Georgia Tech and College
of Computing academic Honor
Code applies.
Sources of
information.The main
sources of material are the lectures, the textbook, the lecture notes
and the course website. You are responsible to check the course
website after each lecture to learn the assigned homeworks, reading
and other announcements. If you miss a class, it is your
responsibility to learn the material and information you missed.
Hardcopies of the lecture notes and homework sets are not
distributed.
Office hours and
email.Please make
use of the instructor's and TA's office hours. This is the best way
to ask questions, get help and clarify doubts. If you cannot attend
the office hours because of a time conflict, send an email asking for
an additional meeting time. In all emails use the word 1050 in the subject. If your email contains a
question on the material or homework, please make an effort to make
the question clear and easy to understand.
Assessements.There will be
weekly (and sometimes bi-weekly) homeworks (30%), three quizzes (36%)
and a final (34%). Your lowest homework score will be dropped.
Your lowest quiz score
will be dropped.
Homeworks are announced
in class and are posted on the coure website. Homework solutions are
due on the indicated due day in class, before the class starts. You
may submit your homework by email (in the pdf format) addressed to the TA and me, before
the class. NO late homeworks will be
accepted, no exception. You may collaborate with other students in
your class in solving the problems, but please indicate your
collaboration group. You MUST write your answers by yourselves,
without any collaboration, as if you are taking a test. In solving
the homeworks you may not discuss the homework problems with anyone
outside your class and you may not use the Internet or any other
material besides the lectures, lecture notes and the textbook. Do not
forget to write your name. If you use more than one sheet, staple
them together.
Your
lowest quiz score will be dropped. Note: Because I drop the score of
one of your examinations, there will be no make-up tests given,
except under extreme extenuating circumstances. Be prepared to
document the reason of your absence (by a medical certificate or a
note from the Dean of Students) and advise me ahead of time if
possible.
In
writing the solutions to the homeworks and exams make sure
your solutions are readable. Be as concise and
precise as possible. As most of the problems involve proving things,
the number of point you get will depend on the quality of
mathematical writing. Think from the point of view of a grader: are
you making sure that person will understand your solution? Remember,
you are not graded on what you think you wrote but on what is
written.
If
you feel you were mis-graded on anything, first look at the
solutions. If you still feel unsatisfied, appeal to the person who
graded the assignment.