Research has experienced profound methodological changes in the last decades. A significant part of scientific enquiry now relies on computational approaches to complement theory and experiment. This a fundamental shift. In the words of Nobel laureate Ken Wilson: computation has become the "third leg" of science. Simulations allow us to perform virtual experiments that are too dangerous, too costly, unethical, or plainly impossible to conduct in reality. Visualisation offers us entirely new ways to explore and understand data, and only computational analysis makes it possible to cope with the vast amounts of data that contemporary science and engineering must... -- Course Website
