Getting Started with Scilab

Here is some information that will help you understand what to expect from this Course:

My level of expertise in Scilab
I have more than 6 years of experience using and programming Scilab. I use it in my teaching. Some of my students have used i to develop programs for analysis, design and optimization of steel dome structures. I have not used some features of Scilab, such as, Xcos, wrting C/C++ functions for use in Scilab.

Facilitation level
I intend to help people participate, will answer questions and have contact sessions through Skype/Google Talk.

Modes of facilitation
I will follow a prepared study material in the form of short tutorials, that is available to participants as a PDF file. The schedule will clearly indiacte the sequence in which the study material will be followed. There will be a separate forum topic for each tutorial, where participants can comment, ask questions, answer questions from others. Contact through Skype/Google Talk is dependent on availability and time zone differences.

Tentative Schedule

Course will start from Wed May 25, 2011 (All times are Indian Standard Time +5:30 UTC)

• Each session of 1 hour
• Three sessions per week
• Three weeks

That makes it nine hours of contact. Actual dates and times will be finalized considering time zones and free times of participants