Vincenzo Fiorentini - didattica/teaching

"Students have no idea of what is relevant until long after the fact." (T. Sowell)

AA 2016-17

During Academic year 2016-17 I have taught the following classes:
Nell'AA 2016-17 ho tenuto i seguenti corsi:

"Fisica 2 - Elettromagnetismo", Laurea Triennale in Ingegneria Elettronica,  anno 1, semestre 2 (7 CFU o 70 ore frontali, Marzo-Giugno)
"Physics 2 - Electromagnetism", Laurea Triennale in Ingegneria Elettronica,  year 1, semester 2 (7 CFU or 70 lecture hours, March to June)

This class is electromagnetism for engineers.  Teaching material appears on my UNICA page under tag "Materiale didattico".
Questo corso riguarda l'elettromagnetismo a livello introduttivo per ingegneri. Materiali didattici disponibili qui sotto "Materiale didattico".

"Fisica 2 - ELIOS", Laurea Triennale in Ingegneria Elettronica,  anno 1, semestre 2 (e-course, Marzo-Giugno)
"Physics 2 - ELIOS", Laurea Triennale in Ingegneria Elettronica,  year 1, semester 2 (e-course, March to June)

This class is electromagnetism for engineers, reserved to students enroling in the on-line programme at UNICA.  Teaching material on my UNICA page under tag "Materiale didattico" is relevant. Much more is available here (access restricted).

Questo corso e` elettromagnetismo introduttivo per ingegneri, riservato a studnti iscritti alla laurea on-line ELIOS. I materiali didattici disponibili qui sotto rilevanti, ma il grosso del materiale e` disponibile qui (accesso riservato).

Fondamenti di Fisica Computazionale, Laurea triennale in Fisica, anno 2, semestre 2 (5 CFU o 40 ore frontali+20 di tutoraggio, Marzo-Maggio)
Foundations of Computational Physics, Laurea triennale in Fisica, year 2, semester 2 (5 CFU or 40 lecture hours, March to May)

This class is about numerical methods applied to physical problems. The syllabus is here. A resource page, with links, program, codes, assignments, doc, etc. accumulated over the past years, is here. On the same page links to material and video lectures on basic techniques.
Questo corso riguarda l'applicazione di metodi numerici a problemi di fisica. Il programma e` qui. Una pagina di risorse, documentazione, link, codici, etc. \`e qui, inclusi link a materiale, testi, video, tutorial, etc.

Transizioni di fase, Lauree in Fisica, dal terzo anno triennale in poi, semestre 2 (3 CFU o 24 ore, Marzo-Maggio)
Phase transitions, Physics degrees from year 3 onward, semester 2 (3 CFU or 24 lecture/seminar hours, March to May)

Corso sulle transizioni di fase in generale, dal campo medio a semplici modelli e applicazioni numeriche. Pagina del corso: qui.
This class is about phase transitions in general, including mean-field to model and simulation applications, mailnly to condensed matter. The course resource page is here.

AA 2015-16

During Academic year 2015-16 I taught the following classes:
Nell'AA 2015-16 ho tenuto seguenti corsi:

"Fisica 2 - Elettromagnetismo", Laurea Triennale in Ingegneria Elettronica,  anno 1, semestre 2 (7 CFU o 70 ore frontali, Marzo-Giugno)
"Physics 2 - Electromagnetism", Laurea Triennale in Ingegneria Elettronica,  year 1, semester 2 (7 CFU or 70 lecture hours, March to June)

This class is electromagnetism for engineers.  Teaching material appears on my UNICA page under tag "Materiale didattico".
Questo corso riguarda l'elettromagnetismo a livello introduttivo per ingegneri. Materiali didattici disponibili qui sotto "Materiale didattico".

"Fisica 2 - ELIOS", Laurea Triennale in Ingegneria Elettronica,  anno 1, semestre 2 (e-course, Marzo-Giugno)
"Physics 2 - ELIOS", Laurea Triennale in Ingegneria Elettronica,  year 1, semester 2 (e-course, March to June)

This class is electromagnetism for engineers, reserved to students enroling in the on-line programme at UNICA.  Teaching material on my UNICA page under tag "Materiale didattico" is relevant. Much more is available here (access restricted).

Questo corso e` elettromagnetismo introduttivo per ingegneri, riservato a studnti iscritti alla laurea on-line ELIOS. I materiali didattici disponibili qui sotto rilevanti, ma il grosso del materiale e` disponibile qui (accesso riservato).

Fondamenti di Fisica Computazionale, Laurea triennale in Fisica, anno 2, semestre 2 (5 CFU o 40 ore frontali+20 di tutoraggio, Marzo-Maggio)
Foundations of Computational Physics, Laurea triennale in Fisica, year 2, semester 2 (5 CFU or 40 lecture hours, March to May)

This class is about numerical methods applied to physical problems. The syllabus is here. A resource page, with links, program, codes, assignments, doc, etc. accumulated over the past years, is here. On the same page links to material and video lectures on basic techniques.
Questo corso riguarda l'applicazione di metodi numerici a problemi di fisica. Il programma e` qui. Una pagina di risorse, documentazione, link, codici, etc. \`e qui, inclusi link a materiale, testi, video, tutorial, etc.

AA 2014-15

During Academic year 2014/15 I will teach 15 credits (or about 110 hours) as follows:
Nell'AA 2014/15 professerò i seguenti corsi:

"Fisica 2 - Elettromagnetismo", Laurea Triennale in Ingegneria Elettronica,  anno 1, semestre 2 (7 CFU o 70 ore frontali, Marzo-Giugno)
"Physics 2 - Electromagnetism", Laurea Triennale in Ingegneria Elettronica,  year 1, semester 2 (7 CFU or 70 lecture hours, March to June)

This class is electromagnetism for engineers.  Teaching material will appear here in due time.
Questo corso riguarda l'elettromagnetismo a livello introduttivo per ingegneri. Materiali didattici saranno forniti qui a suo tempo.

Fondamenti di Fisica Computazionale, Laurea triennale in Fisica, anno 2, semestre 2 (5 CFU o 40 ore frontali+20 di tutoraggio, Marzo-Maggio)
Foundations of Computational Physics, Laurea triennale in Fisica, year 2, semester 2 (5 CFU or 40 lecture hours, March to May)

This class is about numerical methods applied to physical problems. The last available syllabus is here, the new one will appear here. A resource page, with links, program, codes, assignments, doc, etc. accumulated over the past years, is here. A textbook is in preparation (in italian).
Questo corso riguarda l'applicazione dimetodi numerici a problemi di fisica. L'ultimo programma disponibile \`e qui. Una pagina di risorse, documentazione, link, codici, etc. \`e qui. Un testo per il corse \`e in preparazione (in italiano).

AA 2013-14

During Academic year 2013/14 I will teach 14 credits (or about 112 hours) as follows:

"Foundations of Structure of Matter", Laurea Triennale in Fisica,  year 3, semester 2 (9 CFU or 72 lecture hours, March to June)

This class is about many-electron atoms, molecules, and basic solid-state.  The (rough) syllabus is here (here in English).

Foundations of Computational Physics, Laurea triennale in Fisica, year 2, semester 2 (5 CFU or 40 lecture hours, March to May)

This class is about numerical methods applied to physical problems. The last available syllabus is here, the new one will appear here. A resource page, with links, program, codes, assignments, doc, etc. accumulated over the past years, is here.

[Tentative!] Seminar course on Computational materials science, Physics, Laurea triennale in Fisica (3 CFU)

Depending on request and time availability I may set up a practical course on doing calculations in condensed matter physics.

AA 2012-13

During Academic year 2012/13 I taught 14 credits (or about 112 hours) as follows:

"Structure of Matter", Laurea Magistrale in Fisica,  year 1, semester 1 (6 CFU or 48 lecture hours, October to December)

This class is about basic solid-state (and by extension ordering and phase-transition) physics.  The syllabus is here (here in English).

Foundations of Computational Physics, Laurea triennale in Fisica, year 2, semester 1 (5 CFU or 40 lecture hours, October to December)

This class is about numerical methods applied to physical problems. The last available syllabus is here, and the new one will be made available here. A resource page, with links, program, codes, assignments, doc, etc. accumulated over the past years, is here.


Foundations of "structure of matter",  Laurea triennale in Fisica,  year 3, semester 1 (3 out of 9 CFU, or about 24 lecture hours, January)

This will be a module about molecular physics and quantum statistics within the class taught by prof. F. Meloni (roughly the last third of the class). The syllabus of this part of the class will be made available here.

AA 2011-12

During Academic year 2011/12, first semester, I taught 12 credits as follows:

"Structure of Matter", Laurea Magistrale in Fisica,  year 1, semester 1

This class is about basic solid state physics.  The syllabus is here.

Foundations of Computational Physics, Laurea triennale in Fisica, year 2, semester 1

This class is about numerical methods applied to physical problems. The syllabus is here. A resource page, with links, program, codes, assignments, doc, etc. accumulated over the past years, is here.

 In the second semester, I should teach half (3 credits) of

Multisciplinary Computing, Laurea magistrale in informatica,  year 2, semester 2

A class about numerical methods applied, probably though not exclusively, to physics problems. Here the same resource page.

AA 2010-11

During Academic year 2010/11 I taught two classes for 11 credits in the first semester (Oct 2010 to Jan 2011):

"Structure of Matter" (a funny traditional name),  Laurea Magistrale,  year 1, semester 1

This class will include a revision and complements of atomic and molecular physics, and an overview of basic solid state physics.  The program (still evolving) is here.

Foundations of Computational Physics, Laurea triennale, year 2, semester 1

By "popular demand" (no one else wanted it) I am once again in charge of a course that I ran under various guises for 15 years (about time for a change). This one is 5-credit. Here is a resource page, with various links, program, codes, assignments, doc, etc.

AA 2009/2010

During Academic year 2009/10 I taught three classes for a total of 24 credits.

In the first semester (Oct to Dec 2009):

Solid State Physics 2 for graduates (Laurea Specialistica) 

This was about magnetism. Program


In the second semester (Feb to May 2010):

Computational Physics for undergraduates (Laurea triennale) - program (08/09, but still applies)

This was the last instance of a course that I ran under various guises for 15 years. About time for a change. This one is 6-credit, and includes numerical linear algebra, partial differential equations in 2D, the MonteCarlo Metropolis and molecular dynamics methods. Here a resource page, not properly maintained. The assignments for this course are here.

Solid State Physics for graduates (Laurea Magistrale)

This big (12-credit) course has just ended. We have done quite a bit of work on basic solid state (except for lattices/symmetry, diffraction, phonons, which were treated in a previous course, and superconductivity which is the core of another higher level course). A rough synopsis with a sketch of book references is available here. Video clips of most lectures are available on request. This course will not be held in the future in this form due to change in the physics curriculum.


My contacts

location: room 1-C-21, Physics Dept building
snail-mail : Cittadella Universitaria, I-09042 Monserrato (CA), Italy
Tel: +39-070-675 4923, Mob: +39 347 1410906; Fax: +39-070-51 01 71
e-mail : vincenzo.fiorentini@dsf.unica.it

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