Posted by: Matt Bishop
Date: Mar 15 at 4:13pm
Hi, folks,
A number of people have requested more time on Homework 5. So, it is still due tonight (Friday, March 15), … but I will accept without penalty any homework 5 assignments submitted before Sunday, March 17, at 11:55pm.
So, even though I am not giving a formal extension, I’m giving a very informal one.
I have updated Canvas accordingly. The due date there is unchanged, but the “accept until” date is changed.
So, please keep working on it, and if you have turned it in and want to make changes, go ahead. Canvas will stop accepting submissions on Sunday at 11:55pm.
Hope this helps,
Matt Bishop
Posted by: Matt Bishop
Date: Mar 14 at 12:31am
Folks,
There will be a couple of review sessions.
Also, the online evaluations for this class are here: https://eval.ucdavis.edu This will close on March 14 (this Thursday, today). If you have not filled it out, please do so. I take these quite seriously, so I welcome suggestions for improving the class and my teaching. I’d also appreciate it if you tell me what went well for you, that will help me keep what is working. Remember, these are anonymous, so I will never see who filled out the evaluations, or be able to associate an evaluation with a person. Also, I will not see them until final grades are submitted. Thanks!
Hope this helps,
Matt Bishop
Posted by: Iman Chatterjee
Date: Mar 13 at 12:10pm
Hi all,
Due to some unforeseen circumstances, I got late to my office hours today. Friday’s office hour will be from 3.10–6pm.
Posted by: Matt Bishop
Date: Mar 11 at 6:07am
Folks,
A couple of points about homework 5:
Hope this helps,
Matt Bishop
Posted by: Matt Bishop
Date: Feb 25 at 10:28am
Folks,
When you run your tests in part (d), please do 5000 of them for each number of people (that is, 5000 tests for 2 people, 5000 tests for 3 people, and so forth). Do *not* ask the user for the number of tests to run.
Also, stop the program when you go over a probability of 0.9. Remember to put the number of people needed for the probability to be greater than 0.5, and the number of people needed for the probability to be greater than 0.9, in the header comments!
Hope this helps,
Matt Bishop
Posted by: Matt Bishop
Date: Feb 15 at 2:01pm
Folks,
If your error in problem 2 does not exactly match mine, that is okay. The exact error (and, for that matter, the approximation) depends in large part on your choice of starting point. If you match what I got to 10 decimal places, that’s fine.
Also, for the extra credit, if you get a division by 0 error, or have gaps where the lines should meet, then look at the assignment again; I mistyped some intervals as closed (ie, including 3) when they should have been open (i.e., not including 3). I corrected these in the assignment.
Hope this helps,
Matt Bishop
Posted by: Matt Bishop
Date: Feb 12 at 12:29pm
Folks,
If you were getting errors in Extra Credit 3, it may be because some of the intervals should be open rather than closed. I fixed the assignment, so take another look at the extra credit as posted and try those intervals. The changes are very minor but will have a significant effect.
Hope this helps,
Matt Bishop
Posted by: Yongshuai Liu
Date: Feb 12 at 11:45am
Hello everyone,
For the office hours tomorrow, Iman will hold them from 11:50 am to 1:00 pm in Kemper 47 and Yongshuai will hold them from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm in Kemper 47.
Hope this helps,
Yongshuai Liu
Posted by: Matt Bishop
Date: Feb 4 at 1:55pm
Folks,
The CS Tutoring Committee is holding a midterm review session for 36A tomorrow from 7:10–9:00 PM in 180 Medical Sciences C.
I have updated the general information handout in the class information area of Canvas accordingly.
Hope this helps,
Matt Bishop
Posted by: Matt Bishop
Date: Feb 3 at 5:28pm
Folks,
Nikhil Wadhwa is joining Iman Chatterjee and Yongshuai Liu as a TA for this course. His office hours are Tu10:00am–12:00am in room 55, Kemper Hall and Th10:30am–12:00pm in room 47, Kemper Hall. Please stop by with your questions and say hello!
I have updated the general information handout in the class information area of Canvas accordingly.
Hope this helps,
Matt Bishop
Posted by: Matt Bishop
Date: Feb 1 at 9:29am
Folks,
In order to make sure you can use what comments we gave you for homework #1 when you do homework #2, I am extending the due date for it to Feb 4 (Monday) at 11:55pm. We will release the scores and comments for homework #1 late today.
Hope this helps,
Matt Bishop
Posted by: Yongshuai Liu
Date: Jan 30 at 5:15am
Hello everyone,
Because of some unusual schedule, we have to reschedule today's office hours.
Iman will hold office hours from 11:50 am to 1:00 pm in Kemper 47.
Yongshuai will hold office hours from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm in Kemper 47.
Hope this helps,
Yongshuai Liu
Posted by: Matt Bishop
Date: Jan 21 at 4:521pm
Folks,
The Computer Science Club is once again offering free tutoring for ECS 36A. I strongly recommend this service if you have problems; they are very helpful. Of course, the TAs and I will be happy to help, too!
Their tutors can be found in 75 Kemper. If 75 Kemper is full, then the tutors will be located in one of the other CSIF labs (information will be written on the white board in 75 Kemper).
Yongshuai Liu (yshliu@ucdavis.edu)
Office Hours: M 4:10pm–6:00pm in room 47 Kemper; W 11:50am–1:00pm in room 47 Kemper
The tutoring calendar is available here. It shows when the tutors are available and which classes they can help with (they do other classes as well as ECS 36A).
Please, if you get help for a programming assignment, add a comment in their program indicating who they were tutored by and when. This helps keep the service going (among other things).
Hope this helps,
Matt Bishop
Posted by: Matt Bishop
Date: Jan 15 at 10:31am
Posted at the request of Women in Computer Science ...
Our group focuses on building a community for women to feel empowered to work in CS. We have two events coming up this week.
Hackdavis X WICS on January 17th 6pm to 8pm in Geidt Hall 1001: Hackdavis is partnering with WiCS! Come hear from 5 inspirational students on career, hackathons, classes and how to get internships at top tech companies like Uber, LinkedIn, Microsoft, and Tesla.
WICS Winter meetup: This is Our first general meeting. It is on Wednesday, Jan. 16th from 7 to 8 pm at Kemper 1131!! Come learn about Women in CS apparel (we may or may not be raffling some), professional development, socials, and mentorship opportunities. See you there.
https://www.facebook.com/events/367861870697441
Posted by: Matt Bishop
Date: Jan 8 at 9:11pm
Folks,
Here are the TAs’ office hours, locations, and their emails:
Iman Chatterjee (imnchatterjee@ucdavis.edu)
Office Hours: W 12:00pm–2:00pm in room 55 Kemper; F 3:00pm–5:00pm in room 53 Kemper
Yongshuai Liu (yshliu@ucdavis.edu)
Office Hours: M 4:10pm–6:00pm in room 47 Kemper; W 11:50am–1:00pm in room 47 Kemper
Hope this helps,
Matt Bishop