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---++ Details
   * Professor: Dr. Cathy Bareiss
   * Office SB 031
   * Class Time: TR 9:30-10:50
   * Class Location: S 030
   * Textbook: 
---++ Course Content
---+++ Policies
   * [[AcceptableWork][Integrity]]
   * [[LatePolicy ]]
 
---+++ Assignments
---+++Homework
Homework assignments will be made for each section.
However, for two topics (your choice) you must do a review of a article in either ACM Technews, ACM Crossroads, or ACM communications.  The review must be done between the beginning of the topic and the due date of the assignment of the topic.  This is to be a hard copy turned in during class.  If using the Technews, it cannot be more than 3 weeks old.  If using the Crossroads or Communications, it must be from this semester.  Include the reference to the article.  Be sure to include your opinion on the topic
---+++Exams
Exams will be given throughout the semester including a comprehensive final that is weighted twice a normal exam.

---+++ Grades
   * Homework, quizzes, etc. are worth 40% of the final grade.  The standard homeworks will be worth 75% of this portion and quizzes, etc. will be worth the remaining 25%
   * Exams are worth 60% of the final grade
   * Grade scale
      * 93% &lt;= average &lt;= 100% -&gt; A
      * 90% &lt;= average &lt; 93% -&gt; A-
      * 87% &lt;= average &lt; 90% -&gt; B+
      * 83% &lt;= average &lt; 87% -&gt; B
      * 80% &lt;= average &lt; 83% -&gt; B-
      * 77% &lt;= average &lt; 80% -&gt; C+
      * 73% &lt;= average &lt; 77% -&gt; C
      * 70% &lt;= average &lt; 73% -&gt; C-
      * 67% &lt;= average &lt; 70% -&gt; D+
      * 63% &lt;= average &lt; 67% -&gt; D
      * 60% &lt;= average &lt; 63% -&gt; D-
      * 0% &lt;= average &lt; 60% -&gt; F


---+++Tentative Schedule
| *Tuesday*  							| *Thursday* 						|
| 1/7: 								| 1/9: Tradeoffs	|
| 1/14: Tradeoffs						| 1/16: Errors 	|
| 1/21: Errors  							| 1/23: Limits (including P/NP)	|
| 1/28: Limits 							| 1/30: Exam 1 	|
| 2/4: Advanced architecture				| 2/6: Advanced architecture 	|
| 2/11: Parallel programming				| 2/13: Parallel programming  	|
| 2/18: OS/hardware/architecture: Lower level: digital/analog, inode, interrupts, parity, RAID, von Neumann	| 2/20: OS/hardware/architecture: process handing, sempahores/race conditions, compilers, language paradigms, 	|
| 2/25:  								| 2/27: SIGCSE<br>Exam 2	|
| 3/4: Spring Break						| 3/6: Spring Break			|
| 3/11: Data structures 					| 3/13: Copyrights, etc. 	|
| 3/18: Software Engineering				| 3/20: Careers	|
| 3/25: Large Language Models	| 3/27: Exam 3	|
| 4/1: Networking					| 4/3: parallelism, distributed computing, concurrency	|
| 4/8:  Missional AI Summit<br>ICCP Exam	| 4/10: Missional AI Summit<br>ICCP Exam	|
| 4/15: HCI							| 4/17: Easter Break 	|
| 4/22:  TBD							| 4/24: Exam 4	|
| 4/29: Finals Week<br>Final exam: 8:00-10:00	| 5/1: Finals week	|
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