CS101 Lecture 0

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Lecture 0
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Who is my instructor?
Tom Gambill 2209 Siebel Center 244-3541
gambill_at_uiuc.edu All relevant class information
is presented on the CS 101 web site.
http//www.ews.uiuc.edu/cs101/ Check the web
site at least once every three days for updates.
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Who is my TA?
Teaching Assistants   Find staff information
online here .
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What will I learn in CS101?

• Engineering CAD/Prototyping tools and
• Numerical Scientific Computation
• The Matlab Numerical Engineering Environment
• User Interfaces/Desktop Environments
• Unix/Linux (Red Hat Enterprise release 5.1)
• X-Window Manager
• Engineering Software Design
• Structured Programming Principles and Paradigms
• C Programming Language (C compiler gcc)

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What will I be doing in CS101?

• Attend Lectures.
• Write C/MATLAB software in groups of 3 students
  in weekly Engineering Workstation (EWS) computer
  lab.
• Solve two programming assignments by myself.
• Take one midterm exam.
• Study the lecture notes, prelab and lab material.
• Study old exams.
• Examine the class web-page at least once every
  three days.
• And to top it all off...... Take the final exam.

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Where are these darned Engineering workstations?
TA-assisted CS101 Lab with 42 dedicated
workstations running Linux. Open during limited
hours.
Click and then click on image of DCL.
Next,click on basement.
CS101 Lab in DCL L520
Other Engineering Workstation (EWS) Labs. These
support the same software and are available for
general use during extended hours.
Engineering Workstations (EWS)
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Lab Activities

• Lab activities will be done in small groups
  typically of three students.
• The CS101 Lab is in room DCL L520 and Lab
  hours are pre-assigned.
• Lab activities are posted on the CS101
  web-site.
• Pre-Lab activities are assignments posted on
  the website that are due at the beginning of
  the Lab.
• Material covered in prelab/lab activities will
  be used on the exams.

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Lab Activity rules

• TAs will assign students into groups in the labs.
  
• All students in the same group should get the
  same score.
• A group member leaving early before the
  assignment is finished receives ZERO credit for
  the assignment.
• Every group will be required to work each lab
  assignment until it is completed.
• Completion may require lab work beyond the
  scheduled lab hours.
• All members of a properly functioning group
  should receive full lab credit.
• Students should leave labs early ONLY if the
  assigned project is finished.

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How do I get my questions answered?

• Lab assignments

• discuss with fellow group members.
• if group discussion fails to answer your
  question, ask your Lab TA.

• MPs, Exams and Lecture Notes

• contact TA by email or at office hours
• contact Dr. Gambill

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Texts

• Applied C An Introduction and More (recommended)
• by Fischer,Eggert, and Ross, McGraw-Hill,
• ISBN 0-07-021748-3
• Getting Started with Matlab Version 7
  (recommended)
• by Rudra Pratap, Oxford,
• ISBN 0-19-517937-4
• Course Notes (required)
• Stipes Publishing
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Exams

• Midterm
• Wednesday July 2nd
• Time 1230-130pm
• Location 1109 Siebel Center
• Conflict examTBA
• Location TBA
• Final exam
• Friday August 1st
• Time TBA Location TBA

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Grades
Your course total will be computed from your
grades as follows Assignment Point
Value MPs (2 worth 50 points each) 100
Lab Activities 100
Midterm (Matlab) 165 Final ( cover
only C material) 335
Total 700 Note Absence from the Final
Exam results in an ABS grade, even if a
student has totaled more than 400 points before
the Final Exam. The University will later
change ABS grades to F. This policy regarding
absence from the Final Exam will be strictly
enforced in CS101.
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Grades
Students have two weeks (from the date handed
back) to request a re-grade or appeal the grade
recorded in the GradeBook, for an exam/mp/lab
activity. A re-grade will be performed on the
entire Lab/MP/Exam and can lower the score! In
any appeal procedure it is the student's
responsibility to keep possession of his/her
Lab/MP/Exam. In the process of a re-grade a
student has to arrange for a TA to modify the
gradein the presence of the student. A student
should not hand over any material to the TA for
keeping. Therefore, a lost or missing Lab/MP/Exam
is no reason for a modification of a grade.
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Grades
The course grades are based on the above fixed
cutoffs. There is no curve!
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CS196
You can enroll in a separate course (in addition
to CS101), CS196section 1 or take CS101 for
Honors(James Scholar) Both CS196 students and
James Scholar students will be assigned a
programming assignment beyond the two MPs
assigned in CS101. Let Dr. Gambill know that you
have enrolled in CS196 or CS101 Honors. Naturally
this programming assignment might be somewhat
time consuming, so you might want to think about
taking on the extra work.
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Absence
Should you miss an hourly exam or an MP for a
legitimate reason such as severe illness you will
need to provide a verification letter from the
Emergency Dean 300 Turner Student Services
Building 610 East John Street Champaign, IL
61820(217) 333-0050 ( Emergency Dean ) The
letter must state that you have shown proof of
your absence.
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IDENTIFICATION AT EXAMS

• You need to bring a photo-ID with you to every
  exam.
• You will be asked to sign an attendance list at
  everyexam. The proctor will verify your identity
  with thephoto ID.
• You must also sign your exam.
• It is your responsibility and not the proctors
  to ensurethat you sign the attendance list.
• If we cannot find your exam and you have not
  signed the attendance list your exam score is
  ZERO.

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Cheating

• SEVERE PENALTIES ARE APPLIED FOR THE FOLLOWING
• both actively sharing (or copying) all or parts
  of someone
• elses code/answers on MPs/Exams or
• passively allowing the sharing (or copying) of
  your own
• code/answers on MPs/Exams
• What is cheating?
• On MPs allowing others to view your code or
  reading someone elses source code constitutes
  cheating. Students should protect their own work
  so that another student cannot copy any part of
  their code. Therefore, if copying has been
  detected, it will be assumed that cheating has
  occurred by all parties involved.
• On Exams allowing others to view your answers or
  reading someone elses answer constitutes
  cheating.

 
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Cheating
Dont do it. Well catch you, and well punish
you as outlined in the Code ( penalties ).
 
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Appeals

• In case of a charge of academic irregularity
  against a student, the student has two weeks
  after the date of the charge to appeal the
  allegation. To make an appeal the student should
  first contact Dr. Gambill.
• A charge of academic irregularity can be made
  known to the student by
• an announcement on the course website combined
  with a change of grade in the GradeBook
• by letter