This section contains information on one of the projects completed in the course and related writing guidelines. In the project, a software representation of the Hodgkin-Huxley model for a neural membrane is used to introduce students to the use of computer simulation to understand the behavior of complex systems. This project is completed on Athena, MIT's UNIX-based computing environment. The assignment requires a written proposal, which includes a well-defined hypothesis and procedures to test the hypothesis, and a 10-page final report that is organized as a scientific paper.
Project Assignment (
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Oral Presentations: How to Translate Data into an Oral Presentation (
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Technical Writing: How to Translate Data into a Written Presentation of Your Findings (
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Guide to Report and Proposal Writing (
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Proposal Writing (
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Author Guidelines (
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