The aim of the study course is to provide students with understanding of fundamental principles of quantum mechanics and develop skills in applying the relevant mathematical formalism to practical problems.
Tasks of the course are:
1. to introduce basic concepts of mathematical description of quantum phenomena: state vector, operators, Born’s Law, Schrödinger’s time evolution, quantum entanglement;
2. to develop intuition about behavior of elementary quantum systems by using numerical simulations and quantum computers;
3. to acquire ability to formulate mathematical equations for specific quantum mechanical problems and choose appropriate analytical and numerical methods to solve them;
4. to learn the connections between the mathematical framework of quantum mechanics and concepts, models and approximations of other branches of physics;
5. to get acquainted with usages of theoretical relationships of Quantum Mechanics in explaining structure of matter, microscopic phenomena
The goal of the course is to introduce students to possibilities of numerical modeling of complex multi-physical problems using free open-source tools as an alternative to expensive commercial software. An example of a multi-physical problem is liquid metal electromagnetic levitation, in which the electromagnetic field is strongly coupled to liquid metal flow and surface shape changes.
Tasks of the course are:
1. To learn to work with various open-source tools:
a. Salome (geometry and mesh generation)
b. OpenFOAM (fluid flow and thermal simulations)
c. Elmer (electromagnetics, etc.)
d. EOF-Library (efficient data exchange between OpenFOAM and Elmer)
e. ParaView (visualization of simulation results)
2. To make some changes to OpenFOAM source code to adapt it for multi-physical problem simulation
3. To simulate different multi-physical problems using the mentioned tools
Languages of instruction are Latvian and English.
The course overviews methods for isolation and purification of organic compounds on a semi- and preparative scale as well as most widely used analytic methods for the determination of purity of organic compounds. The necessity for the pure compounds per se, and for the information on their purity is discussed. Most common methods for fractionation are overviewed: extraction, crystallization, distillation, sublimation, centrifugation. Application of modern analytical methods (chromatography, mass spectrometry, NMR, UV, and IR spectroscopies) to quantitative and qualitative analyses is overviewed.
The aim of the course is to prepare students, both theoretically and practically, for isolation and analysis of organic compounds based on their physical properties and functional groups present in the molecule.
Course Tasks:
1. To obtain knowledge and understanding of isolation, purification and analysis of both biotechnologically produced macromolecules and small molecule metabolites.
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The aim of the study course is to equip the doctoral students with the research competence to identify the scientific literature on the topic of the doctoral thesis, to build bibliography and to design the doctoral research.
A detailed plan of the doctoral thesis must be prepared in the first year of study. The doctoral thesis plan becomes a roadmap that outlines the ideas, topicality, novelty, goals, and objectives of the thesis, as well as introduces the theories and methods used in the research. It formulates the hypothesis, establishes the theoretical framework and methodology, defines the object and subject of the research, and sets the empirical base of the research. The plan of the doctoral thesis is developed in close cooperation with the scientific supervisor. The plan is backed by the bibliography list.
Objectives:
1) to identify scientific literature sources and build bibliography for the doctoral research on the topic of the doctoral thesis;
2) to define the goals
The aim of the study course is to enhance students' understanding of the formation of cultural landscapes and their changes, as well as to strengthen the understanding of landscape heritage values and meanings. In the study course, the landscape is viewed as a heritage reflecting the historical spatial structures and landscape layers, the impact of socio-political changes and value systems. The course discusses both the historical meanings of the landscape and the formation of new uses and meanings in the context of present-day changes, as well as considers the issues of landscape protection, planning and governance.
Tasks of the study course:
1. To understand landscape concepts and different applications in academic, applied and policy contexts;
2. To analyze the formation of landscape spatial structures and the driving forces of landscape change;
3. To describe the historical landscape layers in Latvia;
4. To examine the issues of place identity and associative values
The course is implemented in Latvian media editorial offices, creative companies, the operation and functions of which require communication specialists. Students are involved in the daily work of editorial or creative companies, performing tasks assigned by an editor or mentor.
The aim of the course is to develop practical skills for working in the media and industry, as well as to promote skills to cooperate with other journalists, producers in the media and communication specialists in creative companies, perform media analysis, develop new media products, produce content and participate in everyday projects.
Course tasks:
1) to acquaint with the work of the media editorial office or other fields related to the study of communication;
2) to teach to plan, apply for and implement creative projects (articles, stories, etc.) within a specific editorial or creative company;
3) to develop the ability to work in a team, report on what has been done, analyze the impact of your material
Materials are mainly solids that are used to create various structures and devices. Often without thinking about the properties and characteristics of these materials.
The aim of the course is to give a clear idea of the interrelationships of materials, material use in technology, material structure and properties, using simplified notions of classical physics (without quantum mechanics). In the process of achieving the goal students are motivated to delve into the problems of materials science, emphasizing their importance in solving problems (space, national defense, nano materials, ecology). During lectures the world's achievements in the field of new materials and devices are analyzed. The course has an interdisciplinary orientation (physics, chemistry, ecology).
The achievement of the course goal is done by carrying out course tasks: Get acquainted with the basics of the structure of substances. To look at the formation of materials and the relationship between
The aim of the course is to give students an opportunity to form understanding of the various possibilities of using information technologies in professional activities and studies, the advantages and disadvantages of their use, as well as to teach the practical use of IT.
Objectives of the study course:
1. to acquire skills of preparation of documents and presentations necessary for work and studies;
2. to acquire skills to use useful hardware and software for professional activities and studies, for example, digital teaching materials, questionnaires, equipment for public speaking;
3. to learn error calculation, data processing and data visualization methods.
The language of instruction is Latvian.
he aim of the course is to give students of the master’s program in philosophy the opportunity to systematically acquire the literature necessary for writing the master’s thesis, engage in scholarship, strengthen one’s knowledge about the principles of elaborating academic works, as well as acquire skills, knowledge and competences that serve as a basis for specialisation in a selected subfield or tradition of philosophy.
The tasks of the course:
1. Strengthen one’s knowledge about the specificity of academic work in philosophy, its methods and principles, as well as improve scientific work skills.
2. Further master’s thesis project development: formulate a clear statement of the research topic, compile bibliography, determine the aim, main tasks and the overall structure of the thesis, discuss issues with academic writing.
3. Promote acquisition of the literature relevant to the topic of the master’s thesis, writing of a survey of the literature and a chapter of the thesis
The aim of this course is to give the students a more advanced insight into the problems studied in combinatorics, than in a typical undergraduate course. The course does not include topics on branches of combinatorics which are investigated in other courses offered at the Faculty of Computing, University of Latvia: combinatorial optimization and graph theory (except for some graph counting problems).
The course tasks are: to investigate advanced counting methods (Moebius inversion in problems related to partial orders, usage of rook numbers in problems which can be interpreted as rook placements on boards, some graph counting approaches), building and counting of de Bruijn cycles, to learn the main problems and results of combinatorial design theory having applications in coding theory, statistics, signal processing, quantum computing etc., particularly, those of block designs (including Steiner's and Kirkman's triple systems), finite geometries, difference sets, Hadamard matrices
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