and analyzing data, charts, and PivotTables, Wiley Publishing, 2007
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Graded creditGraded credit100 51