CS 161 Introduction to Programming and Problem Solving Chapter 1 The Instructor and You
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CS 161Introduction to Programming
and Problem Solving
Chapter 1The Instructor and You
Herbert G. Mayer, PSUStatus 10/12/2014
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Who is Your Instructor?
Instructor is a German immigrant to the USA, who has worked in the US computer industry and academia
Immigrated to the US, due to marriage with US citizen in Berlin; yes she is beautiful
Became naturalized US citizen in 1995
MS EECS (electrical engineering an computer science) UCSD 1983; beautiful beach & campus!
PhD CS (informatik) TU Berlin 1995; awesome city, now united!
Professional focus at Intel on compiler optimization, alias analysis, programming languages, VLIW
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Who is Your Instructor? PhD Thesis on automatic generation of MP-object
code via alias analysis
Retired in 2011 after 24 years at Intel Corp. Managed compiler development for systolic array
architecture 1980s Managed Intel CPU tuning lab & CPU validation of new
Intel processors
Teaching computer science since 1983 at SDSU San Diego, and since 1987 PSU
Teaching experience 2004 in Shanghai, at IIIST
Loved China and teaching in China so much that I volunteered to participate in the CCUT + PSU cooperation for CS and ECE
Back at CCUT this academic year spring 2015
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Goals of CS 161 Improve CCUT students’ command of English in
preparation for your possible studies in the US
Lightly acquaint CCUT students with the American culture, to reduce culture-shock in case of studies in Portland, OR
Discuss computing history
Cover number systems with emphasis on binary and decimal codes
Highlight computer architecture from viewpoint of programmer
Explain compiler, assembler, interpreter, linker, loader, computer
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Goals of CS 161
Show how the Software Design Process solves computational problems
Introduce C and occasionally contrast C with C++
Write simple C programs and elements, such as execution flow, data, literals, input, output, logical and arithmetic operations, function, call, return
You design, write, document, execute, debug, and refine simple programs
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Conventions for CS 161 At start of class, we discuss key English language
terms used in the near future: vocabulary intro
Being a non-native English speaker I experienced how important language is for communication
Vocabulary intro limited to a few minutes
You should ask question in class, every time an idea is not understood; this way you are always “in synch” with the instructor
This may not be a typical custom in Chinese academia, but will help you ease into the American life at a university
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Grading, Homework, Tentative Acquire up to 200 points total = 100%
Upper and lower 15% yield a + or – grade variation 2 homeworks at 100 points each = 200 points Homework to be emailed before the start of class on
the due date Homework emails should use the subject line “CS 161
HW x”, where ‘x’ is the homework number Work that is handed in 1 second up to a day late
experiences 10% deduction of the total points Each additional day late: another 10% deducted A Homework that is 5 days late or later is not
accepted
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Silver Bullet One single time each student is allowed to hand in
homework up to 3 days late without penalty
This is called the CS Silver Bullet
Silver Bullets cannot be split, traded, or sold on the black market
If in the end you did not consume the silver bullet, you cannot trade it in for cash or a better grade
While tracking homework grades, consumption of the silver bullet is tracked
Note that the maximally 3 late days worth of Silver Bullet cannot be applied to 2 different late homeworks, even if they are both, say, just 1 day late each
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Extra Credit Extra Credit: is a way to improve your grade by up to
a half grade, i.e. up to a maximum of 50 points total Extra Credit is granted for good ideas expressed in
class, constructive questions and contributions in class, identifying errors in class material
Volunteers may present the HW or select topics in class, 10 min. each for a few extra credit points
Any error in class material, even the slightest typo –but only pointed out the first time– is worth some extra credit
Presenting smart homework solutions in class can deserves extra credit; you need to volunteer for such presentations proactively
Each time you catch and correct an error made by the instructor you receive extra credit
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Overall CCUT Context My portion of CS 161 is only a small part of your 16-
week long semester at CCUT
Hence this portion is only one part for your final grade, to be assigned by your class teacher
Yet the CS 161 portion will be part of your final grade, but the detail and weight is to be decided jointly with the semester’s professor
Hopefully, you learn a lot and enjoy my personal delivery method, refined by me in a quarter century of teaching Computer Science
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Who are You?
Briefly, 2-6 students volunteer to articulate in class, explaining:
Your name, Chinese and English, if you have Your field of study and current progress Why do you take CS 161? What is your expectation of this class? What is your minimal goal for this class? Which is your ideal learning goal? Have you worked in the computer industry? Which computer subjects are you interested in? Anything else relevant to this course