This course will introduce you to numerical methods widely used in materials science, which allow establishing a link between atomic scale behaviour and macroscopic properties. Without becoming an expert in those techniques, you will acquire the basic knowledge to understand the principles of each method and you will apply these methods on specific (simple or not so simple) cases.
This course includes an introduction to the Density Functional Theory, the description of Molecular Dynamics and the Kinetic Monte-Carlo approaches… and numerical exercises on computers.
The exam will be based on numerical hands-on mini-projects.
