I am basically an Electronics student - background in computer science (that\'s

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I am basically an Electronics student - background in computer science (that's where I want to work). I applied for an internship in USA in a research institute where the group is focused in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Chemical Physics, Physical Chemistry, Materials Science.

I mentioned my areas of interests as: Computational Science, Machine Learning, Web development My skills as: Python, C, Django, Java, etc..

I got selected. Now, I would like to know where could possibly a CS background guy would actually work on?

I am looking for a detailed answer

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Condensed matter physicists could always use some simulations, I'm sure. There's plenty of stuff where insight could be gained with a well run simulation. Depending on the place you're working at, you could have access to a supercomputer facility. The language people use for simulations vary, from Fortran, C, Python, Matlab, Mathematica... Basically depends on the background and convention of the place you're working in.

Coming from a CS background will be helpful, since physicist tend not to worry about the coding too much. "As long as it works" is the general attitude. If you can understand the physics, the computation should be much easier for you!

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