Notes From Class

Week 1 : January 31 and February 1, 2001

If you are a University of Maryland student and do not have a Glue computer account, please see the FAQ's for step-by-step instructions on signing up for an account.
If you don't already have a home page, create a file called Welcome.html inside the pub directory. Step-by-step instructions can be found at Question 14 of the Frequently Asked Questions page. Also see the tutorial A Beginners Guide to HTML .
You should be reading Chapters 2 and 3 of Austin/Chancogne.
Please check the meet the class page to make sure our information on you is correct. We will take pictures next week.

Week 2 : February 6 and 8, 2001

Homework 1 is available!
Java version 1.3 has been installed and is working in the Engineering computer lab (0309) with the PC computers. Also, someone is working on updating the version of JAVA on the UNIX platform as well.
For the C programming assignments, students can use any open computer lab on campus. See: http://www.oit.umd.edu/wheretogo
The TAs office hours (in EGR 1172) will be as follows:
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    Monday  : 12:40-2:00PM 
    Tuesday : 11:00-12:30PM
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and also by appointment.

Week 3 : February 13 and 15, 2001

If you missed class, we are now covering Chapter 7 of Austin/Chancogne. Pay particular attention to the material on function declarations, and scope and storage of functions/variables described in Section 7.6.
Homework 2 is available!

Week 4 : February 20 and 22, 2001

If you missed class, we continued discussing storage and scope of variables and functions -- see Chapter 7 of Austin and Chancogne. We will also start arrays and pointers this week (see Chapter 8).
To access your homework/test grades online, go to AJ Clark School of Engineering Online and look under Student Tools.

Week 5 : February 27 and March 1, 2001

If you couldn't make it to class, we continued talking about pointers and arrays, how arrays are passed to functions, and a strategy for writing a function that will swap variables. That's it for C. Now we are moving onto Java ... you should be reading Chapter 16 of Austin/Chancogne and Chapter 2 of Campione et al.
Homework 3 is available!
Solutions to Homework 2 are available!

Week 6 : March 6 and 8, 2001

Please take a look at the Java program examples on Swing and Java2D.
If you would like to play with the Quadratic equations solver, which we covered in class, here is the source code : Quadratic.java
Please e-mail austin@isr.umd.edu a (tentative) abstract of your Java project. Include : names of developers, project title, and a 3-4 sentence project description. I will add these descriptions to the project page (and make the appropriate links).

Week 7 : March 13 and 15, 2001

Midterm 1. March, 15. The midterm will be closed book and will cover Chapters 3 through 9 of the C tutorial. There are three questions. Question 1 covers basic concepts in C programming and software development. In questions 2 and 3, I ask you lots of questions about two small C programs.

Week 8 : March 20 and 22, 2001

Spring Break!

Week 9 : March 27 and 29, 2001

Homework 4 is available!

Week 10 : April 3 and 5, 2001

The class TA has created a Tutorial on using threads in Java . Check out the cool examples on use of double buffering for animation.

Week 12 : April 17 and 19, 2001

Click here for a slightly revised version of Greg Walsh's Java tutorial. At this point, only the first three lesson plans work......
Midterm 2. April 19. The midterm will be closed book and will cover principles of object-oriented software development and Java programming.

Week 15 : May 8 and 10, 2001

We are covering XML and Java in Class.
The Java projects are due May 15 (no extensions). Because there are only 13 projects this semester, we will grade them online -- please e-mail me the link to your project so that we can get to it from the Java Projects page.
Also, if you would like a link from the Java projects page to your home page, e-mail that to austin@isr.umd.edu as well.
2001 Summer Employment Opportunity
SEIL Web-Development and Program Coordinator Assistant
(Two Positions Available)

Overview. The Systems Engineering Integration Laboratory (SEIL) is seeking a part-time student to assist the Program Coordinator and associate staff with web development, office automation activities, and support activities for course development in the MSSE program.
Requirements and Responsibilities. The candidate will have a working knowledge of Windows/UNIX OSs, Office suite experience, and basic web/internet tools. Prior web design experience in desired, but not necessary. The position will require approximately 20 hours/week, although the schedule is flexible. The candidate will be use modern web development technologies including Dreamweaver/Fireworks, ASP/ASP.Net, and Database (Access/SQL Server) to develop SEIL Intranet/Internet content and applications.
Benefits. The SEIL offers a dynamic group of faculty, students, and staff working on a wide range of research projects. It is an ideal student position for those interested in communications, control, and systems engineering applications. Work hours and pay are negotiable.
For more information, please contact Jean LaFonta, SEIL Coordinator at (301) 405-6579 or by email at jlafonta@isr.umd.edu.

Week 16 : May 15, 2001

Review of Material.

Final (35%) : May 22, 2001, 1.30-3.30pm. The exam will cover C and Java and will be open book.