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For final letter grades, an overall average of 90-100 will result in an A, between 80-89 a B, between 70-79 a C, between 60-69 a D.
Students taking the class pass/fail must receive a B or better to pass. Students auditing the class will not be required to complete homework or exams.
Homeworks. Details on the requirements for successfully completing the homeworks will be given in the assignment on the Web. The homework is due by 11:55PM on the announced due date. The grade for a late homework assignment will be marked down 25% for each day it is late.
The work is expected to be completed by individuals and not in collaboration with others.
Exams. Exams will be based on assigned readings, lectures, and homework.
I expect all students to show up for exams and submit homeworks in a timely manner. No make-up exams will be given without written notice of an emergency (doctor's notice if in the hospital, for example), and IN ADVANCE if possible.
Project. Graduate students in the class will be expected to complete a multi-part project during the second half of the course. The project structure will be presented in an overview lecture approximately halfway through the semester. The project consists of five separate milestones, including a project definition phase, compilation of a reading list, literature review, implementation, and demo.
Other Policies. A good portion of the learning in any upper level or graduate class comes from intelligent discussion during the class. If you don't attend class, you cannot participate, and your performance may reflect that. I expect that each student will make an effort to attend all lectures and contribute constructively to the discussion.
Students are expected to follow Georgia Tech's code of academic conduct. I am required to forward all suspected cases of academic misconduct to the Dean of Students, where they will be pursued to resolution. This is a very unpleasant process for all involved, so please do not put us in this situation.
However, as we will be doing programming assignments using the Java Swing GUI toolkit, understanding the nuts and bolts of Swing programming may be useful. Thus, I'm recommending Java Swing, Second Edition (Loy, Eckstein, Wood, Elliot, and Cole; O'Reilly Press) as a good book on Swing with broad coverage of the toolkit.
If you don't want/need the book, you still may want to take a look at some of the links and documents in the Resources section of this page.
Another good book (also not required, but useful if you want to do fancy Swing stuff either in class or later on your own) is Swing Hacks (Marinacci and Adamson; O'Reilly Press). Lots of nifty tricks, plus it's written by a Georgia Tech alum. Another, more recent book in a similar vein that I haven't yet checked out in as much detail is Filthy Rich Clients by Haase and Guy.
Additional required readings for each class will be provided electronically and posted on the course syllabus. In addition, some supplemental readings will be provided. These readings will not be required but may prove useful as background material for students.
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| 1 | Tues Aug 24 |
Introduction
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Slides: Introduction | |
| Thur Aug 26 |
UI Software Organization
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| 2 | Tues Aug 31 |
Movie Day! |
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| 3 | Tues Sept 7 |
Continue UI Software Organization Output: Low-Level
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Slides: Output 1 (Devices) Supplemental Readings: |
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| Thur Sept 9 |
Continue Output: Low-Level
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| 4 | Tues Sept 14 |
Output: Toolkits and Window Systems
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Slides: Output 2 (SW)
Slides: Using MVC with Swing Components
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Homework #1 DUE 11:55PM Homework #2 out |
| Thur Sept 16 |
Special Guest Lecture: Josh Marinacci |
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| 5 | Tues Sept 21 |
Input: Devices
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| Thur Sept 23 |
Input: Toolkits and Window Systems
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Slides: Input 2 (SW)
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| 6 | Tues Sept 28 |
Wrap up Input (SW)
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Slides: Input 3 (Interaction Techniques)
Supplemental Readings
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| Thur Sept 30 |
Continue Interaction Techniques
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| 7 | Tues Oct 5 |
Damage and Layout
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| Thur Oct 7 |
Continue Damage and Layout
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| 8 | Tues Oct 12 |
Exam Preview/Q&A Session Overview of Grad Project |
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| 9 | Tues Oct 19 |
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| Thur Oct 21 |
Exam Review Wrap Up Constraints
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| 10 | Tues Oct 26 |
No class! Instructor out of town. | ||
| Thur Oct 28 |
Wrap-up of Recognition
Pen-Based and Gesture-Based Computing
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Slides: Pen- and Gesture-Based Computing
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| 11 | Tues Nov 2 |
Animation in the Interface
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Slides: Animation in the Interface
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| Thur Nov 4 |
Continue Animation in the Interface
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| 12 | Tues Nov 9 |
Two Handed Interaction and Magic Lenses
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Slides: Two Handed Interaction and Magic Lenses
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| Thur Nov 11 |
Finish Lenses
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| 13 | Tues Nov 16 |
Speech-based Interfaces
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Slides: Speech-based Interfaces Supplemental Readings: |
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| Thur Nov 18 |
Video in the Interface
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Slides: Video in the Interface
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| 14 | Tues Nov 23 |
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| 15 | Tues Nov 30 |
Grad Project Demos (Project Milestone 3)
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| Thur Dec 2 |
Grad Project Demos (Project Milestone 3)
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| 16 | Tues Dec 7 |
Undergrad Project Demos
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| Thur Dec 9 |
Exam Preview/Q&A Session/Course Feedback |
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| Finals | Thur Dec 16 |
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