Computer Science II
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| Dec 13 | Final grades have been entered into SIS and should be available early next week. We will not be returning the final exams, but if you'd like to look over your graded exam, please make an appointment with Professor Cutler. Have a great holiday break! |
| Dec 12 | Despite the bad weather, RPI is still open. All finals will be delayed by 2 hours. The CS2 Final Exam will be from 1:30-4:30pm today (Friday Dec 12th) in DCC 308. Call the RPI Info Line for the latest information: 276-6600. |
| Dec 11 | Solutions to the final exam practice problems have been posted on the calendar. |
| Dec 10 |
Approximate grades for HW8: 45&up=A, 40&up=B, 35&up=C, 25&up=D. Approximate grades for HW9: 45&up=A, 35&up=B, 27&up=C, 20&up=D. Approximate grades for HW10: 45&up=A, 40&up=B, 30&up=C, 25&up=D. |
| Dec 5 | Four students were recently found in violation of the academic integrity policy for CS2 and have been punished. |
| Dec 2 | Practice problems for the final exam have been posted on the calendar. Solutions will be posted next week. |
| Dec 2 | Checkpoints 1 & 2 for Lab 14 have been posted on the calendar. |
| Nov 30 | A simple test case with sample output has been added to the web page for HW10. |
| Nov 21 | You should have received an email with instructions for how to complete the IDEA course evaluations. This is *not* SPAM. Please take the time to fill out this anonymous course evaluation. Your feedback is very important to the instructor, the TAs, and the department. If you did not receive the email instructions, please check your SPAM folder. If you still cannot find the email, please contact Shannon Carrothers at . |
| Nov 21 | HW10 has been posted on the calendar and is due Thursday Dec 4th @ 11:59pm. |
| Nov 18 | The OpenGL/glut installation tips have been updated with info for linux. Please let us know if you have problems while following these instructions or if you have instructions for other systems that you'd like to share. |
| Nov 18 | The Makefile for HW9's ImageViewer now includes a build target for MacOSX. Download the new Makefile and new image_viewer.cpp from the calendar. On the command line, type: make osx |
| Nov 18 | A windows build of the
ImageViewer executable for HW9: ImageViewer.exe You may also need some .dlls (put them in the same directory as the .exe): cygwin1.dll opengl32.dll glu32.dll glut32.dll |
| Nov 18 | A small typo was fixed in the Makefile for the INCLUDE_PATH on unix/linux platforms. |
| Nov 18 | The deadline for HW8 has been extended to Monday Nov 24th at 11:59pm. The usual late day policy applies. Homework will be accepted on Tuesday (one day late) or Wednesday (two days late). |
| Nov 18 | Checkpoints 1 & 2 for Lab 13 have been posted on the calendar. |
| Nov 13 | HW9 has been posted on the calendar. This homework involves images and we have provided an OpenGL/glut based image viewer. It is not necessary to use this program to view the images and complete the assignment. Here are some OpenGL/glut installation tips. If you have trouble installing OpenGL/glut, or if you have trouble building the ImageViewer executable, please see a TA in office hours. |
| Nov 12 | Graded Tests will be handed back in lab after you finish Checkpoint 3. Stats for the exam: Max=100, Average=71, Standard Deviation=13. Approximate grades: 80&up=A, 70&up=B, 60&up=C, 55&up=D. Your semester average will be computed from the number score, not the letter grade. All re-grade requests must be submitted within 7 days. Your entire test will be examined and your score may go up or down. Please thank all of your TAs for their extra effort Tuesday afternoon and evening to get the tests graded this quickly. |
| Nov 11 | Checkpoints 1, 2 & 3 for Lab 12 have been posted on the calendar. |
| Nov 10 | Solutions to the Test 3 practice problems have been posted on the calendar. |
| Nov 7 |
Approximate grades for HW6: 45&up=A, 37&up=B, 30&up=C, 25&up=D. Approximate grades for HW7: 46&up=A, 42&up=B, 38&up=C, 34&up=D. |
| Nov 4 | A short update for Homework 8 has been posted on the calendar discussing friend functions and the output stream operator (<<). We will discuss operators more thoroughly in lecture on Friday. |
| Nov 4 | Practice problems from old exams have been posted on the calendar. The solutions will be posted Monday. |
| Nov 4 | Congratulations to all who entered the HW6 Inverse Word Search Contest. |
| Nov 4 | Checkpoints 1 & 2 for Lab 11 have been posted on the calendar. |
| Nov 1 | Solutions for HW6 have been posted on the calendar. |
| Nov 1 | HW8 has been posted on the calendar. It is due Saturday Nov 8th at 11:59pm. The usual late day policy applies. Homework will be accepted on Sunday (one day late) or Monday (two days late). |
| Oct 28 | Checkpoints 1 & 2 for Lab 10 have been posted on the calendar. |
| Oct 25 | HW7 has been posted on the calendar. It is due Thursday Oct 30th at 11:59pm. |
| Oct 22 | Two new puzzles for HW6 have been added to the webpage. |
| Oct 21 | Graded Tests will be handed back in lab on Wednesday after you finish Checkpoint 3. Stats for the exam: Max=91, Average=68, Standard Deviation=15. Approximate grades: 77&up=A, 68&up=B, 55&up=C, 50&up=D. Your semester average will be computed from the number score, not the letter grade. All re-grade requests must be submitted within 7 days. Your entire test will be examined and your score may go up or down. Please thank your TAs for their extra effort Friday night and Saturday afternoon to grade the exams. |
| Oct 21 | Checkpoints 1 & 2 for Lab 9 have been posted on the calendar. |
| Oct 17 | The CS2 Final Exam will be on Friday December 12th from 11:30am-2:30pm. Please check the complete final exam schedule for possible conflicts with your other courses. |
| Oct 15 | Students participating in the honors convocation on Friday afternoon should contact the instructor ASAP. These students may begin the exam at 1:30pm and finish at 3:20pm. |
| Oct 15 | Solutions to the Test 2 practice problems have been posted on the calendar. |
| Oct 15 | Approximate grades for HW5: 45&up=A, 40&up=B, 35&up=C, 30&up=D. |
| Oct 14 | Solutions for HW3, HW4, & HW5 have been posted on the calendar. |
| Oct 14 | HW6 has been posted on the calendar. It is due Thursday Oct 23 @ 11:59pm. |
| Oct 10 | Practice problems from old exams have been posted on the calendar. The solutions will be added early next week. |
| Oct 10 | Checkpoints 1 & 2 for Lab 8 have been posted on the calendar. |
| Oct 10 | Solutions for the exercises from Lecture 12 (recursion) have been posted on the calendar. |
| Oct 9 | Three students have been found in violation of the academic integrity policy for CS2 this semester and have been punished. Please speak with the instructor or one of the graduate TAs if you have any questions or concerns about the academic integrity policy. |
| Oct 9 |
Approximate grades for HW2: 45&up=A, 40&up=B, 35&up=C, 25&up=D. Approximate grades for HW3: 45&up=A, 40&up=B, 35&up=C, 30&up=D. Approximate grades for HW4: 45&up=A, 40&up=B, 35&up=C, 30&up=D. |
| Oct 7 | A slight revision to Homework 5 has been posted. The main.cpp file has been modified to use a print member function rather than use the operator<< for UnrolledLL objects. (We haven't covered the friend function syntax that should be used for this implementation. We will soon.) You may use the old version of the file or the new version of the file. Please ask a TA in lab if you have questions. |
| Oct 7 | Checkpoints 1 & 2 for Lab 7 have been posted on the calendar. |
| Oct 3 | HW5 has been posted on the calendar. It is due Thursday Oct 9 @ 11:59pm. |
| Sep 30 | Reminder: Classes have been cancelled on Friday October 3rd for the EMPAC Grand Opening. Professor Cutler will be available for office hours in Sage 3510 at 2pm. |
| Sep 30 | Checkpoints 1 & 2 for Lab 6 have been posted on the calendar. Checkpoint 3 will be distributed in Lab on Wednesday. |
| Sep 27 | A small correction to the hw4 sample results files has been uploaded. We have removed the space at the end of the "To make xxx, mix together:" lines. |
| Sep 25 | HW4 has been posted on the calendar. It is due Thursday Oct 2 @ 11:59pm. |
| Sep 23 | Checkpoints 1 & 2 for Lab 5 have been posted on the calendar. Checkpoint 3 will be distributed in Lab on Wednesday. |
| Sep 16 | Graded Tests will be handed back in lab after you finish Checkpoint 3. Stats for the exam: Max=96, Average=73, Standard Deviation=15. Approximate grades: 88&up=A, 73&up=B, 58&up=C, 49&up=D. Your semester average will be computed from the number score, not the letter grade. All re-grade requests must be submitted within 7 days. Your entire test will be examined and your score may go up or down. Please thank all of your TAs for their extra effort Tuesday afternoon and evening to get the tests graded this quickly. |
| Sep 16 | HW3 has been posted on the calendar. It is due Thursday Sept 25 @ 11:59pm. Friday's lecture will cover material that is needed for this homework. |
| Sep 16 | Checkpoints 1, 2, & 3 for Lab 4 have been posted on the calendar. |
| Sep 14 | Solutions to the Test 1 practice problems have been posted on the calendar. |
| Sep 14 | Sample solutions to the HW1 and HW2 have been posted on the calendar. |
| Sep 14 | Approximate grades for HW1: 45&up=A, 40&up=B, 30&up=C, 25&up=D. |
| Sep 8 | Practice problems from old exams have been posted on the calendar. The solutions will be added early next week. |
| Sep 8 | Checkpoints 1 & 2 for Lab 3 have been posted on the calendar. Checkpoint 3 will be distributed in Lab on Wednesday. |
| Sep 5 | HW2 has been posted on the calendar. It is due Thursday Sept 11 @ 11:59pm. |
| Sept 4 | ALAC drop-in tutoring times and locations have been posted on the schedule. |
| Sept 2 | Checkpoints 1 & 2 for Lab 2 have been posted on the calendar. Checkpoint 3 will be distributed in Lab on Wednesday. |
| Sept 1 | Solutions to the exercises from lectures 1 & 2 have been posted on the calendar. NOTE: Typically, solutions to lecture exercises will not be prepared. Please take notes during class. |
| Sept 1 | Locations for the TAs weekly office hours have been posted on the schedule. TA office hours begin this week, Tuesday Sept 2nd. |
| Aug 27 | HW1 has been posted on the calendar. It is due Thursday Sept 4 @ 11:59pm. |
| Aug 26 | Checkpoints 1 & 2 for Lab 1 have been posted on the calendar. Checkpoint 3 will be distributed in Lab on Wednesday. |
| Welcome to CSCI 1200: Computer Science II The first day of class will be Tuesday August 26th, see you there! |