CMSC250 - Spring 2013

01/22/2013: Class students will be soon invited to join the Piazza platform. Announcements will be posted there. Please check the forum and your emails to stay current!
01/22/2013: Please be advised that the Discussion Groups for all sections of CMSC250 will first meet next week, Monday 28 January at their scheduled times.
01/22/2013: Due to remodelling of the TA office hours room (AVW 1112), no TA office hours will be held before 29 January
01/29/2013: Homework assignment #1 is posted in the restricted content section

Lectures
- 01 TuTh......02:00pm - 03:15pm T. Reinhardt (CSI 3117)
- 02 TuTh......12:30pm - 01:45pm T. Reinhardt (CSI 1115)
- (H) TuTh......02:00pm - 03:15pm C. Kruskal (CSI 1121)
Instructors
- Clyde Kruskal
  - Email: kruskal at cs dot umd dot edu
  - Office: 3215 A.V. Williams Bldg
  - Office Hours: Friday 02:00pm-05:00pm
- Thomas Reinhardt
  - Email: tomr55 at cs dot umd dot edu
  - Office: 3239 A.V. Williams Bldg
  - Office Hours: Monday 11:00am-01:00pm
Textbook
- Discrete Mathematics with Applications [ Link to bookstore ]
  by Susanna S. Epp (4th Ed. recommended but not required)
Course Policy
- Syllabus (Short Version) [ PDF ]
- University Academic Dishonesty Policy
- Excused Absence Policy

Class Schedule

Section #	Lectures (Tue & Thu)			Discussions (Mon & Wed)
Section #	Instructor	Time	Room	TA	Time	Room
0101(17616)	Reinhardt	TuTh 02:00pm-03:15pm	CSI 3117	Anderson Garron	MW 11:00am-11:50am	CSI 3120
0102(17617)	Reinhardt	TuTh 02:00pm-03:15pm	CSI 3117	Shangfu Peng	MW 12:00pm-12:50pm	CSI 3120
0104(17619)	Reinhardt	TuTh 02:00pm-03:15pm	CSI 3117	Yoav Segev	MW 01:00pm-01:50pm	CSI 2120
0201(17620)	Reinhardt	TuTh 12:30pm-01:45pm	CSI 1115	Shangfu Peng	MW 09:00am-09:50am	CSI 3120
0202(17621)	Reinhardt	TuTh 12:30pm-01:45pm	CSI 1115	Kookjin Lee	MW 08:00am-08:50am	CSI 3120
0203(17622)	Reinhardt	TuTh 12:30pm-01:45pm	CSI 1115	Reza Khani	MW 01:00pm-01:50pm	CSI 3120
0204(17623)	Reinhardt	TuTh 12:30pm-01:45pm	CSI 1115	Anderson Garron	MW 10:00am-10:50am	CSI 3120
H - 0101(17632)	Kruskal	TuTh 02:00pm-03:15pm	CSI 1121	Yoav Segev	MW 02:00pm-02:50pm	CSI 2120

Homework (1% each)
- Assigned weekly, due at the beginning of discussion on Wednesdays
Quizzes (1% each)
- One quiz per week, at the beginning of discussion on Mondays
Midterm (approx. 48%)
- Two in class midterms are given in this course, weighted approx. 24% each.
- Midterm #1: Tuesday, 12 March 2013
- Midterm #2: Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Final Exam (approx. 36%)
- The final will be comprehensive.
- Final exam: Tuesday 14 May 2013, 4:00pm-6:00pm, Location TBA
- Exceptional conditions: The final exam will be rescheduled only for students having another final exam at exactly the same time, or for students who have more than three final exams scheduled on the same day. If this is the case, let your Instructor know by Wednesday 13 February 2013

TA	Section(s)	E-Mail	Office Hours	Room
Anderson Garron	0101/0204	agarron [at] cs [dot] umd [dot] edu	Tue&Thu 02:00pm-03:30pm	AVW 1112
Milad Gholami	--	mgholami [at] cs [dot] umd [dot] edu	Mon&Wed 01:00pm-02:30pm
Reza Khani	0203	khani [at] mail [dot] umd [dot] edu	Thu 11:30am-01:00pm
Kookjin Lee	0202	klee [at] cs [dot] umd [dot] edu	Mon&Wed 09:00am-10:30am
Shangfu Peng	0102/0201	shangfu [at] cs [dot] umd [dot] edu	Mon&Wed 10:00am-11:30am
Yoav Segev	0104/0101H	segev [at] cs [dot] umd [dot] edu	Tue&Thu 12:30pm-02:00pm
Fatemeh Mir Rashid	--	fatemeh [at] cs [dot] umd [dot] edu	Wed 02:30pm-04:00pm

Piazza
This is a place for you to ask and answer questions of your fellow students, although the TAs and instructors will also be around to moderate and clarify difficult points. Go ahead, help each other learn! But don't cheat, because we will catch you.
Restricted Content
Lecture slides, homeworks, homework solutions (password-protected)