1. The Master Nuclear Engineering computing course 2010/2011
Ivana Hrivnacova
Vincent Lafage
Based on the Master computing course (2005/2006) developed by :
Antoine Pérus
Christian Arnault
Michel Jouvin
Françoise Lefebvre
Laurent Garnier
From LAL and IPN, Orsay

2. Learning Objectives
Approach the use of information technology in the framework of research projects
We will use several tools typically used in scientific research environments
For version management and documentation
Adopt the best practices in code development
Some aspects of the object oriented methodology
Elements on a few commonly used technologies
The C++ language
Interactive graphics applications, the Qt library
Definition of data structures
Algorithms

3. The computing course Organization 10 sessions in 5 days
The teaching staff
Ivana Hrivnacova, Vincent Lafage
The equipment
PCs with Linux
All tools necessary for the course are already installed
A user account is provided
Internet access to all material

4. The application studied ...
We will develop a computer application freely inspired by a real scientific application (image analysis), but adapted to our needs
We will start from a skeleton with an almost empty but functional interactive graphics application
Then we proceed step by step to write the functional modules

5. ... The application studied
Principle
We examine images (obtained by an imaging system on biological samples)
To characterize these images, we will manually select sub-structures (typically to isolate regions of interest)
These sub-structures are made from various geometrical shapes (rectangles, polygons, circles,…)
We will apply analysis algorithms to these sub-structures
Counting, extraction, etc…
Our application will allow interactive graphics
To give access to basic images
To build and manage the sub-assemblies (geometrical definition)
To apply algorithms for analysis on these images
Demo