CS 107: Computing for Math and Science
Spring, 2008
Announcements
Sun. May 11
There was a mistake in two of the answers to the "more questions ans
answers" practice problems for the final. The first mistake was in
the last answer on page 2. The second was question 4A. The version
currently posted has the corrected answers in blue.
Tues. Apr 29
For Assignment 7, the instructions for how to turn in your work from a computer
lab machine have been changed - see the assignment for details.
Tues. Apr 29
Assignment 7 is posted on the assignments page.
Thurs. Apr 17
Assignment 6 is posted on the assignments page.
Wed. Apr 16
There will be no lecture Monday, April 21.
Sun. Apr 6
Several students using remus have been getting errors on their assignment 5 code that say things like Function '*' not defined for variables of class 'single'. This was due to some files having the wrong protection so that students were not allowed to see them. I am very sorry this happened, and that my mistake caused you wasted time and aggravation. The protections are now fixed. Also, I have extended the due date to Friday, April 11 at 10 am with a 6 hour grace period after that.
Thurs. Apr 3
There was a mistake in the answers to the real number practice problems, Ia.
The answers have been revised - Corrections are shown in blue.
Wed. Apr 2
There are a couple of additional files of practice problems on the practice
problems page.
Wed. Apr 2
If you are using Matlab on Remus, there has been a change in the setup for assignment 5. See the lines in blue at the top of the assignment
Tues. Apr 1
Exam II will be April 9 - see exams page for details.
Sun. Mar 30
Several people have asked if they can submit another version of a homework
assignment if they have already submited something. The answer is yes.
You can submit as often as you want, until the end of the grace period. The
last version you submit is what will be graded.
In fact, as soon as you have finished, each part of an assignment, it is
probably wise to submit a zip file contining that part and any other parts
you have already finished. E.g. if a problem has 3 parts and you do part 1
then part 3, then part 2, you should submit part 1 when you finish it. When
you finish part 3 submit a new zip file with parts 1 and 3, and when you
finish the whole thing submit all three parts. That way, if something
happens and you don't get to all the parts, at least the parts you have done
will be in.
Note that each time you
submit an answer it completely replaces all previous submissions for this
problem. So if you submit an answer for part 1, then later submit just
an answer for part 2, you answer for part 1 is lost and not graded.
Sun. Mar 30
Practice problems on
asymptotic
complexity have been posted.
Fri. Mar 28
Assignment 5 has been posted.
Thu. Mar 20
A Computer Science Career Night, organized and sponsored by the
Rutgers Emerging Scholars in Computer Science (RESCS) program, will
be held on Monday, March 31, 2008 at 7:15pm in Core 301 (also
known as Core A) on fhe Busch Campus. All students interested in a
career
in computing are welcome!
Come learn first-hand about the career experiences of four Rutgers CS
& CE graduates
employed at Lockheed Martin, Goldman Sachs, Crowe Chizek, and
Lerner, David,
Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik (our alumna is a patent attorney).
Full details of the event are available at http://rescs.rutgers.edu/careerS08/CarNight.html
The event is co-sponsored by the Women in Computer Science (WCS) and
the Undergraduate Student Alliance of Computer Scientists (USACS).
Refreshments will be served.
Mon. Mar 17
Assignment 4 has been posted.
Fri. Feb 29
The exams are graded and the grades should be up on Sakai later today. Don't panic
unless you got less than 72 points. (72 is roughly the bottom of the C's.)
If you did get less than 72, contact Prof. Steinberg or your TA immediatelyh:
it is still possible to pass the course but it will take some extra help,
which we are happy to provide.
Tues. Feb 26
Answers are up for the FOR practice problems. Also revised answers for practice problems 2 and the practice exam.
Fri. Feb. 22
- While loops and sentinels will not be in exam I.
-
The exams page now has answers for the practice exam and the practice
problems page has a problem set on for loops and answers for the If
problem set.
Tues. Feb. 19
The first two answers to Practice Problems 2 were wrong - they have
been corrected.
Tues. Feb. 19
See How to Study for some notes on how
to study for exams in CS 107.
Tues. Feb. 19
On assignment 3 problem 3: I had intended that this be done with for
and if, but I did not specify that, and a number of people
used other methods (eg vectors of booleans like
balances > 0
). Either way of doing it is ok - you will not lose points for using vectors
of booleans.
Fri. Feb. 15
The exams page now has a practice exam and a list of topics for Midterm I.
Fri. Feb. 15
See`this note for more explanation of problem 2 of assig. 3..
Thu. Feb. 14
The practice problems on ifs are now available.
Thu. Feb. 14
A note from the CS Department:
On February 18th, acknowledgment of the Computer Science Academic
Integrity Policy will become a requirement to log into the CS student
unix machines and email. Failing to acknowledge the policy will
prevent students from using remus.
Anyone can
acknowledge the policy or check their status with this policy by
logging into the following website. To login, click the "login"
button at the lower right.
http://www.cs.rutgers.edu/policies/academicintegrity/index.php?page=4
If you have questions please email help@cs.rutgers.edu.
Wed. Feb. 13
Assignment 3 has been posted.
Tues. Feb 12
Notes on zipping
- If your files are on
remus: make sure you are typing the zip command in a terminal window
(the same place you typed the
matlab
command), and
not in matlab's command window. You may have to quit matlab
for this to work. Then use scp to copy the zip file to your computer so
you can submit it to handin.
For info on scp see the Remote Matlab items on the left side
of our class web page - you may have to scroll the list to see them.
- If your files are on a windows computer running
windows XP eg a windows computer ( not an Apple iMac) in the Rutgers
labs:
- open the folder containing the files you want to zip and select those files
so that just their icons are highlighted.
- right click on one of the files and select "send to" then "Compressed
(zipped) folder"
- you may have to change the name of the resulting zipped folder, eg to
assig2.zip
Mon. Feb 11
Answers for practice problems 1, 2, and 3 have been posted on the
practce problems page.
Reminder:These problems are meant to be fairly easy. If you find
them hard, speak to Prof. Steinberg about getting extra help.
Thurs. Feb 7
The first midterm will be Wed., Feb 27 at our normal class time in our normal
room.
Tue. Feb 5
Assignment 2 has been posted.
Mon. Feb 4
The third set
of practice problems is available.
Sun. Feb 3
The first set
of practice problems is available. So is the second set.
Wed. Jan 30
Two problems with Assignment 1 have been fixed
- Handin is now set up to accept this assignment.
-
The due date has been fixed - next Tuesday is Feb, 5, not 4.
Tues. Jan 29
Assignment 1 has been posted.
Wed. Jan 25
Welcome to the web site for CS 107: Computing for Math and Sciences.
Please check this web page regularly for announcements.
We will assume you
are aware of everything posted on this site.
Please start by reading read the Syllabus and Policies pages. (The links are
in the column of links to the left.)
There will be no recitation Wednesday, Jan. 23 Recitation will start Monday Jan.
28.