2002-04-14 Söndag: Some technical courses I want to take

• CS164, Programming Languages and Compilers. Here in Sweden we have EDA230 Optimising Compilers in LP1, EDA145 Programming Language Theory in LP2, EDA180 Compiler Construction in LP3.

• CS182, Neural Basis of Thought and Language. Sounds fun, addresses some pending interests of mine (natural language processing for one). I'd classify this as "amusing". Offered in Lund during LP1 as EDA170 Introduction to Language Processing and Computational Linguistics, in English.

• CS186, Databases. God, it sounds dreadfully boring, doesn't it? But I might actually learn something important or useful. There can't be anything more dull than databases, that's the way it seems to me. Swedish equivalent: EDA215, Databases

• EE104, Linear and Nonlinear circuits. I'd be a poor excuse for an EECS grad if I didn't know this stuff.

• EE117, Electromagnetic Waves and Fields. I pretend to study physics, yet I have only the faintest idea of Maxwell's equations. Must be remedied before anyone finds out.

• EE119, Introduction to Optical Engineering

• EE192, Mechatronic Design Laboratory

• Physics 110AB, Electromagnetic Waves and Fields. This is the physics dept version of EE117 (actually, the reverse is probably a better statement of the relationship). I think I might prefer the EE version.

• Physics 129AB, Particle Physics. Offered in Lund as FYS230 Teoretisk Partikelfysik in LP2.

• Math 128AB, Numerical Analysis. Offered in Lund during LP2 as "FMN001 Numerical Analysis for Computer Scientists," in English too. Also offered period 1 for V-sektion.

• Math 130, The Classical Geometries.

• Math 135, Introduction to the Theory of Sets.

• Math 141, Elementary Differential Topology. Is this like Lund's MAT313 Differential Geometry?

• Math 142, Elementary Algebraic Topology

• Math 170, Linear Programming, Games, Models of Exchange. Sounds fun.

• Math 185, Introduction to Complex Analysis. The one giant hole in my basic math education. Unless you count multivariable calculus, but that's another story. Lund has MAT312 Analytic Functions.

• That MEMS class.

Conclusion: Stay in Sweden!

Other things to do:

1. Study Ring & Group Theory... I should really be taking this class this term.
2. Find a part time job for next term
3. Look into the Elbaum stuff, and possibly write a paper on it for NCA
4. Get some books...
5. Could I go back to the USA to visit?