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Class meetings are held twice a week, T/Th 10–10:50 in McCosh 50. Class meetings are not lectures; they are activities that were formerly scheduled outside of class time, including exams, exam preparation sessions, and tutorials.
| # | DATE | MEETING | SUBMIT |
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| 0 | 9/15 |
Introduction to COS 126 Everyone must attend. |
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| 1 | 9/20 |
COS 126 Social Meet the faculty, graduate AIs, and classmates. Chat with us about the course, course materials or COS department; or tell us what you hope to get out of the course. |
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| 2 | 9/22 |
Bug Hunt We'll identify some of the most common mistakes that novice programmers make when learning to program in Java. Novice Java programmers should attend. |
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| 3 | 9/27 |
Command-Line Interface Tutorial
Live command-line demo, featuring standard input, standard output, redirection, piping, and bonus tricks. Command Line Summary |
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| 4 | 9/29 |
N-Body Overview
An overview of Assignment 2, with tips and tricks. Read the assignment specification beforehand. |
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| 5 | 10/4 |
Open Office Hours
Come if you have any questions about the course or course materials, are finishing Assignment 2, or getting an early start on Assignment 3. |
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| 6 | 10/6 |
Functions and Recursion
A review of Java's function-call mechanism. Practice with tracing recursive functions. Novice Java programmers should attend. |
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| 7 | 10/11 |
Practice Programming Exam 1
Take a practice programming exam in a realistic environment. |
Submit! |
| 8 | 10/13 |
PROGRAMMING EXAM 1
Everyone must attend. |
Submit! |
| 9 | 10/18 |
Written Exam 1 Review
We'll review last semester's written exam. |
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| 10 | 10/20 |
WRITTEN EXAM 1
Everyone must attend. |
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| 11 | 10/25 |
Written Exam 1 Retrospective
A discussion of solutions to the written exam. |
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| 12 | 10/27 |
Creating Data Types and LFSR
Creating data types activities; tips for LFSR. Everyone should attend; this class meeting replaces the Thursday/Friday precept. Ball, BouncingBalls Provided as reference: BouncingBall |
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| 13 | 11/8 |
Performance
Additional practice with performance, including order of growth. |
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| 14 | 11/10 |
Guitar Hero Overview
An overview of Assignment 6, with tips and tricks. Read the assignment specification beforehand. |
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| 15 | 11/15 |
Open Office Hours
Come if you have any questions about the course or course materials, are finishing Assignment 6, or getting an early start on Assignment 7. |
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| 16 | 11/17 |
Markov Model Overview
An overview of Assignment 7, with tips and tricks. Read the assignment specification beforehand. |
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| 17 | 11/22 |
No class meeting
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| 18 | 11/29 |
Traveling Salesperson Overview
An overview of Assignment 8, with tips and tricks. Read the assignment specification beforehand. |
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| 19 | 12/1 |
All Questions Theory of Computing
Solve old exam problems involving REs, DFAs, Turing machines, universality, and computability. |
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| 20 | 12/6 |
All Questions Intractability
Solve old exam problems involving P, NP, and NP-complete. |
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| 21 | 12/8 |
PROGRAMMING EXAM 2
Everyone must attend. |
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| 22 | 12/13 |
Written Exam 2 Review
Solve last semester's written exam. |
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| 23 | 12/15 |
WRITTEN EXAM 2
Everyone must attend. |