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CS561: Software Systems (for Numerical Analysis)

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Instructor:

• Name:   Shun Yan Cheung
• Phone: 404-727-3823,
• Email:
• Office: Math & Sciences Bldg W-428.
• Office Hours: Click here
• For projects - MathCS Computer Lab hours: click here

Syllabus & Progress:

• is available here

Course Prequisites:

• Math 221 (Linear Algebra)
• Extensive programming experience in a procedural language (must have used IF, IF-ELSE, WHILE, FOR-programming constructs and subroutines in at least 5 programs that you wrote yourself)
• Basic knowledge in numerical analysis (must have seen some programs that perform numerical integration before)

Weights of grading:

• Homework & projects: 40%
• One Midterm Exam: 25%
• Final Exam: 35%

Scale of grading:

• A is >= 93.3333
• A- is >= 90.0
• B+ is >= 86.6666
• B is >= 83.3333
• B- is >= 80.0
• C+ is >= 76.6666
• C is >= 73.3333
• C- is >= 70.0
• D+ is >= 65.0
• D is >= 60.0

Class Policies:

• Homework and projects:
  1. Homework must be turned in using the method specified. If you need to turn in some homework or project in some way other than specified, you must obtain permission in advance - this policy was instituted when some student (long ago) claimed to have sent in a homework via email which I have never received. If you don't tell me in advance that you will be turning in your assignment via email or FedEx, I ain't accepting it.
  2. I don't accept late turnins with the following exceptions
  3. You can request one extension for upto 2 homeworks/projects. (You can determine yourself which homework/project you want to request extension, but you cannot request extension for more the two homeworks/projects. Also, You cannot request two extensions for the same homework/project.
  4. Request for extension must be done within one day after the assignment is due or the request will be automatically denied. (In the case you forget to do the assignment, you have one day to request an extension :-))
     If you have done the work, but forgot to turn it in, then do NOT touch your files (you may change the date stamp of the file(s)) and send me email - I will let you turn in without needing extension.
  5. Illness, personal accident or personal matters that require you to leave for home - - I will need evidence, like a doctor's note. Said extension must also be requested within one hour after the assignment is due or the request will be automatically denied.

• Tests (Midterm & Final):
  1. No show on a test means grade 0.
  2. Retest is only given for a valid reason such as sudden illness, or accident (if you fell ill a few days before the test day, send me email ASAP)
  3. The following are not considered valid reasons: "I forgot there was a test that day", "I overslept", "I forgot to set the alarm", "The alarm clock did not go off", etc.

Homeworks & Projects:

• Project 1 : due TBA - midnight
• Project 2 : due TBA - midnight
• Project 3 : due TBA - midnight
• Project 4 : due TBA - midnight
• Project 5 : due TBA - midnight
• Project 6 : due TBA - midnight
• Project 7 : due TBA - midnight
• Project 8 : due Dec 13 - midnight

• Midterm: TBA, 2008
  • Material: C++
  • Format: OPEN book/notes, no friends, no computers and no communicating devices. Open questions (not multiple choice).

• Final: Dec 10, 2008: 10:00 - 12:30 AM
  • Material: everything you learned in the semester.
  • Format: OPEN book/notes, but no friends, no computers and no communicating devices. Open questions (not multiple choice).