CS U390 News -- Fall 2007

Final Exam

The Final Exam is scheduled for Friday, December 7th, 2007 1:00 - 3:00 pm ??? somewhere???

Exam 3 guide from the last fall can be found here

As before, the exam is open book, open notes, no electronics.

Please, write into the exam Blue Book all your scribbles. You can earn partial credit for showing that your reasoning is correct, even if you do not complete the work towards the result, but only if I can see some evidence.

Posted: November 29, 2007 2:54 pm

Assignment

The assignment will be posted on Monday, November 5th, 2007. As you can see on the course web page, it will be due on Monday, November 19th, 2007.

Posted: November 2, 2007 6:54 pm

Exam 2

Exam 2 is scheduled for Monday, November 5th, 2007 in class.

Exam 2 guide from the last fall can be found here

As before, the exam is open book, open notes, no electronics.

Please, write into the exam Blue Book all your scribbles. You can earn partial credit for showing that your reasoning is correct, even if you do not complete the work towards the result, but only if I can see some evidence.

Posted: October 31, 2007 1:24 pm

Exam grade distribution

The average and the mean were both 67

Posted: October 17, 2007 9:44 pm

Assignment 4

It came to my attention that Problem 5 of the homework due tomorrow covers the material we will finish doing in class tomorrow.

Therefore --- Problem 5 from this week's homework will be a part of next week's homework.

Posted: October 16, 2007 7:24 pm

Math equations in Microsoft Word

You can also use Microsoft Word to edit mathematical equations. You need to have the Equations Editor installed - many pre-packaged installations have it as an option, so you may have to add it now. When you want to insert an equation in the text, in the Insert menu select Object.... If your Equations Editor is installed, the first choice in the dialog that appears should be Microsoft Equation. It will pop-up a frame with all kinds of math symbols and a place where to format the equation - you can then just copy and paste it into the text.

I do not use this feature much, so there may be some more effective ways to do this - try it and tell others what you learned.

Posted: September 17, 2007 9:24 pm

LaTeX sample

Brad Osgood suggested that I post a sample LaTeX source for those that would like to learn to use it for writing homework solutions. The two files linked below provide the source for most of the Assignment 0 solution and the resulting pdf file. A good reference for using LaTeX that most people who use it keep on their desk is:

Leslie Lamport: LaTeX: A Document Preparation System, Addison Wesley (my edition is from 1994)

Sample LaTeX file exercises-sample.tex

Sample image file fa1.eps

Corresponding pdf file exercises-sample.pdf

Posted: September 17, 2007 9:06 pm

Exam 1

has been rescheduled for October 10th.

The course web pages have been updated accordingly.

Posted: September 17, 2007 11:30 am

Assignment 1

is really due on September 19 - as shown on the assignment itself.

Posted: September 17, 2007 11:30 am

Welcome

get ready, work hard, ask questions - and have fun.