BPhO Computational Physics Project & Competition
The Computational Challenge Competition
The 2023 Competition is illustrated by these two items below, and the registration form link.
- The theory behind the competition example:
BPhO CompPhys Challenge 2023, theory - A brief three page summary of the
Tasks:
BPhO CompPhys Challenge 2023
The deadline for submitting entries is midnight on Monday 14th August 2023 (UK time).
The procedure for submitting will be sent to those who have registered via the form below.
Some 1400 students signed up for the webinars. About 900 turned up, and this dropped to 150 by the end. So that we do not email so many students who are not going to do the actual competition, please could you register using the link here. This will enable us to keep in touch with those who want to take part in the competition. It was popular last year and we had over 40 entries in the end. Please register here to give us some contact names. If you are leaving school at the end of term, could you include a non-school email as schools often close your account when you leave.
Registration form to enter the competitionGold Entries from August 2022.
You will see the variety of styles and you are not restricted to any particular form. These have different strengths in terms of their presentation, coding, apps, examples, etc.
- Maddie Bailey cute app + customisable
- V & V Badham Very useable website
- Alexander Biraben-Renard Website & custom planet
- Jamie Whiting & Nicholas Gregory Like a conference report!
- Mariam Mehrez & Ahmed Mehrez App & extension for different planets, gases and liquids
The eleven week course, which was presented in 2023 from January to
April, accompanies the book Science by Simulation
written by Dr Andrew French and published by World Scientific. (There
is a 30% reduction promo code for ordering through the BPhO.)
Science
by Simulation 6 min summary
The 8-week Computational Physics Course for 2023
- There will be a series of 8 weekly online talks on Computational Physics given by Dr Andrew French of Winchester College. These will be on Thursday evenings for an hour, from 8 pm - 9 pm. Each week there will be an introduction to a physics model and how one might analyse it computationally.
- The first session is on Thursday 19th January.
- You do not need previous experience in coding. You may learn to code through this programme series, but you may stick to using Excel, which will do the tasks well.
- The 10th week will be a briefing about the competition.
- Between Easter and late August, you will have the opportunity to undertake the competition project. This will be about developing one of the models, and judged by a short (no longer than 2 minutes) video on your project and results.
- Registration to receive the link to join the webinar will be by
filling in a short form which will be put up on the is web page at the
end of the year (mid-December). It will be for students to sign up
themselves. Teachers may also sign up if they wish.
Sign up on the Events page so that you receive the link to the webinar.
| Week number | Date | Link to Data files | Video recording | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | 19th Jan | Epidemiology of Eyam data files | Recording | |
| 26th Jan | postponed | |||
| Week 2 | 2nd Feb | Gravity & Verlet data files | Recording | |
| Week 3 | 9th Feb | May’s Chaotic Rabbits data files | Recording | |
| 16th Feb | (Half Term Break) | |||
| Week 4 | 23rd Feb | Take the Weather with you (in small or large data sets) | Recording | |
| Week 5 | 2nd Mar | Random Walks, data files and python code | Recording | |
| Week 6 | 9th Mar | Chernobyl radioactivity analysis, Excel challenge/data processing pipeline, with MATLAB adaptations | Recording | |
| Week 7 | 16th Mar | The Subtlety of Rainbows (Release of 2023 Challenge from Th 16th Mar) | ||
| Week 8 | 20th April | Competition Briefing, slides and Computational Challenge Paper |