CSSE 304 Announcements
CSSE 304 – Programming Language Concepts
Winter 2018-2019 (a.k.a. 201920)

Final Exam

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Session 40

  1. A19 "final exam question proposal" is due today.
  2. Updated estimates of point values for final exam parts:
    Written - 70
    Written interpreter enhancement - 25
    Computer - 25
  3. My office hours today: periods 6 and 7
  4. TA hours in F-217: periods 8-10, 8:00-10:00 PM.
  5. My hours next week: Monday and Tuesday 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM.

Session 39

  1. No formal class meeting today; I'll be in my office to assist you with A19.

Session 38

  1. Project experience survey is due tomorrow. It is more extensive than the individual milestone surveys.
  2. The programming part of A19 does not require you to write much code, but Oh! What code!
    Last term, only 75% of the students got it, mainly because they started too late.
    I suggest that you write the code today so that you have a while for debugging.
  3. The "Proposed final exam problems" part of A19 is now due Friday.
    No late days may be earned or used for this written assignment.
  4. No regular class meeting Thursday.
    I will be in my office during class time to assist you with A19.
  5. Friday's class time will be an opportunity for you to ask questions.
    And we'll do more call/cc examples if there is time left.
  6. Office hours today: 5, 6, 7.
  7. TA's in F217: 3:25-5:10, 7:00-10:00.

Session 37

  1. No formal class meeting today; I'll be in the classroom to assist you with A18.

Session 36

  1. No regular class meeting Monday. I will be here to assist students with A18.
  2. How many call/cc examples have you worked through?
    If N < 5, you should do some examples this weekend.
  3. I added some test cases to A18b.
    You may need to re-download the offline tests file.
  4. Thanks to everyone who came out for yesterday's faculty candidate talk.
  5. In my office today: Hours 5-7.
  6. TAs in F217: Hours 9 and 10, 8:00-10:00 PM.

Session 35

  1. No formal class meeting today; I'll be in the classroom to assist you with A18.

Session 34

  1. A17 Participation survey is due tomorrow.
  2. Faculty candidate talk Thursday 10th hour.
    Our only female candidate so far.
  3. A 19 has two parts:
    COnvert code to imperative form.
    Propose at least two final exam questions.
  4. In my office today: Hours 6-7.
  5. TA's in F217: 3:25-5:10, 7:00-10:00.

Session 33

  1. Candidate talk today 10th hour in O167
  2. No class meeting Thursday (due date for A18a).
    Another morning when you can work on your project and get help from me.
  3. Are you practicing reading call/cc examples and predicting what they will do?
  4. Office hours today: 5, 6, 8.
  5. A's in F217: 3:25-5:10, 7:00-10:00.

Session 32

  1. I am looking for volunteers to help alpha-test the new PLC server.
    You can spend as little or as much time on it as you want.
    Send me an email if you are interested.
  2. In my office today: Hours 6-7.
  3. TA hours in F-217: 2:30-5:10, 8:00-10:00

Session 31

  1. Thanks to those of you to came to our faculty candidate talk yesterday.
    The next one is 10th hour next Monday.
  2. A18 assignment and test cases have been updated for this term.
    Most of the points are for A18b, but A11a is a fair amount of work.
    When you do A18b, you may find bugs in your A18a code that you did not find before.
  3. In my office today: Hours 6-7.
  4. TA hours in F-217: 3:25-5:10, 7:00-11:00 PM<./li>
  5. Connor Boyle in Lakeside 120: 9:00-10:30 PM.

Session 30

  1. No class meeting today

Session 29

  1. Don't forget A16 Participation survey.
  2. In my office today: Hours 5, 6, 8.
  3. TAs in F217 today: 3:25-5:10, 7:00-10:00

Session 28

  1. If you plan to drop the class, please let your partner know ASAP (today!).
  2. In my office today: hours 5-7
  3. TA hours in F-217: 2:30-5:10, 8:00-10:00

Session 27

  1. I am delaying the A15 due date by one day. It's due Friday
    2. .
  2. My office hours today: Periods 5-7.
  3. TA hours in F-217: 3:25-5:10, 7:00-11:00 PM
  4. Connor Boyle in Lakeside 120: 9:00-10:30

Session 26

  1. My Office hours today: Periods 6 and 7.
    Tomorrow: Periods 3, 5, 10.

Session 25

  1. A14 participation survey is due today.
  2. Exam 1 content:
    Written part: 29 points (19 of them require you to write code)
    Computer non-interpreter part: 22 points
    Computer interpreter part: 24 points

Session 24

  1. Convocation Schedule on Monday.
    CSSE 304 classes meet at 8:50, 9:35, 10:20
  2. Optional review session Monday 8:00 PM in O159.

Session 23

  1. A13 partner eval is due today
  2. Due to infusions, I will not be available after class today. See the Day 21 announcements.
  3. TAs in F217: 3:25-5:15, 7:00-11:00 PM (an extra hour each Thursday)
  4. Connor Boyle in Lakeside 120: 9:00-10:30

Session 22

  1. No regular class meeting on Friday.
    Since I will not be available for help with A14/A15 on Thursday, I want to have extra available hours Friday..
  2. I will be in G308 hours 2-4. You can come for help during any of those hours.
  3. In my office today: Hours 12:55-3:20. I will have some advising appointments during that time.

Session 21

  1. A13 partner evaluation survey is due Thursday before midnight.
  2. E&C portion of Exam 2 will happen in class on Thursday (last 30 minutes).
  3. I have IVIG infusions this week, Wednesday and Thursday.
    If I am on-campus at all on Wednesday, it will be during 9th and/or 10th hours.
    I will have to leave after class on Thursday, and I will not be back that day.
    As before, you can come to my house if you need help with debugging.
  4. E&C part of the exam will happen in class on Thursday
  5. In my office today: 11:50-1:30, 3:30-4:30.
    I will also have some advising appointments during these times.
  6. TA hours: 3:25-5:10 and 7:00-10:00.

Session 20

  1. No new announcements today

Session 19

  1. There is a LOT to do for A11b, and it takes a little while to get "oriented" to what needs to be done.
    If you have not already done all three prats (parse, unparse, error checking) for at least of couple of the cases, you need to get going on it right away.
  2. The 304/374 Exam 2 conflict issue appears to have been resolved. The changes will be for 374, not 304.
  3. In my office today: Hours 5-7.
  4. TAs in F217: 3:25-5:15, 7:00-11:00 PM (an extra hour each Thursday)
  5. Connor Boyle in Lakeside 120: 9:00-10:30

Session 18

  1. I know about the 374/304 exam conflict, and the instructors are working on a solution.
  2. Reminder: There is a lot to do for A11b.
    The good news is that there are dozens of parts, each mostly independent of the others.
    Hopefully you did a few of those parts already, so you can see what needs to be done for the others.

    3. If not, I suggest that you do a few today
  3. In my office today: Hours 5-7.
  4. TAs in F217 today: 3:25-5:10, 7:00-10:00

Session 17

  1. A11a is due today, A12 Wednesday at noon, A11b Friday.
  2. The list of project partners is linked from Session 17 on the Schedule page.

    3. You are allowed to do A12 and A11b with your project partner, but this is not required.
  3. Exam 2 is Tuesday evening, January 22. E&C part will be in class Thursday, Jan 17.
  4. A note on the interpreter project: If you have taken this course before, you are not allowed to use code that you wrote with a different partner in a different term.
  5. In my office today: Hours 5-7.
  6. TAs in F217 today: 3:25-5:10, 7:00-10:00

Session 16

  1. PARTNER PREFERNCE SURVEY IS DUE TODAY
  2. I sent a long email this morning about some due-date changes (including a delay for A10) that many of you will find to be a great relief.
    Merry Christmas!
  3. Be sure to read my Piazza note from yesterday about running the define-syntax tests off-line.
  4. In my office today: hours 5-7
  5. TA hours in F-217: 2:30-3:20, 8:00-10:00

Session 15

  1. A11a late day has been turned to Grace Days:
    You can submit A11a until the end of Friday Jan 4 without using a late day.
    You can use a late day and submit by the end of Jan 5.
    You can submit by the end of today (Jan 20) to earn a late day.
  2. If you have questions about the grading of your exam. see me this afternoon and tomorrow afternoon.
  3. Don't forget to submit the partner preference survey (on Moodle).
    So far, 15 students have submitted; 12 of them have a mutually-agreed partner.
  4. In my office today: Periods 5-7.
  5. TAs in F217: 3:25-5:15, 7:00-11:00 PM (an extra hour each Thursday)
  6. Connor Boyle in Lakeside 120: 9:00-10:30
  7. Probably the only TA hour in F-217 for Friday afternoon is 2:30-3:20.
    Friday evening hours should still happen.

Session 14

  1. Nothing new today

Session 13

  1. Reminder: You cannot use a late day for A9. Credit will only be given for what is submitted by 11:59 tonight.
  2. Exam review session this evening: 8:00-10:00 PM, O159
  3. Exam rooms:
    G315 Section 01 plus Bock and Byers
    G3110 Section 02
    G317 Section 03
    G308 Students with extra-time accommodations.
  4. Exam 1: 40 points for each part, 5 problems for each part.
    Written part: 4 problems ask you to read code. One problem asks you to write code.
  5. Final exam is Wednesday evening of finals week. SO it's OK to schedule plane flights for Thursday.
  6. After today's class, you should be able to do the define-syntaxproblems from A11a.
  7. Think about (and talk with other students about) an interpreter project partner (groups of 2).
    1. Generally I will let you choose your partner, if you and the other student agree.
    2. Your partner does not have to be in the same class section as you.
    3. Mutually-agreed partnerships almost always work better than ones that I choose. So don't be shy!
    4. Students who don't find their own partners and only list one or two preferences are much more likely to end up with an undesirable partner.
    5. Should be someone whose 304 understanding and programming ability closely matches yours.
    6. Also a good idea to choose someone whose late days history, favorite working hours and commitment to the project are similar to yours.
    7. "best friend" or fraternity bro/sis" partners sometimes do more to damage friendships than to help the 304 learning.
    8. I may veto a partnership if the difference between your exam scores is more than 20% of the total. This is not automatic.
    9. Partner preference survey (on Moodle) is due Friday at 11:55 PM.
    10. Survey will be available for you to complete after I post exam scores to Moodle (probably sometime Wednesday).
    11. I will announce partners no later than Tuesday, Jan 8.
    12. If your Exam 1 score is low, I will do my best to pair you with someone else in the same situation, so that neither of you is an anchor for the other.
    13. If your exam score is REALLY low, and you did not find a "mutually agreed" partner, I may say that I cannot in good conscience burden another student with being yoked to you.
    14. If after Exam 1 you are considering dropping the course, please try to decide whether to stick with it before the survey is due.
  8. In my office today: Periods 5-7.
  9. TAs in F217 today: 3:25-5:10, 7:00-10:00

Session 12

  1. In my office today: Hours 5-7
  2. TAs in F217: 2:30-5:15, 8:00-10:00 PM (an extra hour each Friday afternoon)
  3. Sunday: TA in F-217: 7:00-10:00. Connor in Percopo Classroom: 8:00-11:00.

Session 11

  1. I will not be on campus after class today.
    You can come to my house (421 Bluebird Lane) hours 6, 7, or 9.
  2. TAs in F217: 3:25-5:15, 7:00-11:00 PM (an extra hour each Thursday)
  3. Connor Boyle in Lakeside 120: 9:00-10:30

Session 10

  1. I have IVIG infusions most of the day Wednesday, and Thursday afternoon after class.
      Office hours at my house (421 Bluebird Ln): Wednesday hours 3-5,7; Thursday 6-9.
      I also hope to be in my office Wednesday, periods 9-10.
  2. Optional exam review session Monday evening, 8-10 PM in O159.
  3. In my office today: Periods 5-7.
  4. TAs in F217 today: 3:25-5:10, 7:00-10:00

Session 9

  1. At the beginning of the course, I said, "Assignments will start out easy and ramp up quickly."
    A7 is the beginning of the steep ramp-up.
  2. Exam 1 is Tuesday evening, December 18.
  3. In my office today: Periods 5-7.
  4. TAs in F217 today: 3:25-5:10, 7:00-10:00

Session 8

  1. I have IVIG infusions Wednesday, and Thursday afternoon after class.
      Office hours at my house (421 Bluebird Ln): Wednesday hours 3-7, Thursday 6-9.
      I hope to be in my office Wednesday, periods 9-10.
  2. In my office today: Hours 5-7.
  3. TAs in F217 today: 3:25-5:10, 8:00-10:00 NOTE THE DIFFERENT EVENING TIMES!
  4. TA in F217 Sunday 7:00-10:00
  5. Sunday: Connor Boyle (LC tutor) in Percopo Classroom: 8:00-111:30

Session 7

  1. Scheme-a-thon (HW due every day) ends with A7b on Monday.
    After that, only 4 assignments are due in the almost two weeks before the break.
    Assignments 8-10 are all quite challenging. A11a not so much.
  2. 58% of the students have 100% of the homework points so far.
    94% of the students have at least 90% of the points (through A5).
  3. In my office today: Periods 7 and 9. NOTE THE DIFFERENT TIMES THAN USUAL!
  4. TAs in F217 today: 3:25-5:10, 7:00-10:00
  5. Connor Boyle (LC tutor) in Lakeside 120: 9:00-10:30

Session 6

  1. A6 is split into two parts:
    A6A has 7 problems. Five of them are short and straighforward. #6 is tricky and #7 is long.
    A6b has 5 problems. Three are short and straighforward. #10 and #11 are trickier.
  2. In my office today: 12:50-3:20. NOTE THE DIFFERENT TIMES THAN USUAL!
  3. TAs in F217 today: 3:25-5:10, 7:00-10:00

Session 5

  1. A5 is larger/harder than A4.
    Thus you probably want to make good progress on A5 today.
  2. Assignment A8 and A9 have been updated for this term.
    You are not allowed to use a late day for A9.
  3. There is a link on day 1 of the Schedule Page called
    "What if the grading program gives zero points for something that works on your computer?"
  4. In my office today: Hours 5-7.
  5. TAs in F217 today: 3:25-5:10, 7:00-10:00
  6. Connor Boyle (LC tutor) in Percopo Classroom: 8:00-11:00

Session 4

  1. A5 is larger than A4. Thus if you want to spread out the workload, finish A4 and do a few problems from A5 this weekend.
  2. In my office today: Hours 5-7.
  3. TAs in F217 today: 3:25-5:10, 7:00-10:00

Session 3

  1. We don't have enough time in class to talk about every Scheme feature.
    You'll have to get some from the reading, especially the things that are in EoPL-1.
  2. A2 is due today, A3 tomorrow.
    A3 is longer and more difficult than A2, so I suggest that you finish A2 and do part of A3 today.
  3. In my office today: Hours 5-7.
  4. TAs in F217 today: 3:25-5:10, 7:00-10:00
  5. Connor Boyle (LC tutor) in Lakeside 120: 9:00-10:30

Session 2

  1. Turn in your A0 hand-in sheet
  2. A1 is due today. AGS is due Wednesday. A2 Thursday.
  3. Evening exams Tuesday Dec 18 and Tuesday Jan 22.
    Let me know by tomorrow if you have a conflict.
  4. In my office today: Hours 5-7.
  5. TAs in F217 today: 3:25-5:10, 7:00-10:00

Session 1

  1. Welcome to CSSE 304.
  2. When I pass the attendance sheet, please write the name you'd like us to call you by.
  3. Two parts of Assignment 0 are due before midnight tonight (try PLC server, subscribe to Piazza).
  4. The A0 hand-in sheet is due at the beginning of tomorrow's class.
    Bring a hard copy.
  5. HW1 (9 small problems) is due tomorrow at 11:59 PM.
  6. Bookmark the schedule page in your browser.
  7. LAter today: Go to the CSSE 304 Piazza course and configure your email settings.
    Best: real-time email and follow all.
  8. In my office today: Hours 5-7.
  9. TAs in F217 today: 3:25-5:10, 7:00-10:00
  10. Connor Boyle (LC tutor) in Percopo Classroom: 8:00-11:00