HKU PHYS4150/8150: Computational Physics
Purpose of the Course:
This course shows the power of the computational approach to solving physics and related problems, which is complementary to the traditional experimental and theoretical approaches. Students are expected to spend a significant fraction of time in actual programming. This is an elective course for the computational physics theme. This is also an essential course for those who plan to pursue postgraduate studies in fields like computational physics, condensed matter physics, chemistry, and engineering or work in related areas.
Lecturer: Zi Yang Meng
Tutor: Tim Lok Chau, Menghan Song
Month: August 2025
PHYS3151: Machine learning in Physics
HKU PHYS3151: Machine Learning in Physics
Purpose of the Course:
Machine learning is a technique that enables computers to learn without being explicitly "programmed''. It is an essential part of big data science and has been widely used in different fields of physics. This course introduces the basics of machine learning, from key concepts to practical algorithms, with a focus on real-world applications in physics. It is an elective course for the computational physics theme. This is also an essential course for those who plan to apply machine learning techniques in their postgraduate studies such as condensed matter physics and astrophysics or in their future work.
Lecturer: Zi Yang Meng
Tutor: Tim Lok Chau