Class and Lab Schedule

The following calendar shows topics covered, handouts given, and assignments that have been given and when they are due. Items with yellow background are tentative (either because the date is in the future or because I haven't gotten around to updating it). All items with a white background are final.

NOTE: Lab topics are just place-holders now - several of these will change!

 

Week 1
Mon, August 18	Wed, August 20	Fri, August 22
Lecture 1: Introduction Introductions Class/syllabus review Tour of class resources   Handout: Syllabus	Reading: Start BtB Chapter 1   Lecture 2: Success in College High school vs college Tips for success   Handout: Reading Reflection Info   Reminder: Prepare for Friday Lab!	Reading (before lab!): Introduction to Labs UNCG-specific information and the pre-lab reading!   Lab 1: Introduction to Scratch/BYOB
Week 2
Mon, August 25	Wed, August 27	Fri, August 29
Reading (read before class!): Coding Is Coming ... A Commencement Speech ...   Lecture 3: Computer Science What is Computer Science? Impact of CS on the world	Due: BtB Chapter 1 Reflection   Lecture 4: Computing and Programming Computing steps Programming languages Software development Pair programming   Handouts: Fun with Pair Programming!	Video (watch before lab!): Intro to Pair Programming   Lab 2: Interaction, variables, and sound
Week 3
Mon, September 1	Wed, September 3	Fri, September 5
No class - Labor Day!	Reading: BtB Chapter 1 Wrap-up     Start BtB Chapter 2   Lecture 4: (continued from 8/27) Understanding steps Simulating a computation Programming languages   Lecture 5: Intro to Abstraction Basic idea ...will need to continue later   Assigned: Assignment 1 (due Sept 12)	Lab 3: Abstraction with functions
Week 4
Mon, September 8	Wed, September 10	Fri, September 12
Lecture 5: Intro to Abstraction Finish off discussion   In-class practice... Practice with BYOB Practice with abstraction	Due: BtB Chapter 2 Reflection   Lecture 6: Data Representation 1 Numbers Number Bases Binary Conversions	Due: Assignment 1   Lab 4: Starting a math tutor program
Week 5
Mon, September 15	Wed, September 17	Fri, September 19
Lecture 7: Data Representation 2 Hexadecimal Conversions Finite Representations   Assigned: Assignment 2 (due Oct 1)	Reading: BtB Chapter 2 Wrap-up     Start BtB Chapter 3   Lecture 8: Organizing Data Abstract Data Types Data Structures Lists (Didn't finish)	Lab 5: Using lists for data
Week 6
Mon, September 22	Wed, September 24	Fri, September 26
Lecture 8: (Continued) More Lists Dictionaries and Trees   Lecture 9: Algorithms 1 Basic Definitions (Didn't finish)	Due: BtB Chapter 3 Reflection   Lecture 9: (Continued) Some Famous Algorithms Problems vs Algorithms Algorithm Trade-offs Modern Computer Speeds	Lab 6: Exploring programming languages
Week 7
Mon, September 29	Wed, October 1	Fri, October 3
Tips and suggestions for HW 2   Final bit from Lecture 9: Moore's Law and the Singularity   Lecture 10: Algorithms 2 Algorithm "time" Measuring time	Reading: BtB Chapter 3 Wrap-up   Due: Assignment 2   Lecture 11: Algorithms 3 Constant time Loop patterns Linear time Quadratic time Predicting times   Handout: Midterm Review	Lab 7: Experimenting with algorithms
Week 8
Mon, October 6	Wed, October 8	Fri, October 10
Review for midterm	Midterm Exam!	Lab 8: SnapPy Exploration and Testing
Week 9
Mon, October 13	Wed, October 15	Fri, October 17
No class - Fall Break!	Reading: Start BtB Chapter 4   Assigned: Assignment 3 (due Oct 29)   (Skipped Lecture 12)   Lecture 13: Reductions/Recursion Solving one problem with another Reduction examples Recursion w/examples	Lab 9: Self-similarity and recursion   Note: The lab write-up linked above is the "by popular demand" Python version. There is also a BYOB version of the lab on the lab exercises page, and students are free to do either version for the lab.
Week 10
Mon, October 20	Wed, October 22	Fri, October 24
Finish last topics from Lecture 13   Midterm exam solutions/discussion	Due: BtB Chapter 4 Reflection   Discussion: Class projects   Lecture 14: Data Representation 3 File formats and rendering Text - ASCII Formatted Text - HTML Pictures - Grayscale	Due: Project team identification   Lab 10: Games and Graphics in Python
Week 11
Mon, October 27	Wed, October 29	Fri, October 31
Finishing Lecture 14: Pictures - Color Human vision and color   Lecture 15: Data Representation 4 Sound - hearing and waveforms	Reading: BtB Chapter 4 Wrap-up     Start BtB Chapter 5   Due: Assignment 3   Finishing Lecture 15: Video and frame types Data compression	Lab/Project Time: Project proposal presentations
Week 12
Mon, November 3	Wed, November 5	Fri, November 7
Lecture 16: Data and Big Data Measuring data How much is that? Where do I find data?	Due: BtB Chapter 5 Reflection Written project proposal   Finish up Lecture 16: Data mining Challenges   Lecture 17: The Internet (part 1) Physical connections: Ethernet Switches and MAC addresses	Lab/Project Time: Project work time
Week 13
Mon, November 10	Wed, November 12	Fri, November 14
Finish up Lecture 17: IP addressing and hierarchy ARP and address conversion   Lecture 18: The Internet (part 2) IP communication DNS for looking up names Routing between networks Higher layers What can go wrong	Reading: BtB Chapter 5 Wrap-up     Start BtB Chapter 6   Finish up Lecture 18: DNS for looking up names Higher layers What can go wrong	Lab/Project Time: Project work time   Due: Project progress report (5:00)
Week 14
Mon, November 17	Wed, November 19	Fri, November 21
Lecture 19: Security and Privacy Basic security goals Eavesdropping Encryption	Due: BtB Chapter 6 Reflection   Finish Lecture 19 Digital Signatures Certificates Tools: PGP, OTR, and Tor	Lab/Project Time: Project presentations
Week 15
Mon, November 24	Wed, November 26	Fri, November 28
Reading: BtB Chapter 6 Wrap-up   Lecture 20: Artificial Intelligence Basic Ideas/Areas The Turing Test Consequences Future of AI/Robotics	No class - Thanksgiving!	No class - Thanksgiving!
Week 16
Mon, December 1	Wed, December 3
Topics: Student-Choice Award Review for Final Exam   Handout: Final Exam Review	Due: All project materials   Final Exam (12:00-3:00)
Final Exam: Wednesday, December 3, 12:00-3:00