Informatique S1

Informatique S1
Diplôme d'ingénieur de l'École et observatoire des sciences de la Terre (EOST)Parcours Diplôme d'ingénieur de l'EOST

ComposanteÉcole et observatoire des sciences de la Terre (EOST)

Description

- Apprendre le langage C.
- Résoudre des problèmes algorithmiques en C. —> lien avec la tomographie sismique (paramétrisation irrégulière d’un modèle)

- Learning C.
- Solving problems with C. —>Link with seismic tomography (irregular, data-driven model parametrisation)



A la fin de ce cours, vous serez capable de :

  • Réfléchir à un problème (algorithmique), proposer une solution, programmer en C votre solution.
  • Solving some algorithm problems with C.

Compétences visées

L’objectif est d’apprendre, au niveau ‘ingénieur-géophysicien’, à programmer en Langage C. Bien qu’un peu difficile à appréhender au début, maîtriser ce langage de programmation est un vrai atout. En effet, comparé à d’autres langages plus faciles à utiliser comme Python ou Matlab, la grande force du langage C est sa rapidité d’exécution; ce qui fait que pour résoudre des calculs massifs, comme ceux rencontrés en géosciences, on ne peut s’en passer !

The main objective of this module is to learn C, a very efficient programming language, which sometimes is the only way to overcome massive computations faced in geosciences (while other, easier-to-use, coding languages, such as Python or Matlab, cannot do so).
 

School regulations

The curriculum includes three years of study: admissions, the organisation of studies, assessments, placements and vivas, graduation and international exchanges are all explained in the current school rules (pdf).

First and second year courses

First and second year courses

  • General modules: mechanics, geology, mathematics, IT, digital analysis, signal processing, inverse methods.
  • Geophysical methods: physics of the Earth, seismology, seismic modelling and imaging, geodesy, gravimetry, potential methods, geomagnetism, electromagnetism, rock physics and fracture, hydrology.
  • Practical work: geophysical measurements in the field (photo) and in the laboratory, geology field placements in the Alps.
  • Languages and economic and social sciences: English, modern language 2, economics, industrial property, management, sustainable development, ethics, quality, company health and safety
  • IT and research projects, shared with the first year of the master’s degree
  • Summer placements at a laboratory or company, with numerous opportunities abroad (international placement contact: Mike Heap)

Third year course

Students have a choice of 3 specialisations in the third year:

  • Geophysics applied to the exploration and production of raw materials: seismic and hydrodynamic characterisation of reservoirs, seismic processing and interpretation, potential methods.
  • Geophysics applied to geotechnics: geotechnics and the resistance of materials applied in civil engineering, geomechanics, hydrogeophysics, electromagnetic methods, earthquake.
  • Hydrogeology, hydrogeochemistry, hydrogeophysics (HydroG3).

Additional teaching:

  • Languages and economic and social sciences: English, energy economy, company strategy and structure.
  • Geophysics field camp in Alsace (photo).  Here are images of a normal fault in the Rhine Graben taken by students.
  • 6-month industry placement culminating in the writing of a dissertation and a viva before a jury in order to obtain the engineering degree. The placements are carried out all over the world.