Tentative CS 2104 Calendar and Readings


Week

Date

Topics

Readings

Notes

Due Dates

 

1

 

Jan 16

No classes meet    

 

Jan 18

Course Policies

Introduction

 

Introduction

 

Jan 20

How to Succeed

Multitasking

 

See last slide in notes

How to succeed

Multitasking

 

 

2

 

Jan 23 WASI      
Jan 25 Personality Type Classifications Main Wikipedia article on personality types Personality Types OOC 1
Jan 27 Characteristics of a Problem-Solver   PS Characteristics  

 

3

 

Jan 30 Solver/Listener Approach   Socratic questioning Whimbey Ch III Solver/Listener OOC 2
Feb 1 In-class Exercise 1      
Feb 3

Inductive Reasoning

Houston: 1-5

Induction

 

 

4

 

Feb 6 Propositional Logic Houston: 6-9 Propositional Logic  
Feb 8 Propositional Logic continued     ICE 1 Report
Feb 10 Quantifiers in Logic Houston: 10-11 Quantifiers  

 

5

 

Feb 13 Natural Language Issues   Natural Language  
Feb 15 Externalization   Externalization OOC 3
Feb 17 In-class Exercise 2      

 

6

 

Feb 20 Test 1  solution      
Feb 22 Verbal Reasoning Whimbey:  Ch IV Verbal Reasoning  
Feb 24 Verbal Analogies Whimbey:  Ch VI Verbal Analogies ICE 2 Report

 

7

 

Feb 27 Visual Analogies   Visual Analogies  
Feb 29 Some Heuristics   Heuristics  
Mar 2 ...continuation      

Spring Break

 

8

 

Mar 12

Algorithms

 

Algorithms

Pseudo-language

 
Mar 14 Divide & Conquer   Divide & Conquer  
Mar 16 In-class Exercise 3 Levine**:  Chapter 1, 2    

 

9

 

Mar 19 More heuristics, Levine**:  Chapter 3 Notes OOC 4
Mar 21 more examples, Levine**:  Chapter 4 Notes  
Mar 23 Kepner-Tregoe Analytic Techniques, Levine**:  Chapter 9, 10 Notes  

 

10

 

Mar 26 and more...   Notes ICE 3 Report
Mar 28 and more.   Notes  
Mar 30 In-class Exercise 4      

 

11

 

Apr 2 Wrapup of Analysis Techniques      
Apr 4 More heuristics and problems... Michaliwicz: Ch 1, 2 More Problems  
Apr 6 ... and wrapup of those Michaliwicz: Ch 3   ICE 4 Report

 

12

 

Apr 9 Recurrence Relations      
Apr 11 Recurrence Relations      
Apr 13 Test 2   solution      

 

13

 

Apr 16

In-class Exercise 5

   

OOC 5

(April 17)

Apr 18 Special Numbers and Counting   Mathematical Notes  
Apr 20 Probability Michaliwicz: Ch 7    

 

14

 

Apr 23 Probability     ICE 5 Report
Apr 25 Probability and Statistics Michaliwicz: Ch 8   OOC 6
Apr 27 In-class Exercise 6      

 

15

 

Apr 30        

May 2

     

OOC 7

ICE 6 Report

 

Exam

08:00 section:  4:25 - 6:25 Monday May 7 Pam 31

09:05 section:  4:25 - 6:25 Monday May 7 McB 204

                       alternate:  7:45 - 9:45 Tuesday May 8 McB 210

 

See the Resources page for a list of references.

 

* denotes a resource available in the Safari database via the VT Library System

** denotes a resource available from the Reserve Desk in Newman Library