CS 2604 Announcements - Spring 2004

ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT THE FINAL EXAM

• Exam Times and Locations

  • ALL SECTIONS will have the final exam from 1:05pm until 3:05pm on May 11, 2004
  • BOTH CAPRA SECTIONS exam will be in Whittemore 300

  • McQUAIN SECTIONS exam will be Rand 221

• For CAPRA sections:

  • You will be allowed to bring a formula sheet to the final exam. It must be hand-written by you (NO photocopies, NO reductions, and NO computer printouts), and be no larger than 8.5 by 11 inches. You may write anything on it that you like and you may write on both sides of the paper.

Week of February 29

[March 3]

• You will be allowed to bring a formula sheet to the midterm.  It must be hand-written, and no larger than 8.5 by 11 inches.  You may write anything on it that you like.
• The solution to Homework 2 has been posted.

[March 2]

• Homework 2 will be due at 20:00 tomorrow (that's 8:00 PM).  I will be posting the key very shortly after that time, so don't be late.

[March 1]

• A minor revision of Homework 2 is now available.  The changes involve some hints and clarifications.

Midterm Tests

McQuain

• As announced at the beginning of the semester, my midterm test will be on Thursday, March 4.  The test will consist of short-answer questions, questions about algorithm design (writing functions), etc.  My midterm will cover everything through the end of the notes on Asymptotics.

Week of February 22

[February 28]

• A draft version of Homework 2 is now available.  This covers some algorithm analysis concepts that will do you good in preparing for the midterm.

[February 27]

• A solution for Homework 1 is now available.

[February 24]

• The notes on Binary Search Trees have been updated to correct the definition of BST and update the iterator code slightly.

Week of February 15

[February 17]

• Correction:  the 124 Lab and the Curator server are both running version 3.2.2 of gcc.  Note that cygwin includes version 3.3.1; we are not aware of any substantial differences at this time.

[February 16]

• Homework 1 is posted and will be due next Wednesday.
• Minor Project #2 is now being collected on the Curator system.  Be sure to follow the specification precisely.  Note that this is being collected on a different server than the first Minor Project, running Linux and g++ version 3.3.2.  Also note that you were emailed a different Curator password for this server; your old one won't work.

Week of February 1

[February 4]

• The due date for Minor Project #1 (Humongous Integers) is moved to:

  Thursday, February 5, 2004 at 11:59:59pm

  due to unplanned downtime of the curator system earlier this week.

Week of January 25

[January 31]

• The due date for Minor Project #1 (Humongous Integers) is moved to:
  Thursday, February 5, 2004 at 4:59:59pm

  due to the problems with VT email this past week.

• Do not view this as an invitation to delay working on this assignment. The next one will be coming right up and you must be ready to start working on it by the end of next week.

[January 28]

• A revised specification for Minor Project #1 has been posted, containing the instructions for submission.  A corrected script file, and two additional sets of test data have also been posted.
• Minor Project #1 will be set up on the Curator system this afternoon. 
  

• We have decided to move the due date for Minor Project #1 (Humongous Integers).
  
• The new due date is: Monday, February 2, 2004 at 4:59:59pm

• The curator testing environment for this project will be: Microsoft .NET 2003

• You will NOT need to submit your code as all one .cpp file. Mr. McQuain will post the details of how to submit your code to the curator in a later post to the class forum. Most likely you will need to submit your code in a .zip file.

• Future minor projects may use a different testing environment.

Week of January 19

[January 14]

• Students not meeting the prerequisite requirements will not be allowed to take CS 2604.  You must complete and sign a prerequisite form at the first class meeting.  Students who do not do so will be purged from the class roll.  Students who falsify prerequisite requirements may, at the option of the CS Department, be changed with an Honor Code violation.

• Students wishing to force-add CS 2604 must attend the first meeting of the section they want to add, and turn in a force-add request at that time.  See the CS Department Policy Statement on force-adds.

• A Forum board for CS 2604 is now available.