Homework: In this course we will use a textbook, but because we are doing a lot of fairly new things, much of the material will come from class notes and handouts. It is essential that you study this supplementary material as well as the assigned sections of the text. In most labs, you will be asked to finish the lab as homework. This means you must come to the Memorial 312 lab outside of lab time and complete the work. Some weeks may require 2-3 hours of extra work to finish the lab; other weeks may require 4-5 hours. This is in addtion to normal study of the text, your notes and supplementary materials
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| Date |
Topic
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Chapter /
Section |
Other Materials
(see below for class notes) |
Textbook Homework
Problems |
| 8/31 | Introduction to course and IIntroduction to HTML |
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class notes
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Chapter 1
6,7,11,15,17,27,40 |
| 9/7 |
HTML & JavaScript |
1 -- all sections 16 -- all sections |
see lab of 9/14 ... for homework assignment on this topic ... you will be asked to "finish the lab for homework" | |
| 9/12 | Computer representation and storage of text & numbers |
Chapter 2 - all sections
3.1-3.3 except "Text Compression" on pp 69-73 |
none
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Chapter 2
7,13,16,17,28 |
| 9/14 | Computer numbers |
3.4-3.6
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none
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Chapter 3
25,27,32,34,35, 36, 46, 47 |
| 9/19 | Machine Structures - an overview |
4 - all except 4.5
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none
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| 9/21 |
Machine / Assembly Language 1 |
5 - all sections |
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| 9/26 | Machine / Assembly Language 2 |
7.1
& Notes |
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| 9/28 | Machine Structures 2 - CPU and Memory ... the Boot Process |
Notes
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| 10/3 | TBA | Study Everything |
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| 10/5 | Exam 1 ----- Exam questions may come directly from material in the textbook while others will be from class notes. | |||
| 10/12 | Karel the Robot |
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| 10/17 | Algorithms 1 -- Karel Algorithms | 6.1 - 6.2 |
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Programming Languages 2 - describing languages through bubble diagrams and BNF |
10.1, 10.3 |
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Robotics 1 - the basics -- what is a robot? Program Translation process, virtual machines, intermediate code, firmware |
Program Translation -- 8.1 Imperative Languages -- 8.3 (pp 241-270) |
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NQC 2 - variables, conditional execution, looping |
Robotics -- 13.6 |
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| NQC 2 - functions and tasks - multitasking | ||||
| Robot I/O Systems ... sensors | ||||
| Algorithms 2 - Describing robot actions through logic flow diagrams... robot algorithms | ||||
| Algorithms 3 - Recursion (Hanoi and BST) | 9.7 |
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| Exam 2 ... study notes and handouts | Karel and Robotics ... and biographies on pp. 155, 214, 251, 304, 376 |
(Exam preparation hints) | ||
| Object Oriented Programming 1 - Introduction to "Alice". What is an object?: properties, methods and queries using Alice | Ch 6.3 -- pp 173-186 |
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OOP 2 - Animations ... storyboards, concurrent versus sequential actions |
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OOP 3 - Inheritance, Interaction and Events |
Ch 8.4 -- pp 271-274 |
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| OOP 4 - Repetition and decisions in Alice methods |
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| Algorithms 4 - Searching, Sorting and Algorithm Complexity | Ch 17.3 pp 545-551 |
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| Algorithms 5 - State Diagrams and Search Trees in AI |
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| AI, Robots and Humanity -- the Turing Question |
Ch 13 1-3 (pp 418-430) pp 436-437 |
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| Review and Final Questions |
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| 12/12 | Final Exam 8:00 - 10:30 AM |
Study
everything since the last exam AND |
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Note: Many of these labs have homework based on the lab. All labs (reports or other requirements) and all homework is due by the beginning of the next lab period; late labs and homeworks will not be accepted. A lab not finished on Tuesday must be completed during the week . You may give me your lab work after lab, in class, during the week or at the beginning of the following week's lab. However it will not be accepted after we have begun the succeeding week's lab.
| Date |
Topic
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| 9/5 | No lab ... Labor Day |
| 9/12 | Building Web pages downloads ... SlacApp.class Slacker.class |
| 9/19 | Chips and Gates AnswerSheet |
| 9/26 | Assembly Language Programming on the Decimal RISC Computer (DRC) ... Part 1 |
| 10/3 | Assembly Language Programming on the DRC ... Part 2 |
| 10/10 | No Lab ... Columbus Day |
| 10/17 | |
| 10/24 | Karel II |
| 10/31 | |
| 11/7 | Robotics 2 ... Robots with decision control |
| 11/14 | Robotics 3 ... sequential versus multitasking algorithms |
| 11/21 | Alice 1 ... set up of initial scenes Hitchhikers Guide to Alice ... tutorial and reference guide |
| 11/28 | Alice 2 ... movement of objects |
| 12/5 |
Alice 3 ... events and parameters |
The instructor's notes are available for review by topic (below).
NOTE: These notes are not a complete explanation of the material. They are simply the instructor's notes from which he presents the class lectures, a reminder to the instructor of what to explain next. They are not a substitute for the textbook but can be useful to give a "history" of what was covered in class.
Robotics Links
Other Stuff
