CS100M: Archived Announcements

CS100M-->Archived Announcements

Date Topic Description

11/29 M P5 regrades The last day for submitting Project 5 regrade requests is Wednesday 12/1. Bring your request to UP B7 lab during consulting hours.

11/29 M OOP Review On 11/30, Tuesday, 7-7:50pm, we will have a help session on Java OOP. We especially encourage the students who had difficulties with Project 5 and/or the OOP question on Prelim 3 to attend. Location: Carol Tatkon Center Rm 3330 (Classroom) in Balch Hall.

11/29
M Final Exam
Conflicts Please check the times of your final exams for conflicts at:
http://cuinfo.cornell.edu/Academic/EXFA.html
If you have a University scheduled final conflict please email Kelly Patwell with the following information:
- Course name and number (ex. CS100)
- Prof. name and email address for the conflicting final

11/29 M Section Section will be held in the lab this week.

11/23
T P6 Part B Both Parts A and B have been posted. Due Thursday, 12/2, at 3pm.

11/23
T Prelim 3
statistics median: 78; mean: 70.8

11/22
M Section Section will be in the lab this week. There are no lab exercises: it will be a help session on homework or last week's lab exercise.

11/18
R Saving files
in DrJava Some students have had trouble with saving files in DrJava. (Perhaps the back-up files, where ~ is appended to the file name, are causing problems on your specific system configuration?) You can turn off the feature in DrJava that saves a backup file. Go to menu item Edit-->Preferences, choose the last category, "Miscellaneous," then uncheck the box for "Keep Emacs-style Backup Files."

11/18
R Prelim 3
return & regrade Prelim 3 will be available for pick up in Upson Hall 363C weekdays from 2:00pm-4:30pm. Please bring your ID.
The deadline for submitting Prelim 3 regrade requests is Monday 11/29 at 4pm

11/17
W Returning
Prelim 3 Prelim 3 will be returned in lecture tomorrow, 11/18.

11/17
W P6A Project 6 Part A has been posted. Start now! Both Part A and Part B (to be posted) are due on Thursday, 12/2, at 3pm.

11/15
M Section Section will be held in the lab this week.

11/10
W P5 help In addition to a consultant, TA William Yip will be in UP B7 lab 7:15-8:15pm this evening to help with your last-minute questions on Project 5.

11/10
W Prelim 3 Review - review questions posted on Prelim 3 page
- CS100M review session led by TAs, location and time found on Prelim 3 page
- additional review session offered by Tau Beta Pi tutors (see Prelim 3 page for more info)

11/8
M Prelim 3 Conflict If you have a university-excused conflict please contact Kelly Patwell ASAP to make arrangements for a make-up exam.

11/8
M Section Section will be held in the classrooms this week.

11/5
F 2pm Revised
Ocean A revised Ocean class was posted at 2pm. You can download it or just make a small change in your old version: in method kill, the method body should not reference the coordinates (because your toString methods will handle the coordinates).

11/4
R No arrays
yet Do not use arrays in Project 5!

11/3
W P5 All required files for Project 5 have been posted. Start now!

11/2
T P5 Project 5 has been posted and is due R, 11/11 at 3:00pm. Start reading the project statement! The skeleton code will be posted shortly.

11/1
M Section Section will be held in the lab this week.

10/29
F regrade
request Deadline for submitting Prelim 2 regrade requests has been extended: Monday 4:30pm. Please make sure that you talk to a CS100 consultant about regrade requests. The consulting times are posted on the course website:
2:30-11pm Sunday to Thursday, 2:30-6pm Friday and Saturday
Some of you went to the lab when CS100 consultants were not on duty and asked the university CIT lab staff to take the requests. The CIT staff of course refused and directed the students to the general CS department office on the third floor (as they should for CS course issues that they don't deal with), causing confusion. So make sure you talk to a CS100 consultant, not the CIT lab operator!

10/28
R T2 The last day to submit Prelim 2 regrade request is Friday, 6pm, at UP B7 lab.

10/28
R E3 E3 has been posted and is due T, 11/2 at 8:00am.

10/25
M Section Section will be held in the classrooms this week

10/22
F Prelim 2 Prelim 2 will be available for pick up in Upson Hall 363C weekdays from 2:00pm-4:30pm. Please bring your ID.

10/20
W P4 Project 4 has been posted. Due Thursday 10/28 at 3pm.

10/20
W Java version
1.4.2 Use version 1.4.2, not the most recent v5.0, with DrJava.

10/18
M Section Section will be held in the Lab this week.

10/16
Sa Homework
solutions All homework solutions have been posted. Be sure to review the solutions even if you received a perfect score on your submitted work. Review your lab exercises as well!

10/14
R Prelim 2
review Topics and review questions have been posted. There will be a review session this Sunday. See Exams-->Prelim 2 for detail.

10/13
W TA Evals TA midterm evaluations will be conducted on-line from Wednesday, October 13 through Sunday, October 31. Please visit the web site below to and let the college know how your TA is doing.
http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/TAEval/survey.cfm

10/8
F Java Text The Cornell Store will be retuning unsold Java textbooks in a few weeks, so you should buy your copy soon. The serial number for accessing the CD included with the book is TKA9LSAK.

10/7
R E2 Exercise 2 has been posted. Due 10/14 Thursday at 3pm.

10/5
T cardEval.m A revised version has been posted.

10/4
M P3A
provided code The code for finding the winner in the card game has been posted. Use it to finish your card game program. While you are not required to know how to write this function, you should look it over to see its structure. Nifty things in the function that you do not need to learn for CS100 include the 3-d array and the switch statement. (They're cool! It won't hurt you to learn them, but we do not require you to learn them.) Other constructs in the function are familiar to you and you should have no problem reading/analyzing them.

10/4
M Java Text The textbook "Multimedia Introduction to Programming, using Java" is available at the Cornell Store. The serial number is missing from the CD that TKA9LSAK

10/4
M Section Section will be held in the lab this week.

10/1
F P3 Project 3 Part B has been posted. Due 10/7 Thursday at 3pm.
More information was added to Part A so please check it out! Look for the two boxes under the sections "What you will program" and "Additional information."

9/30
R Prelim 1 Prelim 1 will be available for pick up in Upson Hall 363C weekdays from 2:00pm-4:30pm. Please bring your ID.

9/28
T P3A Project 3 Part A has been posted. Due 10/7 Thursday at 3pm.

9/28
T Prof. Fan's Office hrs Office hr this Thurs, 9/30, will be 3:30-4 only

9/27
M Section Section will be held in the regular classrooms this week.

9/21
T E1 Exercise 1 has been posted. Due 9/24 Wednesday at 3pm.

9/21 T Tutors Learning Initiatives for Future Engineers (LIFE) offers a free tutoring service for students interested in more individualized attention in the core engineering courses. Please go here for a list of available tutors for CS 100M

9/20
M P2 event
scheduling In your program, you can use the value 20 for the number of events in the data set. (We know you can count, but we thought we'd mention it here...)

9/20
M Section Section will be held in the lab this week.

9/17
F P1 grading Project 1 solutions and grading guide have been posted. Please review the solutions and grading guide even if you received a perfect score on the project. The grading guide, in particular, shows the items that we look for when we grade--useful info for future projects. The grading guide also shows the meaning of the "error codes" (e.g., c1a, s2a, etc.) that you may find in the grading comments (in CMS) for your project.

9/16
R T1 conflict By now you should have reported any official university scheduled conflicts with Prelim 1. If you haven't reported your conflict yet, contact Kelly Patwell now.

9/14
T no break Do not use the break command in Project 2 (or other projects and exams).

9/13
M MATLAB 7 Do not print from the Command Window directly in MATLAB 7 (Release 14). This is a known bug reported in MATLAB's support documentation. Printing directly from the Command Window causes some computers to freeze up. A work-around is to copy what you want to print from the Command Window to the Editor Window, and then print from the Editor Window.

9/13
M Section Section will be held in the regular classrooms this week.

9/11
Sa P2 Project 2 has been posted. Due 9/22 Wednesday at 3pm.

9/8
W CMS File
type warning CMS has been giving warning messages (not error messages) regarding the file type when students submit files with the extension .m. As long as you submit plain text files (e.g., files created using the MATLAB editor, Notepad, etc.), you may disregard the warning.

9/6
M Section Section will be held in the computer lab this week.

9/6
M Newsgroup If you need help with accessing the newsgroup through Bear Access, check this out! http://www.cit.cornell.edu/services/netnews/gravity/

8/31
T Section Section will be held in the computer lab this week.

8/26
R AEW The start date of the AEW workshop has changed to 9/2.

8/24
T Textbook The book "Multimedia Approach to Programming Using Java" will not be available in the Cornell Store until early September. An announcement will be posted here when they arrive.

7/29
R Books,
software Do not open any packaging or write on your books until after the first lecture unless you are very sure you will take CS100M (as opposed to CS100J).

Date	Topic	Description
11/29 M	P5 regrades	The last day for submitting Project 5 regrade requests is *Wednesday 12/1. Bring your request to UP B7 lab during consulting* hours.**
11/29 M	OOP Review	On 11/30, Tuesday, 7-7:50pm, we will have a help session on Java OOP. We especially encourage the students who had difficulties with Project 5 and/or the OOP question on Prelim 3 to attend. Location: Carol Tatkon Center Rm 3330 (Classroom) in Balch Hall.
11/29 M	Final Exam Conflicts	Please check the times of your final exams for conflicts at: http://cuinfo.cornell.edu/Academic/EXFA.html If you have a University scheduled final conflict please email Kelly Patwell with the following information: - Course name and number (ex. CS100) - Prof. name and email address for the conflicting final
11/29 M	Section	Section will be held in the lab this week.
11/23 T	P6 Part B	Both Parts A and B have been posted. Due Thursday, 12/2, at 3pm.
11/23 T	Prelim 3 statistics	median: 78; mean: 70.8
11/22 M	Section	Section will be in the lab this week. There are no lab exercises: it will be a help session on homework or last week's lab exercise.
11/18 R	Saving files in DrJava	Some students have had trouble with saving files in DrJava. (Perhaps the back-up files, where ~ is appended to the file name, are causing problems on your specific system configuration?) You can turn off the feature in DrJava that saves a backup file. Go to menu item Edit-->Preferences, choose the last category, "Miscellaneous," then uncheck the box for "Keep Emacs-style Backup Files."
11/18 R	Prelim 3 return & regrade	Prelim 3 will be available for pick up in Upson Hall 363C weekdays from 2:00pm-4:30pm. Please bring your ID. The deadline for submitting Prelim 3 regrade requests is Monday 11/29 at 4pm
11/17 W	Returning Prelim 3	Prelim 3 will be returned in lecture tomorrow, 11/18.
11/17 W	P6A	Project 6 Part A has been posted. Start now! Both Part A and Part B (to be posted) are due on Thursday, 12/2, at 3pm.
11/15 M	Section	Section will be held in the lab this week.
11/10 W	P5 help	In addition to a consultant, TA William Yip will be in UP B7 lab 7:15-8:15pm this evening to help with your last-minute questions on Project 5.
11/10 W	Prelim 3 Review	- review questions posted on Prelim 3 page - CS100M review session led by TAs, location and time found on Prelim 3 page - additional review session offered by Tau Beta Pi tutors (see Prelim 3 page for more info)
11/8 M	Prelim 3 Conflict	If you have a university-excused conflict please contact Kelly Patwell ASAP to make arrangements for a make-up exam.
11/8 M	Section	Section will be held in the classrooms this week.
11/5 F 2pm	Revised Ocean	A revised Ocean class was posted at 2pm. You can download it or just make a small change in your old version: in method kill, the method body should not reference the coordinates (because your toString methods will handle the coordinates).
11/4 R	No arrays yet	Do not use arrays in Project 5!
11/3 W	P5	All required files for Project 5 have been posted. Start now!
11/2 T	P5	Project 5 has been posted and is due R, 11/11 at 3:00pm. Start reading the project statement! The skeleton code will be posted shortly.
11/1 M	Section	Section will be held in the lab this week.
10/29 F	regrade request	Deadline for submitting Prelim 2 regrade requests has been extended: Monday 4:30pm. Please make sure that you talk to a CS100 consultant about regrade requests. The consulting times are posted on the course website: 2:30-11pm Sunday to Thursday, 2:30-6pm Friday and Saturday Some of you went to the lab when CS100 consultants were not on duty and asked the university CIT lab staff to take the requests. The CIT staff of course refused and directed the students to the general CS department office on the third floor (as they should for CS course issues that they don't deal with), causing confusion. So make sure you talk to a CS100 consultant, not the CIT lab operator!
10/28 R	T2	The last day to submit Prelim 2 regrade request is Friday, 6pm, at UP B7 lab.
10/28 R	E3	E3 has been posted and is due T, 11/2 at 8:00am.
10/25 M	Section	Section will be held in the classrooms this week
10/22 F	Prelim 2	Prelim 2 will be available for pick up in Upson Hall 363C weekdays from 2:00pm-4:30pm. Please bring your ID.
10/20 W	P4	Project 4 has been posted. Due Thursday 10/28 at 3pm.
10/20 W	Java version 1.4.2	Use version 1.4.2, not the most recent v5.0, with DrJava.
10/18 M	Section	Section will be held in the Lab this week.
10/16 Sa	Homework solutions	All homework solutions have been posted. Be sure to review the solutions even if you received a perfect score on your submitted work. Review your lab exercises as well!
10/14 R	Prelim 2 review	Topics and review questions have been posted. There will be a review session this Sunday. See Exams-->Prelim 2 for detail.
10/13 W	TA Evals	TA midterm evaluations will be conducted on-line from Wednesday, October 13 through Sunday, October 31. Please visit the web site below to and let the college know how your TA is doing. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/TAEval/survey.cfm
10/8 F	Java Text	The Cornell Store will be retuning unsold Java textbooks in a few weeks, so you should buy your copy soon. The serial number for accessing the CD included with the book is TKA9LSAK.
10/7 R	E2	Exercise 2 has been posted. Due 10/14 Thursday at 3pm.
10/5 T	`cardEval.m`	A revised version has been posted.
10/4 M	P3A provided code	The code for finding the winner in the card game has been posted. Use it to finish your card game program. While you are not required to know how to write this function, you should look it over to see its structure. Nifty things in the function that you do not need to learn for CS100 include the 3-d array and the `switch` statement. (They're cool! It won't hurt you to learn them, but we do not require you to learn them.) Other constructs in the function are familiar to you and you should have no problem reading/analyzing them.
10/4 M	Java Text	The textbook "Multimedia Introduction to Programming, using Java" is available at the Cornell Store. The serial number is missing from the CD that TKA9LSAK
10/4 M	Section	Section will be held in the lab this week.
10/1 F	P3	Project 3 Part B has been posted. Due 10/7 Thursday at 3pm. More information was added to Part A so please check it out! Look for the two boxes under the sections "What you will program" and "Additional information."
9/30 R	Prelim 1	Prelim 1 will be available for pick up in Upson Hall 363C weekdays from 2:00pm-4:30pm. Please bring your ID.
9/28 T	P3A	Project 3 Part A has been posted. Due 10/7 Thursday at 3pm.
9/28 T	Prof. Fan's Office hrs	Office hr this Thurs, 9/30, will be 3:30-4 only
9/27 M	Section	Section will be held in the regular classrooms this week.
9/21 T	E1	Exercise 1 has been posted. Due 9/24 Wednesday at 3pm.
9/21 T	Tutors	Learning Initiatives for Future Engineers (LIFE) offers a free tutoring service for students interested in more individualized attention in the core engineering courses. Please go here for a list of available tutors for CS 100M
9/20 M	P2 event scheduling	In your program, you can use the value 20 for the number of events in the data set. (We know you can count, but we thought we'd mention it here...)
9/20 M	Section	Section will be held in the lab this week.
9/17 F	P1 grading	Project 1 solutions and grading guide have been posted. Please review the solutions and grading guide even if you received a perfect score on the project. The grading guide, in particular, shows the items that we look for when we grade--useful info for future projects. The grading guide also shows the meaning of the "error codes" (e.g., c1a, s2a, etc.) that you may find in the grading comments (in CMS) for your project.
9/16 R	T1 conflict	By now you should have reported any official university scheduled conflicts with Prelim 1. If you haven't reported your conflict yet, contact Kelly Patwell now.
9/14 T	no `break`	Do not use the `break` command in Project 2 (or other projects and exams).
9/13 M	MATLAB 7	Do not print from the Command Window directly in MATLAB 7 (Release 14). This is a known bug reported in MATLAB's support documentation. Printing directly from the Command Window causes some computers to freeze up. A work-around is to copy what you want to print from the Command Window to the Editor Window, and then print from the Editor Window.
9/13 M	Section	Section will be held in the regular classrooms this week.
9/11 Sa	P2	Project 2 has been posted. Due 9/22 Wednesday at 3pm.
9/8 W	CMS File type warning	CMS has been giving warning messages (not error messages) regarding the file type when students submit files with the extension .m. As long as you submit plain text files (e.g., files created using the MATLAB editor, Notepad, etc.), you may disregard the warning.
9/6 M	Section	Section will be held in the computer lab this week.
9/6 M	Newsgroup	If you need help with accessing the newsgroup through Bear Access, check this out! http://www.cit.cornell.edu/services/netnews/gravity/
8/31 T	Section	Section will be held in the computer lab this week.
8/26 R	AEW	The start date of the AEW workshop has changed to 9/2.
8/24 T	Textbook	The book "Multimedia Approach to Programming Using Java" will not be available in the Cornell Store until early September. An announcement will be posted here when they arrive.
7/29 R	Books, software	Do not open any packaging or write on your books until after the first lecture unless you are very sure you will take CS100M (as opposed to CS100J).