CSS 342A: Mathematical Principles of Computing
Autumn 2013 MW 545-745pm at UW2-031
Prof. Munehiro Fukuda
Course Work | Percentage | Achievements | Corresponding Numeric Grade |
Midterm Exam | 25% | 90s | 3.5 -- 4.0 |
Final Exam | 25% | 80s | 2.5 -- 3.4 |
Prog. Assignments 1 - 7 | 32.5% (4.5% each for Prog.1 - 5, 5% each for Prog. 6 -7) | 70s | 1.5 -- 2.4 |
Quizses 1 - 4 | 12% (3% each) | 60s | 0.7 -- 1.4 |
Labs 1 - 7 | 3.5% (0.5% each) | ||
In-Class Exercises 1 - 4 | 2% (0.5% each) | ||
Total | 100% |
Soft copies of assignment work are due at the beginning of class on the due date. No late submisions will be accepted. Except for special circumstances such as medical and other emergencies, in which case you must present a written proof to me. Barring emergencies, the professor must be informed before the assignment due date. Note that disk crash is not considered as an emergency.
Laboratory work: Seven short programming problems will be given in the class as a post-lecture task and an introduction to each homework assignment. Although students can work together in the class, each student is supposed to independently turn in the code and execution results through CollectIt (for Lab Work). Indicate your collaborators' names in the header comments of your code
In-class exercises: This series of mathematical exercises will be done by a group of students. At the end of each session, each group is supposed to turn in a short report that describes an answer and lists all group members' names. If you miss a session and still hope to make it up, you need to work on its topic by yourself and turn in a report with a written proof of your emergency in a week.
Exams and quizses: Each quiz will be given from the scope covering its previous non-turn-in writing exercise and in-class exercise. It will be given for the first 20 minutes of the class. So, don't be late. Midterm and final examinations cover weeks 1 - 5 and 6 - 10 respectively. The final is not cumulative. All quizes and examinations will take place in the same classroom. Niether make-up exams nor quizzes will be given unless you inform me of your medical/family/business emergency.
Special needs: To request academic accommodations due to a disability, please contact Disabled Student Services (DSS) in Library Annex Building, Room 106, (email dss@uwb.edu, TDD: 425-352-5303, and FAX: 425-352-5455). If you have a documented disability on file with the DSS office, please have your DSS counselor contact me and we can discuss accommodations.
In-class use of electronic devices: Turn off and store all devices in your bag or backpack except a laptop computer. Only for in-class lab sessions, you can use your laptop computer. However, don't use your laptop for any other purposes including video games, facebook, email response, etc., which are quite distructive to other students and the professor.
Each soft copy must be a zipped file (in tar or zip only) that includes your source code (in ASCII texts) as well as your report (in PDF or MS Word). The report should include your program specification, explanation, results, and result considerations. Please check each homework specification about what you have to write in your report.
Your code should compile and run properly with g++ compiler on Linux, the professors will test your code only with this execution environment. Upload your file through CollectIt (for Programming Assignment)
Syntax errors and run-time errors without much output yield a low grade. Run-time errors (occurring after the majority of the output), or incorrect answers will result in a significant number of points being deducted from your grade. Otherwise, you will be graded on documentation (clarity and completeness), style (indentation, use of blank lines and spaces), meaningful identifier names, organization of your program (modularity, design), efficiency (no useless, unnecessary, or unnecessarily complicated code), output (clarity and format), the overall readability of your entire program, and following directions.
Read assignment.html for more details.
Week | Date | Topics | Lab, Exercises, and Quizes | Reading | Assignment |
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0 | Sep 25 | Introduction | C++ ch1 | ||
1 | Sep 30 | Objects and classes | Lab work 1 | C++ ch interlude 1.1-1.2, 5 | Program 1 assigned |
Oct 2 | Templates | Lab work 1 Continued | C++ ch interlude 1.3, 6 |   | |
2 | 7 | Algorithm analysis | C++ ch10 Math Ch9.1 |
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9 | Algorithm analysis (continued) | Lab work 2 |   | Program 1 due Program 2 assigned Non-turn-in writing exercises 1 assigned |
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3 | 14 | Recursion | C++ ch2, ch5.3-5.4 Math Ch8.1-8.3 |
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16 | Recursion (continued) | Lab work 3 | Program 2 due Program 3 assigned |
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4 | 21 | Induction | Exercise 1 | Math 2.4,5.1,5.2,5.4 | |
23 | Sorting algorithms | Quiz 1 | C++ ch11 Math 3.1,5.4 |
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5 | Oct 28 | Sorting algorithms (continued) | Lab work 4 | Program 3 due Program 4 assigned |
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30 | Midterm exam |   | |||
6 | Nov 4 | Linked lists |   | C++ ch8-9 | |
6 | Linked lists (continued) | Lab work 5 | Program 4 due Program 5 assigned |
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7 | 11 | no school - holiday | |||
13 | Stacks and compilers |   | C++ ch6-7, ch5.2 | ||
8 | 18 | Stacks and compilers (continued) | Lab work 6 | Program 5 due Program 6 assigned |
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20 | Queues | Lab work 7 | C++ ch13-14 | ||
9 | Nov 25 | Propositions | Exercise 2 | Math ch1.1-1.3 | Program 6 due Program 7 assigned Non-turnin writing exercise 2 assigned |
Nov 27 | Quantifiers | Quiz 2 Exercise 3 |
Math ch1.4,1.5 | Non-turnin writing exercise 3 assigned | |
10 | Dec 2 | Review of linked lists and stacks by Prof. Zander |
Quiz 3 |
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11 | 9 | Final exam | Program 7 due |