CSE 133 (S99)
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• FINAL EXAM
  THUR, 10 JUN, 11:30a-1:30p (WLH2204)

  The exam will focus especially on material covered since the midterm (particularly Chapters 4 and 6 of FOA), but I will touch upon some earlier topics, too.

• REVIEW SESSION/PROJECT PRESENTATIONS
  WED, 9 JUN, 10A-NOON (4882 AP&M')

  Those presenting projects should:

  • Send me the URL of any HTML pages to be presented BEFORE then, so I can have them all linked and ready to go.
  • Bring a HARDCOPY of your report to this session.
  • Send me the path to a (permitted!) directory containg any CODE, DATA, and source for your project documentation and paper.

• MP4 Grades
• Midterm Grading Summary
• Want to see a picture of our hi-tech teaching environment?

Basic Info

• Schedule of Classes
• Weekly Schedule (Sections, office hours)
• Textbook: Finding Out About:
  Search Engine Technology from a Cognitive Perspective
  Cambridge Univ. Press, 1999.

  A draft of this text is available from Soft Reserves (CSE133 RN01) for $16.43+tax. They should have enough copies.

  Copies of the Chapter 1 Overview available as both Postscript and PDF (both compressed). (Try to use ghostview or Acrobat Exchange to preview these on screen, instead of printing more copies.)

• The MAIN PLACE to look for news is the Discus board.
• Assignments
  • Fill out the questionaire
  • Send a Codeword Email to Kevin. Its body should contain a single line beginning CODEWORD= and then followed by a short string that will be used to report your grades back to you. Make sure to send this message from the Email address you want us to use as primary.
  • MP0: Write a simple "Hello World" style C program that prints out a joke. See the MP0 write-up for a few more details.
    You can see an example (in Java) in ../public/joke.java.
  • Machine Problem 2
    • Here's the assignment.
    • Here's the grading spec
    • Grade distribution
  • Machine Problem 3
    • Here's the assignment.
    • Michael's notes on implementation should help!
  • Machine Problem 4
    • the assignment
    • Some notes on MP4
  • Machine Problem 5
    • Here's the assignment.
    • Michael's notes on implementation !

  • Other useful resources
  • Lecture Notes directory.

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  Last updated by rik on30 Mar 99.