Announcements

Review Session for Final Exam

Folks,

There will be a review session tomorrow, March 11, in 1130 Hart from 12:10PM to 1:00PM. Please bring your questions! I'm planning to go over the sample final questions, and will be happy to answer any others.

Hope this helps,

Matt Bishop

Lab #8 due Thursday, March 10

Folks,

In class, I was asked to extend the due date for Lab Exercise #8 to Thursday so people could ask questions about it on Tuesday, and I agreed to do so. So . . .

New due date for Lab Exercise #8: Thursday, March 10, at 11:55PM (that is, the usual time).

I have adjusted the due date accordingly.

Hope this helps,

Matt Bishop

Grader for term papers

Folks,

The grader, Majid Daroogheha, will be in room 53 Kemper Hall from 12:30PM to 2:00PM tomorrow, Wednesday, March 2. He’ll be happy to talk to you then if you have any last-minute questions.

If you want to talk to him but cannot make those times, you can email him at

daroogheha@ucdavis.edu

to arrange another time.

Hope this helps,

Matt Bishop

Lab This Week

Folks,

There is no lab exercise this week because of Thursday's midterm. I recommend you use the time in the lab to practice the material from the lab exercises you already turned in.

The next lab exercise will be out sometime this week, after the midterm.

Hope this helps,

Matt Bishop

Term Paper Help: Library Search Start

Folks,

I received the following announcement from Shields Library:

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The Shields Library's term paper research assistance program for lower division students;

Re: Search Start, will begin on February 1st and run through February 25th. Librarians will meet with students for individual consultations and we will help them narrow their research topic and identify scholarly resources. If students need help with the writing of their papers they should be directed to the Student Academic Success Center.

Students may sign up at http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/forms/researchstart/ to reserve a date and time. We look forward to seeing your students. Please share this information with them.

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Please feel free to sign up!

Hope this helps,

Matt Bishop

Half and Full Adders Posted

Folks,

I added a handout describing the half adder and full adders, including diagrams. Look in the Resources area under ``Additional Material'' (or, on tis web site, in the lecture area).

Hope this helps,

Matt Bishop

Urgent: Change of Lecture Classroom

Folks,

I have just now been informed that our lecture room has been changed to 212 Veihmeyer. This change is effective immediately, so the lecture on Tuesday (and from then on) will be in 212 Veihmeyer.

I'm sorry for the short notice. I just now found out. Thank you to the students who emailed me and asked about it in the chat room!

Hope this helps,

Matt Bishop

Slides for first two lectures

Folks,

With Prof. Liu’s kind permission, I have posted the slides she used for the first two lectures. I have also adjusted the outlines and syllabus appropriately.

The slides are in the Resources area, in the Lecture Outlines folder with the outlines.

Hope this helps,

Matt Bishop

Update to Lab Exercise 1

Folks,

Some people reported problems with Lab Assignment 1 in the computer labs. I made the following changes to the assignment to deal with them. NOTE: IF YOU HAVE SUBMITTED IT, DO NOT REDO IT -- YOU ARE FINE. Also, if you installed EndNote on your computer and then did (or do) the labs, only change 1 applies; none of the others do.

1) Changed wording to say to get the files from SmartSite, not class.dir

2) Handled the missing PsychINFO(CSA) filter (I asked you to pick any CSA filter) and the U Calif-Davis database (I asked you to pick any other). This arose only in the computer labs on campus.

3) Run EndNote in Word.com whether you used Microsoft Word 2003 or 2007 in the computer labs.

4) If the "Nature" style comes out looking different than what’s in the handout, that is fine; the important thing is for the references to appear at the end of the document.

The new version is uploaded to the Assignment area (replacing the old one).

Also, a number of students had problems uploading Project.enl to SmartSite. The specific symptom is that the upload appears to work, but the uploaded file has size 0KB and does not work. If this happens to you, it’s a bug in SmartSite. To get it fixed, I need to be able to reproduce it, so please send me your Project.enl file and a description of what happened when you uploaded it; what command you used and what the response was. I’ll try to upload it. If it works, great -- and if not, I can report the bug (and save the file you sent for grading).

Hope this helps,

Matt Bishop

Welcome to ECS 15 for the Winter 2011 Quarter!

Hello, and welcome to the class!

First, there are labs during the first week, so those of you with labs that meet on Monday, please go. The first lab assignment will be available on SmartSite at 1AM on Monday morning, and is due on January 11.

Second, I will be at a conference for the first week, so Prof. Xin Liu will be presenting the first two lectures. But I will not be holding office hours until the second week.

I look forward to meeting you all, and to this class!

Hope this helps,

Matt Bishop

ECS 15, Introduction to Computers Winter Quarter 2011