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CMSC 420 Data Structures, Fall 2018
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Permanent Policies |
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CMSC 420 interactive resource center on
piazza is your source for announcements,
TA office hours, and additional resources.
Expect to receive lots of
Piazza messages from me--consider them Mandatory Reading.
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Dr Hugue will occasionally send email as
drmeeshATgmailDOTcom, as well as meeshATcsDOTumdDOTedu. To help you, I
will endeavor to put cmsc420 or 420 in the subject.
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DO send email to Dr Hugue (meeshATumd.edu) regarding technical questions, personal issues, project irregularities or private project concerns. Please be sure to put cmsc420 in the subject.
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DO NOT email project questions to Dr. Hugue directly.
She will tell you to post them to piazza.
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All project-related questions will be answered on
piazza
to give all students equal access to the information.
(Of course, you will need to
add yourself to piazza first. Be sure to enable delivery of postings!)
- In general, answers to project questions will not
be emailed by the TA's. And, please don't email project questions to Dr. Hugue directly.
She will tell you to post them to piazza. Although Dr. Hugue will answer questions on piazza occasionally,
don't expect personal help from her in writing, debugging, or fixing Java code.
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Essentials |
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Lectures (located in CSIC):
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(0101) MW...3:30--4:45pm CSIC 2117
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Instructor: Michelle Hugue
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Email: meeshATumd.edu
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Office: 1109a AV Williams
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Hours: Wednesdays After Class.
Almost any time by: Google chat, Google hangout, Face Time, Skype (these are encouraged); by appointment, and if the door is opened.
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Class accounts: Unix accounts will be on the GRACE ( Glue Research and
Academic
Computing Environment) cluster. Development tools, such as Eclipse, and
JAVA 1.8 are available on the cluster; we will grade your projects
using the submit server.
To use the
cluster, you will need a TerpConnect account. If you do not have one, or if you are not sure if you have one, you must
request one asap.
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Book(s):
A Practical Introduction to Data Structures and Algorithms
(Shaffer --Required (free versions)
Design and Analysis of Spatial Data Structures
(Samet--Optional)
or
Foundations of Multidimensional and Metric Data Structures
(Samet--Optional) Morgan Kaufmann, San Francisco, CA, 2006.
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Major Scheduled Grading Events |
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Two 75 minute in-class Tests: 10/TBD, 11/TBD (20% each)
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Cumulative Final Exam: 12/13 (not firm) (32%)
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Project (28%):
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Part 0: (20 pts) Due TBD 23:59PM with 48 hour grace period. No later submissions
accepted for credit--only good faith effort.
- Part 1: (80 pts) Due TBD 23:59PM with 48 hour grace period. No later submissions
accepted for credit--only good faith effort.
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Part 2: (250 pts) Due TBD 23:59PM with 48 hour grace period. Extension/s limited to university rules.
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Part 3: (250 pts) Due 12/20 23:59PM with 48 hour grace period. Extensions limited to university rules.
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Note 1: Contact Dr Hugue--Do not hesitate--to contact Dr. Hugue should you find yourself lost in the land of MeeshQuest.
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Note 2: The term "grace period" means that there will be no deductions for projects submitted by the end of the grace period.
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Note 3: We reserve the right to fail you in the absence of a good-faith
effort on the project.
The term "good faith effort" means that at minimum, you will modify the canonical partf and submit for part(f+1),
for f from zero to two inclusive.
Dr. Hugue is the sole arbiter of this issue,
and the minimum number of project points to pass the class will be approximately 350 points unless otherwise stated.
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Note 4: In the presence of a good faith effort and a minimum number of project points your final grade will be the maximum of the following: TBD
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Note 5: In the presence of a good faith effort and a minimal number of project points, the final exam can only improve your grade.
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