CSE-111 Great Idea in Computer Science, Summer 2010

Instructor:

Albert Y. C. Chen
Ph.D. Candidate
Computer Science and Engineering
The State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY at Buffalo)

E-mail: aychen (at) buffalo (dot) edu

Lecture&Lab Hours: Monday and Wednesday, 10:00am -- 2:00pm @ Park 143
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday, 9:30am -- 10:00am, 2:00pm -- 2:30pm @ Park 143 (please schedule in advance)


Announcements

• Midterm exam will be held on 7/19 (Mon.) from 10am-2pm.
• HW2 is out. You can download it from here or UB learns. It is due in class on 7/19 (Mon.)
• HW1 is out. You can download it from here or UB learns. It is due in class on 7/7 (Wed.)
• UB is closed on 7/5 (Mon.), all classes will be canceled, including CSE-111.

Class Schedule, Handouts, and Assignments

Date	Lecture #	Topic
06/28	01	Introduction & Brief Syllabus
	02	What is a computer*
	03	Analog, Digital, Binary*
	03s	Suppplmentary Material for Analog versus Digital
06/30	04	Coding Information*
	05	Binary Decimal Conversion*
	06	Binary Addition*
	lab	Practice binary/decimal conversion, binary arithmetics
	HW	HW1 (7%/100%), due 07/07 in class
07/05		Independence day observed. All UB classes canceled.
07/07	07	Signed Number, Binary Subtraction, and 2's Complement
	08	Bits*
	09	Introduction to Logics*
	lab	Practice signed number arithmetics and truth tables
07/12	10	Logic Problems*
	10s	AND OR basics*
	11	Interpreting Logic Gates*
	12	Evaluating Logic Gates*
	13	Building an Adder*
	lab	Practicing the conversion between logic  expression <--> logic gates <--> truth tables
	HW	HW2 (7%/100%), due 07/19 in class
07/14	14	Algorithms*
	15	Karel: Intruduction*
	16	Karel: First Program*
	lab	lecture review for midterm exam & programming exercise
07/19	Exam	10:00am--2:00pm: Midterm Exam
07/21	17	Karel: DEFINE-NEW-INSTRUCTION, ITERATE*
	18	Karel: IF THEN, ELSE*
	HW	Programming Assignment 1 (8%/100%), due 7/28 in class Initial World File
	lab	Solving programming assignment 1
07/26	19	Karel: Nested If, While*
	20	What's on your Desktop?---A Gentle Introduction to Operating Systems*
		Supplementary Materials A brief history of computers Microsoft Windows History Steve Jobs demos Apple Macintosh, 1984 Snow leopard OS X 10.6 demo
	HW	Programming Assignment 2 (8%/100%), due 8/2 in class Initial World File
	lab	Solving programming assignment 1 & 2
07/28	21	Internet---how does it work and where did it came from?*
	22	Cryptography and its relation to Internet security?*
	23	Phishing?*
	lab	Solving programming assignment 2
08/02	24	Lecture review & final exam topics outline
		Team Project Presentation
	lab	Solving programming assignment 2
08/04	Exam	10:00am--2:00pm: Final Exam

* Slides from Mrs. Helene G. Kershner