CMSC132 Archive

Archive of Old Announcements

Important announcements related to the course will be posted in the class home page. Old announcements will be moved here.

Sun May 18, 5:59pm: Final Exam Grade and final course grade will be posted tomorrow.
Thu May 15, 1:11pm: CS Survival Snack Pax. More information at: Snack Pax.
Wed May 14, 5:31pm: Make sure all the recorded scores in grades.cs.umd.edu are correct. We will not address grading concerns on Friday (day of the final exam). The last day you have to report any problems is tomorrow Thursday (May 15 at 5:00 pm).
Wed May 14, 2:28pm: TA office hours updated.
Wed May 14, 1:18pm: Homework #5 scores are now available. If your code was not in the submission you did or the report was missing (according to the grading information in grades.cs.umd.edu), then just e-mail the code and the report to Liping (liu07@cs.umd.edu) and we will regrade the homework (we will consider it an ontime submission). Make sure you put on the subject line (HOMEWORK #5 Regrade). For any other concerns about the grading, please see a TA (any) during office hours. You have until tomorrow Thursday May 15(6:00 pm) to address any questions regarding the grading of the homework.
Tue May 13, 9:48am: Practice problems (PracticeFinal.doc) updated.
Mon May 12, 4:18pm: Solutions to midterms I/II are now available at: Midterm1Spring08Key.doc, Midterm2Spring08Key.doc
Tue May 13, 9:57am: Free Food on Wed May 14. CS study day feast on May 14th from 4 pm until 6 pm in the lobby of CSI.
Tue May 13, 9:57am: Completing evaluations will allow you to access online results next semester for every course on campus. Please, take a moment to complete the evaluation for this course by visiting the following site: https://www.courseevalum.umd.edu/portal
Tue May 13, 9:48am: There's still time to get in on the raffle of $100 gift cards from the campus bookstore, by completing the survey at our site http://undergrad.cs.umd.edu/ The cutoff for entry is shortly before the study day feast. There is still time but you should act soon!
Tue May 13, 9:48am: Project #5 and Homework #4 scores are now available. You have until tomorrow Wed (May 14) to see a TA regarding any grading concerns.
Mon May 12, 4:07pm: TA office hours for this week has been updated.
Tue May 6, 10:33am: Free Food on Wed May 14. CS study day feast on May 14th from 4 pm until 6 pm in the lobby of CSI.
Thu May 8, 10:11am: CSI 2117 has been reserved on Wed May 14 from 9am to 7pm for those students that would like to meet other students to study for cmsc132. Feel free to organize your own study groups and meet in this room. Notice that there will be no TA holding any review session.
Thu May 8, 10:11am: Project #4 scores are now available. You have until Tuesday May 13 to see a TA regarding any grading concerns.
Tue May 6, 9:37am: Office hours schedule has been updated.
Wed Apr 30, 9:14pm: Project #5 has been posted.
Apr 29, 11:48am: Course evaluations are important to us as they allow us to identify what works well for the course and areas that need improvement. Please, take a moment to complete the evaluation for this course by visiting the following site: https://www.courseevalum.umd.edu/portal
Tue May 6, 10:33am: Course Announcement: CMSC 297 (Fall 2008), 1-Credit P/F (Only requirement is attendance), FORMAT: Every lecture a faculty will come to our class and give a talk on their research area. The goal is to get the students thinking about research projects. This is NOT just for honors students. Any student who is interested in doing research should take it.
Fri May 9, 5:36pm: Project #4 scores for honor-section students that implemented FacebookJr are now available. You have until Tuesday May 13 to see a TA regarding any grading concerns. Bill will take care of the Flickr projects.
Fri May 9, 3:59pm: Final exam information is now available. Check the Exams link of the class web page.
Tue May 6, 10:33am: Clarification: Project #4 scores are available only for the non-honors section. We are still grading the honors section.
Wed Apr 30, 9:14pm: Midterm #2 scores are now available through grades.cs.umd.edu. The graded midterm will be return next Monday in lab.
Wed Apr 30, 8:30am: Looking for volunteers for robotics tournament that will take place this Saturday May 3. More information at: robotics.pdf
Apr 29, 11:48am: Course evaluations are important to us as they allow us to identify what works well for the course and areas that need improvement. Please, take a moment to complete the evaluation for this course by visiting the following site: https://www.courseevalum.umd.edu/portal
Fri Apr 25, 1:32pm: Master Degree in CS (READ) 5-yr combined BS-MS program in CS What questions do you want to ask of your Computer Science Department’s undergraduate chairman? As the semester winds down, bring your thoughts, questions and appetite to Tuesday’s meeting of the ACM - answers and pizza will be served!

WHEN: Tuesday, April 29, at 5PM in 1121 CSI

And in case nothing else about the program is a mystery to you, the folks in our Undergraduate Education Office will give a short presentation on the Department’s combined Bachelor’s-Master’s program in computer science. (Applications will be available, and the office guarantees acceptance to anyone who meets the admissions criteria!)
Thu Apr 24, 7:32pm: Lab sessions for Wed Apr 30 (Day of Midterm #2) are cancelled. The exam will be during the regular lecture time.
Thu Apr 24, 5:50pm: Midterm #2 Review Session: On Monday's Lab (Apr 28) there will be a review session. TAs will be addressing any questions regarding the midterm material.
Thu Apr 24, 4:22pm: Clarification about Midterm #2 material: Recursion is part of the midterm.
Wed Apr 23, 10:07am: Midterm #2 information (e.g., coverage, old exams, etc.) is now available through the exams link.
Wed Apr 23, 9:59am: Regarding homework #5: The homework description indicates you can hand in a printout but this will not be possible as the homework is due on Thursday (day we don't have lecture). Therefore, submit your homework electronically (i.e. submit server).
Tue Apr 22, 8:43am: PIZZA LUNCH WED APR 23 TO FIND RESEARCH PROJECTS, TIME: 12:00-1:00, PLACE: AVW 3258, There will be NEW students who will hear about research!, CURRENT students doing research who can share there experiences. Various FACULTY to discuss past, present, and future Honors projects. Students that take cmsc132 at noon, feel free to attend an earlier 132 lecture or lab tomorrow Wednesday so you can attend the lunch.
Tue Apr 22, 8:43am: Regarding homework #5: Typo: System.millisecs() should be System.currentTimeMillis
Mon Apr 21, 4:15pm: Homework#3 scores are now available through grades.cs.umd.edu. You have until Monday April 28 to see a TA regarding any grading concerns.
Mon Apr 21, 8:31am: Adam Peck's office hours for today Monday are cancelled.

Thu Apr 16, 4:33pm: Typo in Project #4 FacebookJrDB class prototype:

The class prototype reads:     
public boolean sendFriendInvite(String acceptingPersonName, String invitedPersonName)

The interface prototype reads:
public boolean sendFriendInvite(String invitingPersonName, String invitedPersonName)

Just change acceptingPersonName to invitingPersonName in the class prototype.

Wed Apr 16, 3:00pm Homework 5 is posted, due Thursday April 24th
Tue Apr 15, 12:09am: Regarding Project#3: Some students lost points because they did not test some methods in the searchTreeMap. We are correcting this problem so if you are one of these students you don't need to see the TA. We apologize for this situation.
Mon Apr 14, 8:30am: Quiz#3 and Project#3 scores are now available through grades.cs.umd.edu. You have until Monday April 21 to see a TA regarding any grading concerns.
Fri Apr 11, 3:14pm: Quiz#4 worksheet has been posted.
Thu Apr 10, 3:12pm: You will find the links to UML tools in the Resources section of the class web page. You can use any UML tool you prefer.
Thu Apr 10, 3:12pm: Regarding Amateras - To create a solid arrow line in Amateras add a dependency line, followed by an association line.
Wed Apr 9, 1:50 pm: Percentages for projects and homeworks have been updated. See the class syllabus for additional information.
Wed Apr 9, 10:18 am: In the Resources section of the class web page you will find a link named "Composition vs. Inheritance". It provides a good example of why we should favor composition over inheritance.
Wed Apr 9, 8:04 am: Project #4 has been posted.
Mon Apr 7, 4:09 pm: Regarding Homework #4: When we specify "You need to design the classes/interfaces required..." it means you should come up with classes and interfaces that represent the functionality of the model (MVC) component associated with Flickr. Keep in mind you can use abstract classes. By the way, loading photos is part of the model.
Thu Apr 3, 12:48 pm: Homework #4 has been posted.
Fri Mar 28, 3:43 pm: Quiz#3 worksheet has been posted.
Thu Mar 27, 11:35 am: Homework #3 has been posted.
Mon Mar 24, 6:04 pm: Class schedule has been updated.
Thu Mar 27, 12:06 pm: Video from former 132 student Mac Air Comedy
Thu Mar 27, 11:35 am: Homework #3 has been posted. Make sure you read the description. We will talk about the homework in tomorrow's lecture.
Mon Mar 24, 6:04 pm: Class schedule has been updated.
Mon Mar 24, 8:30 am: INFORMATION ON JOINING THE HONORS PROGRAM
A computer science major with a GPA of 3.5 in computer science and a GPA of 3.0 overall can join the honors program by emailing the following information to bonnie@cs.umd.edu:
FULL NAME (including middle initial)
CS GPA
OVERALL GPA
GRADUATION SEMESTER/YEAR (expected)
UID
EMAIL ADDRESS
We will review this information and, if you qualify, we will add you to the honors@cs.umd.edu email list.
Sat Mar 15, 8:17 pm: Project #2 grades are available through grades.cs.umd.edu. You have until March 28 to contact a TA regarding any grading concerns.
Thu Mar 13, 10:42 am: Regarding tomorrow's lecture (Friday March 14): Feel free to attend any of Nelson's lectures (all of them will cover the same material). Lectures take place at 9am, 10am (yes 10), 11am, and 12 noon, in the usual classroom.
Wed Mar 12, 10:15 am: Regarding projects in this course (PLEASE READ). We expect students to complete projects on their own according to the open/closed policy specified in the syllabus. Asking other people or companies (e.g., online services) to implement projects violates academic integrity requirements. Note that academic dishonesty includes not only cheating, fabrication, and plagiarism, but also includes helping other students commit acts of academic dishonesty by allowing them to obtain copies of your work. Cases of academic dishonesty will be dealt with harshly.
Wed Mar 12, 10:15 am: Two videos about implementing Heaps can be found in the Resources section of the class web page.
Wed Mar 12, 10:10 am: On Friday we will have a lecture about JavaScript. This material is for fun and you are not responsible for it (i.e., it will not be part of quizzes, exams or projects). All sections (including honors) will cover this material in class.
Wed Mar 12, 10:10 am: Regarding Project #3: You may not use getClass().
Tue Mar 11, 11:37 am: Regarding Project #3: You may not use instanceof.
Tue Mar 11, 10:41 am: Project #3 clarifications have been posted in the clarifications section of the project description (clarifications.html).
Thu Mar 06, 2:27 pm: If you have an early warning grade different from A or B see Nelson during office hours.
Thu Mar 06, 2:27 pm: If you did not submit a project #1 please see Nelson during office hours.
Thu Mar 06, 2:27 pm: Early warning grades have been submitted to the registrar's office. If the grade submitted differs from the one you see through grades.cs.umd.edu let us know.
Thu Mar 06, 2:27 pm: Midterm #1 grades are now available through grades.cs.umd.edu. The graded midterm will be returned on Monday March 10. Make sure you pick up the exam on Monday's lab. Midterm regrade requests are due in lab on Wed March 12.
Wed Mar 05, 4:43 pm: Project #3 has been posted.
Wed Mar 05, 4:43 pm: Quiz#2 and Project#1 scores are now available through grades.cs.umd.edu. You have until Wed Mar 12 to contact a TA regarding grading concerns.
Mon Mar 03, 4:43 pm: Recursion is not a topic for Midterm #1. Old midterms may have it as a topic so ignore those questions involving recursion.
Thu Feb 28, 5:10 pm: There will be an exam review session during Monday's lab. Bring any questions you may have about the midterm material so they are discussed in lab.
Thu Feb 28, 10:53 am: The day of the exam there will be a lab session as usual.
Thu Feb 28, 10:53 am: Information about the first midterm (coverage, previous exams, etc.) can be found in the exams section of the class web page.
Wed Feb 27, 10:37 am: Grades for HW#1, HW#2, and Quiz#1 are now available through grades.cs.umd.edu. You have until Wed Mar 5 to see a TA regarding any grading concerns. Your Project #1 grades will be available next week.
Tue Feb 26, 8:23 am: Grecia's office hours for today Tuesday are cancelled.
Fri Feb 22, 9:29 am: Project#2 deadline changed to Monday March 3.
Fri Feb 22, 9:46 am: Regarding Project #2: A dense bag will be represented using a map (private Map<E,Integer> denseBagMap;)
Fri Feb 22, 9:29 am: Project#2 deadline changed to Monday March 3.
Fri Feb 22, 8:39 am: Quiz#2 worksheet has been posted
Fri Feb 22, 8:39 am: TAs' office hours for today Friday are cancelled.
Fri Feb 22, 7:30 am: Nelson's lectures (for all his sections) for today Friday Feb 22 are cancelled. His office hours are also cancelled.
Thu Feb 21, 12:50 pm: Tomorrow's lectures slides (covering Markov Text) has been posted.
Thu Feb 21, 12:51 pm: Microsoft is offering free downloads of some of their development software for students. This includes Visual Studio 2008, Windows Server 2003, SQL Server 2005 and more. To download the programs go to this website:

https://downloads.channel8.msdn.com

You will need a Windows Live account, which is free, and then follow the directions to verify that you are affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park. The verification process consists of selecting UMD and logging in via your UMD ID and password.
Wed Feb 20, 8:12 am: Project #2 has been posted.
Tue Feb 19, 9:37 am: ACM is having an information session today for those of you who are looking for a summer internship or a full time position with AOL. The information session is at CSIC 1121 at 4:50. Pizza will be served.
Fri Feb 15, 3:34 pm:A couple of links to the ACM Turing Award and Programmer's Dress Code has been added to the resources section of the class web page. Check them out.
Fri Feb 15, 3:34 pm:Article: "Fear Not Traveling Salesmen, DNA Computing is Here to Save the Day." Thanks to Ederlyn Lacson (132 Student) for sending this article. You can find it in the resources section of the class web page.
Thu Feb 14, 12:58 pm: Homework #2 has been posted.
Thu Feb 14, 10:28 am: A labs link has been added to the class web page where you can find lab material.
Thu Feb 14, 8:56 am: Students make a habit of checking the CS undergraduate blog http://undergrad.cs.umd.edu/ daily. This is the vehicle the CS Dept is using to communicate with you. Important information (jobs, classes, free food :)) is available daily. Notice it has an RSS feed too.
Thu Feb 14, 8:56 am: This message is for DSS students in honors and non-honors sections. If you don't know what a DSS student is then you can ignore this message. DSS students: see Nelson (after class or during office hours as soon as possible).
Tue Feb 12, 3:35 am: Job Opportunity Job
Tue Feb 12, 3:35 am: Corporate Scholars Program. More information at: Scholars
Tue Feb 12, 10:52 am: Microsoft Internship Opportunity. More information at: Internship
Fri Feb 8, 12:57 pm: The worksheet for quiz#1 has been posted and it is available through the quizzes link of the class web page.
Wed Feb 6, 4:29 pm: Today's lab code examples can be found at: LabWeek2WedCode.zip
Mon Feb 4, 3:54 pm: Today's lab code examples can be found at: LabWeek2MonCode.zip
Mon Feb 4, 3:40 pm: Linux User Group (UMLUG) will be giving a presentation this Wednesday (the 6th) in CSIC 1121 at 6pm. The presentation will illustrate how to do cool stuff with linux desktops.
Mon Feb 4, 3:34 pm: Project #1 has been posted.
Mon Feb 4, 9:55 am: For homework #1 make sure you write your own tests (in StudentTests.java) and make sure you do release testing of your homework.
Fri Feb 1, 5:47 pm: Remember that important information for CS undergraduates is now available at: http://undergrad.cs.umd.edu/
Thu Jan 31, 11:25 am: Homework #1 has been posted and it is available through the Homeworks link of the class web page.
Tue Jan 29, 12:54 pm: CVS repository accounts are now available through https://grades.cs.umd.edu (Select "Receive Class Account"). Tomorrow in lab TAs will discuss/review how to use your CVS accounts. Feel tree to try to connect to the cvs repository.
Mon Jan 28, 8:30 am: Sections 0203 and 0303 will attend lab in room CSI 2107
Mon Jan 28, 8:30 am: Welcome to cmsc132 Spring 2008