Recent content by Jakeness

After a quick search, I was only able to find http://internship.uoregon.edu/overview.html Apparently it is only for those four listed fields, though. Given that one is already intent on going into a field relevant to indstury (e.g. condensed matter, accelerators, or optics), how much of an...

I am an undergraduate, so take this with a grain of salt, but I am not aware of anyone who cares whether you received a BS or BA. The distinction between them is not even consistent from school to school. If this truly worries you then go to the websites of a few schools and compare the...

Interesting example. Wouldn't CS at CMU be an example of departmental prestige taking priority over university prestige? Conversely, are the CS departments at the UK institutions really on par with the other four? But surely employers must pay some attention to departmental prestige. If they...

(Apologies if this thread is too old and this bump unwanted, but I figure the relatively high amount of views this thread received means many others are interested in the topic.) I wanted to gain more hands-on experience in computational methods than my curriculum gives me. My search led me...

Thanks for all the replies, they've been very helpful to me. Admittedly I singled them out partially because of brand bias but mostly because they are the first result when you Google search the phrase "computational physics phd." I'm just beginning the process of compiling a list of schools I...

Good point. Then this is definitely something I'll want to look into. If you don't mind me asking, are there any textbooks on the subject that you would recommend? (Assuming prior reasonable competence with parallel and GPU computing.)

Undergrad here. Does anyone on this forum have experience working in a computational physics research group at the graduate level? I noticed Carnegie Mellon has "computational physics" as a research area for its physics PhD students. It sounds like it would be right up my alley but it's unclear...

This line of thought is merely affirming the consequent.

Thanks for the replies. I think the dual major with computer science is the way I'm going to go.

Hello everyone. Most likely, I will soon be transferring to NJIT and majoring in applied physics. NJIT offers double major programs in applied physics and either applied math or computer science. If I had to pick one out of pure interest, I would probably go with applied math; however, computer...

I thought it was pretty straightforward until 4:26, until they started making some questionable claims. I'm no expert so I thought I'd ask here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ca4miMMaCE

I believe the information they supplied is sufficient, given the uncertainty still surrounding the topic. In the press conference, they've stated that the results from the two experiments will be combined in 4 weeks or so, but it won't be until the end of the year until they can determine what...