CSSE 304 Announcements
CSSE 304 – Programming Language Concepts
Winter 2014-2015 (a.k.a. 201520)

Final Exam

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Session 40

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Session 39

  1. 33 students earned early full credit for A18b; 6 more students have 168/175.
  2. Tomorrow: No class meeting. I will be in my office to assist students with A18b or imperative form 9:00-11:50 and 1:00-2:50.
  3. Faculty candidate talk today at 4:00 (O157): Michelle Dowling.
  4. Participation survey for A18 and the entire interpreter project is due Saturday.
  5. Final exam room assignments are on the course schedule page.
    G308 A - D
    G310 F - K
    G317 L - Sanchez
    G315 Scheumann - Z
  6. Written part(s): No resources allowed.
    Computer part: The usual resources.
  7. Suggestion: leave yourself at least 1.75 hours for the computer part.
  8. I entered the extra credit points for late days into the Moodle gradebook.
  9. My office hours today: 12:00-1:50, 3:00-3:50.

Session 38

  1. No class meeting today.
  2. In my office today: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM.
    Tomorrow 11:00-11:50, 1:00-2:50
  3. TA lab hours in F217: Today and Wednesday 2:00-4:50, 7:00-11:00 PM
  4. Percopo classroom: Tommy McMichen 8:00-11:00 PM
  5. Wednesday: Percopo classroom: Tommy McMichen 8:00-11:00 PM

Session 37

  1. Thursday: course evals and more final exam discussion
  2. Tuesday, Friday: No class meeting.
    I'll be in my office during class hours to help students who need help with A18.
  3. Faculty candidate talks: Today(O259)and Thursday(O157).
  4. My office hours today: 12:05-2:25.
  5. TA hours in F217: 2:00-4:50, 7:00-11:00 PM
  6. Percopo classroom: Joanna Garrett 8:00-11:00 PM

Session 36

  1. I am giving you an extra day for A17b. Due today.
    I will not have the flexibility to postpone A18; the term is running out.
  2. A17 Participation survey is due Saturday.
    There are no "late days" for these surveys.
  3. Faculty candidate talks next weeK Monday and Thursday at 4:00.
  4. My Office hours today: 12:05-1:50
  5. TA hours today: 2:00-4:50, 7:00-10:00 PM
  6. TA hours Sunday: 4:00-7:00
  7. Sunday: Percopo 317: Joanna Garrett 8:00-11:00 PM

Session 35

  1. 26 students have full credit from the server for lexical address; 19 for ref parameters.
  2. A17 Participation survey is due Saturday.
    There are no "late days" for these surveys.
  3. Suggestion: Do the practice exercise on CPS with data structures continuations before you begin A18.
    It's in live-in-class, day 31.
  4. Faculty candidate talk: Robert Williamson. O157 Today at 4:00.
  5. My Office hours today and tomorrow: 12:05-1:50
  6. TA hours today and tomorrow: 2:00-4:50, 7:00-10:00 PM
  7. Joanna Garrett in Percopo 317 today: 5:00-8:00 PM

Session 34

  1. Today is the last day for exam resubmission
  2. A17b lexical address: Several students have finished it. Not so many for ...
  3. ... A17b reference parameters problem:
  4. My office hours: Today 12:05-3:00, Wednesday 1:00-3:00.
  5. TA lab hours in F217: today and Wednesday 2:00-4:50, 7:00-11:00 PM
  6. Percopo classroom: Tommy McMichen 8:00-11:00 PM
  7. Percopo classroom: Wednesday: Joanna Garrett 8:00-11:00 PM

Session 33

  1. A17a: 42 out of 66 students earned full credit on the PLC server by the end of yesterday.
  2. A17b: The reference parameters part takes a lot of thought, but once you get the ideas, you should not have to add/change much code.
    Think before you code!
  3. The lexical-address part is straightforward. The goal is to have you see how some additional analysis up front can make the actual evaluation faster.
  4. Faculty candidate talk: Robert Williamson. O157 Thursday at 4:00.
  5. My office hours today: 1:00-3:50.
  6. TA hours in F217: 2:00-4:50, 7:00-11:00 PM
  7. Percopo classroom: Joanna Garrett 8:00-11:00 PM

Session 32

  1. No class meeting today
  2. Sunday: Percopo classroom: Joanna Garrett 8:00-11:00 PM

Session 31

  1. No class meeting tomorrow. I hope to be on campus mid-to-late afternoon tomorrow
  2. A17a is now due Monday, 17b Thursday, 18a Monday of 10th week, 18b Thursday, 19 do before final exam, but not required to turn in.
    I will update the schedule page soon.
  3. Tuesday night, I messed up the transfer of exam 2 scores to the Moodle gradebook.
    Should be correct now. Should match what is on your paper.
  4. See my email about resubmitting computer part of the exam for additional credit.
    Due Tuesday, Nov 5.
  5. CSSE Faculty candidate Irina Rabkina talk today 4:00 in O267.
    Please be there if you can.
  6. My Office hours today: 12:00-12:30 and (approximately) 3:00-3:50.
  7. TA hours today and tomorrow: 2:00-4:50, 7:00-10:00 PM
  8. Percopo 223 today: Tommy McMichen. 8:00-9:30.

Session 30

  1. Don't forget A16 Participation survey. Due tomorrow.
  2. My office hours today: 1:00-2:50; tomorrow 9:30-10:50 AM, Thursday 3:00-3:50.
    I cannot be here Wednesday afternoon due to my wife's surgery.
  3. Friday is a likely no-class-meeting day, but I will not know for sure until Wednesday afternoon.
  4. TA lab hours in F217: today 2:00-4:50, tomorrow 2:00-4:50, 7:00-11:00 PM
  5. Percopo classroom: Tommy McMichen 8:00-11:00 PM

Session 29

  1. 43 students completed A16 in time to earn a late day. A new record!
  2. A16 is due today (no late days may be used).
  3. A16. I will help you with debugging the subst-leftmost-cps test case during my office hours only if no other students are waiting for help on something else.
    Strategy: Make test cases that use VERY simple s-lists; gradually make them more complex until you have the simplest one for which your error appears. Then start tracing.
  4. Tomorrow I will tell you which room to go to for the exam
  5. My office hours today: 2:05-3:50.
  6. TA hours in F217: 2:00-4:50, 7:00-11:00 PM
  7. Percopo classroom: Joanna Garrett 8:00-11:00 PM
  8. CSSE Faculty candidate Irina Rabkina Thursday 4:00 in O267. Please be there if you can.

Session 28

  1. Sunday: TA hours in F-217: 4:00-7:00
  2. Sunday: Exam 2 review session 6:00-8:00
  3. Sunday: Percopo classroom: Joanna Garrett 8:30-11:30 PM

Session 27

  1. 35 students finished A15 early.
  2. If you want to request "special timing" for Exam 2, you must submit the Google Form by 2:00 today, or your request may be ignored.
    This applies to everyone, including students who have previously communicated with me.
  3. Joanna Garrett will lead an optional Exam 2 review session Sunday at 6:00 PM in O257.
  4. Reminder: I will be off-campus tomorrow, and have limited internet access this weekend.
  5. Office hours today: 12:05-1:50, and probably 3:30-4:10.
  6. TA hours today and tomorrow: 2:00-4:50, 7:00-10:00 PM
  7. Percopo 223 today: Tommy McMichen. 8:00-9:30.

Session 26

  1. New due date for A15: Thursday.
    Due date for A16 is Monday.
    You cannot use a late day for A16.
    You should not necessarily wait until you finish A15 before you and your partner work on A16.
    A16 does not require much code, but it can be tough to debug.
  2. In my office today: 12:05-3:00. Tomorrow 11:00-12:00 and 1:00-3:00.
  3. TA hours in F217 today and tomorrow: 2:00-4:50, 7:00-11:00 PM
  4. Percopo classroom today: Tommy McMichen 8:00-11:00 PM
  5. Wednesday: Percopo classroom: Joanna Garrett 8:00-11:00 PM

Session 25

  1. A14 participation survey is due today.
  2. Have you gotten a good start on A15 problem 1?.
  3. Don't forget to include the answer to the question that is part of the memoize problem.
  4. No class meeting this Friday.
    I will be out-of-town.
    I will have infrequent internet access during the weekend.
  5. My office hours today: 12:05-3:50
  6. TA hours in F217: 2:00-4:50, 7:00-11:00 PM

Session 24

  1. E&C exam question scores: Median 18, Mean 16.
  2. A14: only 10 students have full credit now, so I am giving you an extra day.
    New due date is Saturday.
  3. A14 Participation survey is now due Monday at 11:55 PM
  4. Office hours today: 3:00-3:50
  5. TA hours in F217: 2:00-4:50, 7:00-10:00 PM
  6. Sunday: TA hours in F217: 4:00-7:00 PM

Session 23

  1. A13 Participation survey (on Moodle) is due today.
    A14 survey is due Sunday.
  2. My office hours: AT MY HOUSE: 2:00-5:00 PM
  3. TA hours in F217: 2:00-4:50, 7:00-10:00 PM
  4. Percopo 223: Tommy McMichen. 8:00-9:30.
  5. Percopo 317: Joanna Garrett 10:00-11:30 PM

Session 22

  1. 35 students earned full credit on A13 by the end of Monday.
  2. My office hours today: 1:10-3:10 (but I also have 9 advising appointments)
    tomorrow 8:00-8:50 AM, 4:00-4:50 PM
  3. Tomorrow AT MY HOUSE: 11:00-2:00 PM
  4. TA hours in F217: Today and Wednesday 2:00-4:50, 7:00-11:00 PM
  5. Percopo classroom: Joanna Garrett 8:00-11:00 PM
  6. Wednesday: Percopo 317: Joanna Garrett 9:30-11:30 PM

Session 21

  1. The "grace day" (due to the break) for A13 means that you can submit on Wednesday without using one of your late days.
    It does not mean that the due date is Wednesday.
    You cannot submit it on Thursday.
    You should try to get it done by Tuesday, to leave plenty of time for A14 and A15.
  2. For each interpreter milestone, there is a Participation Survey on Moodle, where you will describe your participation and your partner's.
    Three "check the box" questions and one short (but don't make it TOO short!) essay.
    The A13 survey is due on Thursday at 11:55 PM.
  3. A15 is an individual assignment.
    By the end of today's class, you should have the needed background for problems 2 and 3.
  4. Environments and Closures portion of Exam 2 will happen Thursday in class.
  5. I'll be off-campus for IVIG infusions Wednesday 9:00-4:00 and Thursday 12:00-7:00.
  6. My office hours today: 1:10-4:50.
  7. TA hours in F217: 2:00-4:50, 7:00-11:00 PM
  8. Percopo classroom: Joanna Garrett 8:00-11:00 PM

Session 20

  1. E&C portion of Exam 2 will happen in class on Thursday, Oct 17 (last 30 minutes).
  2. 31 students completed A11b in time to earn a late day.
  3. I'll be off-campus tomorrow. See Day 19 announcements.
  4. My office hous today: 12:05-2:50
  5. Scheduled TA hours today and tomorrow: 2:00-4:50, 7:00-11:00.
  6. Percopo classroom: Tommy McMichen 8:00-11:00 PM
  7. Wednesday: Percopo classroom: Tommy McMichen 8:00-11:00 PM
  8. Sunday: So far there is not a TA for F-217.
  9. Sunday: Percopo classroom: Joanna Garrett 8:00-11:00 PM

Session 19

  1. I will be off-campus all day Wednesday (In Baltimore to see my Scleromyxedema specialist).
    I will check email and Piazza several times during the day.
  2. A11b: No credit for unparse-exp unless your code is representation-independent (uses casesinstead of car, cadr, etc.)
  3. My office hours: 2:15-4:50
  4. TA hours in F-217: 2:00-4:50, 7:00-11:00 PM.
  5. Percopo classroom: Joanna Garrett 8:00-11:00 PM

Session 18

  1. One student has told me about a final exam conflict. Do you have one?
  2. My office hours: 12:05-3:00.
  3. TA hours in F-217: 2:00-4:50, 7:00-10:00. Sunday 4:00-7:00.
  4. Sunday: Percopo classroom: Joanna Garrett 8:00-11:00 PM

Session 17

  1. 33 students finished A11a in time to earn an extra late day.
  2. Partners document is linked from Session 18 of the schedule page.
    1. Required: Do assignments 13, 14, 16, 17, 18 together.
    2. Optional: Do assignments 12 and 11b together.
      • If you do them together, one submission with both partner names.
    3. You should write and debug code together, not split it up into separate tasks.
    4. Suggestion: Let the student who is weaker in this course do most of the driving at first.
  3. My office hours today: 1:30-4:00. Friday: 2:00-3:00.
  4. TAs in F217 today: 2:00-4:50, 7:00-10:00
  5. Tommy McMichen in Percopo 223 8:00-9:30

Session 16

  1. A12 is due Monday (hard copy, in class), A11b Tuesday.
  2. Office hours today: 12:30-3:15, Wednesday 11:30-2:00.
  3. TA hours in F217 today and Wednesday: 2:00-5:00, 8:00-11:00 PM
  4. Percopo classroom: Tommy McMichen 8:00-11:00 PM
  5. Percopo 223: Tommy McMichen 6:30-8:00 PM
  6. Wednesday: Percopo classroom: Tommy McMichen 8:00-11:00 PM

Session 15

  1. Remember to submit the partner preference survey (Moodle) by 2:00 today.
  2. I changed the due date for A11a to Thursday, due to the Career Fair.
  3. Please do not use the PLC server as your debugging tool. Three or four submissions of the same assignment is fine; 10 submissions is excessive!
  4. In my office today: approximately 3:30-4:50
  5. Percopo classroom: Joanna Garrett 8:00-11:00 PM

Session 14

  1. I will not be in my office this afternoon (CSSE meeting, then, picking up my sister at the airport).
  2. If I am in my office Monday, it will be late afternoon (taking her to the airport).
  3. Don't forget the partner preference form.
    If you did not read yesterday's announcements about partner choices, please do so.
  4. I added a new test case to A10 free-vars.
  5. The usual TA hours today and Sunday (see the schedule page, Day 1).
  6. Percopo Tutor Joanna Garrett in Percopo 317 8:00-11:00 PM

Session 13

  1. I don't make appointments for my office hours times. Just come to my office.
  2. 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 must 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 Monday at Noon.
    10. Survey is available on Moodle (probably sometime Wednesday).
    11. I will announce partners no later than end of the day Tuesday, Oct 2.
    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 and tell me your decision before the survey is due.
  3. A1-A8 were mainly about learning Scheme, going deeper with recursive programming, and getting used to using first-class procedures.
  4. Beginning with A9, the programs you write will often be more abstract, higher-level, and/or more focused on language properties.
  5. Weeks 1-3 are the warm-up phase (mostly easy), 4-7 are the main emphasis of the course (a little bit harder), 8-10 focus on continuations (fascinating and very difficult)
  6. In my office today: 1:00-3:50.
  7. TAs in F217 today: 2:00-4:50, 7:00-10:00
  8. Tommy McMichen in Percopo 223 8:00-9:30

Session 12

  1. Rooms for tonight's exam: Linked from Day 12 of the schedule page and on Piazza.
  2. Our final exam is Monday evening of exam week.
  3. In my office today: 1:00-3:00; tomorrow: 1:00-3:50.
  4. I will be off-campus Friday afternoon until at least 3:30 PM.
  5. TAs in F217: 2:00-4:50, tomorrow 2:00-4:50, 7:00-11:00.
  6. Percopo classroom: Tommy McMichen 8:00-11:00 PM
  7. Wednesday: Percopo classroom: Tommy McMichen 8:00-11:00 PM

Session 11

  1. Optional Exam 1 review session today 6:00-8:00 in O159.
  2. Reminder: You are not allowed to use a late day for A8.
  3. New test case added for subst-leftmost.
  4. Exam 1 written: non-coding questions (3, 12 points)
    coding problems (4 or 5, 28 points).
    Each coding problem has a short solution. Some are HW problems.
    I suggest that you spend no more than 50 minutes on the written part.
  5. Exam 1 computer: (4 or 5 coding problems, 40 points)
    In most cases, your score will be the points that the grading server gives you.
    I strongly suggest that you leave yourself at least 90 minutes for this part.
  6. The course grading scale is slightly different than some other courses.
  7. In my office today: 12:05-2:30.
  8. TAs in F217 today: 2:00-4:50, 7:00-11:00

Session 10

  1. Optional Exam 1 review session Monday 6:00-8:00 in O159.
  2. If you are on a RHIT athletic team that has practice Tuesday afternoon, you can start and finish the exam 30 minutes late
  3. 30 students finished A7b by yesterday, and will earn a late day.
  4. Class average on HW: 98%.
    11 students have earned every possible late day (as of A6b).
  5. My office hours today: 12:05-12:55, 2:00-2:55.
  6. TAs in F217 today: 2:00-4:50, 7:00-10:00
  7. Sunday: TA in F-217 7:00-10:00 PM

Session 9

  1. 40 students finished A7a by yesterday, and will earn a late day.
  2. See my note on Piazza (yesterday afternoon) about due dates for A7a and A7b.
  3. In my office today: 12:05-1:30.
  4. TAs in F217 today: 2:00-4:50, 7:00-10:00
  5. Tommy McMichen in Percopo 223 8:00-9:30
    6. >

Session 8

  1. Today you may want to do the live-coding session on your computer.
    There is a lot of starting code, and I'll do a lot of copying and pasting.
  2. Only 29 students finished A6b early. There is a reason for that!
  3. At the beginning of the course, I said, "Assignments will start out easy and ramp up quickly."
    A6b is the beginning of the steepest part of the ramp-up.
  4. In my office today: 1:00-2:55.
  5. TAs in F217 today: 2:00-4:50, 7:00-11:00
  6. Percopo 223 today: Tommy McMichen 6:30-8:00.
  7. Percopo classroom today: Tommy McMichen 8:00-11:00 PM
  8. Wednesday: Percopo classroom: Joanna Garrett 8:00-11:00 PM

Session 7

  1. 35 students already have at least 102/105 points on A6a
  2. Scheme-a-thon (an assignment due every day) ends Thursday.
  3. This week is probably the busiest 304 week of the term.
  4. In my office today: 12:05-2:55.
  5. TAs in F217 today: 2:00-5:00, 7:00-11:00
  6. Percopo 317: Joanna Garrett 8:00-11:00 PM

Session 6

  1. Off-campus this afternoon for infusions.
    same deal as Wednesday (see day 4 announcements).
  2. A6 is split into two parts:
    A6A has 7 problems. Five of them are short and straighforward.
      #6 is challenging and #7 is long.
    A6b has 5 problems. Three of them are short and straighforward.
       #10 and #11 are harder.
  3. TAs in F217 today: 2:00-4:50, 7:00-10:00
  4. Sunday: Percopo classroom: Joanna Garrett 8:00-11:00 PM
  5. Sunday: TA in F-217 7:00-10:00 PM

Session 5

  1. 33 students finished A4 a day early.
  2. A5 is larger/harder than A4.
    The first problem is especially hard.
    Thus you probably want to make some progress on A5 today.
  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: 12:05-2:55.
  5. TAs in F217 today: 2:00-4:50, 7:00-10:00
  6. Tommy McMichen in Percopo 223 8:00-9:30>

Session 4

  1. 32 students finished A3 early and earned a late day!
  2. I'll be off-campus most of the day tomorrow for IVIG infusion.
  3. Most likely time to be in my office: 4:00-5:00 PM
  4. Feel free to come to my house between 10:30 and 3:00
  5. In my office today: 12:05-2:55.
  6. TAs in F217 today: 2:00-5:00, 7:00-10:00
  7. Percopo classroom: Tommy McMichen 8:00-11:00 PM
  8. TA hours tomorrow: 2:00-5:00, 7:00-10:00

Session 3

  1. Section Switch To Be With Partner request form.
  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: 12:05-2:55.
  4. TAs in F217 today: 2:00-5:00, 7:00-10:00

Session 2

  1. Turn in your A0 hand-in sheet
  2. A1 is due today. A2 is due Monday. A3 Tuesday.
  3. Evening exams Tuesday Sep 24 and Tuesday Oct 29.
    Let me know by Monday if you have a conflict.
  4. We don't have enough time in class to talk about every Scheme procedure that we will use.
    You'll have to get some from the reading, especially the things that are in EoPL-1.
  5. In my office today (F210): 12:00-2:15.
  6. TA hours in F217: 2:00-5:00 and 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. Assignment 1 (8 small problems) is due tomorrow at 11:59 PM.
  4. Two parts of Assignment 0 are due before midnight tonight (try the PLC server, email settings for Piazza)
  5. The A0 hand-in sheet is due at the beginning of tomorrow's class.
    Bring a hard copy.
  6. Bookmark the course schedule page in your browser.
  7. Later today: Go to the CSSE 304 Piazza course and configure your email settings.
  8. In my office today (F210): 12:00-2:50.
  9. TA hours in F217: 2:00-5:00 and 7:00-10:00.