Fall 2010 CS1301 Calendar

References

Learning Computing With Robots
How to Think Like a Computer Scientist @ Open Book Project
Python.org's Python Tutorial
Building Skills in Python
python.org
Robot Specific Software:
- Myro Installation Instructions
- Myro Reference Manual

Week 1: August 23rd - 27th- Introduction, Background, and Graphics

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, Aug 23rd	Course Syllabus WhatIsAllowed.pdf HW 0 Assigned Read Chapter 1 - The way of the program from How to Think Like a Computer Scientist (thinkCSpy)	Excellent Usenix article GIMP for windows GIMP for MacOSX CS1301 - How it fits.ppt Fall 2009 class website 2009 FIRST Robotics Challenge animation overview Class Video: Introduction to Class [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Workshop	Read Chapter 1 - The World of Robots from Learning Computing With Robots (LCWR).	Installation Guide How to install videos: Windows Vista Install [Download .MOV] [webcast] Mac OS10.5 Install [Download .MOV] [webcast] Myro Robot Reference Manual Functions and Commands used by Myro. Myro Graphics Objects Interface Myro Graphics Reference.pdf Zelle Graphics Object Reference Code:face.py
Wednesday, Aug 25th	Read Chapter 2 - Variables, expressions, and statements (thinkCSpy)	keywords vs. identifiers Douglas Engelbart - NLS demo video Class Video: Variables, Expressions & Graphics [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Friday, Aug 27th	Read Chapter 8 - Sights and Sounds (pgs 187-197) (LCWR)	List of Python Modules (look at the math module) Scribbler Dancing video. AI for Games Class Video: Graphics & User Input [Download .MOV] [webcast]

Week 2: August 30th - September 3rd - Numbering Systems, Functions & Expressions

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday Aug 30th	Read Chapter 3 - Functions (thinkCSpy) HW0 Due before 6pm	Functions.ppt IDLE output.txt Class Video: Functions & Base 10 [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Workshop	Watch Video:Fun with Pair Programming Read Chapter 2 - Personal Robots (LCWR)	Pair Programming Assignments Decimal to Binary conversion Binary to Decimal conversion 0-255 Conversion Table Conversion Calculator Conversion Worksheet - Practice Problems
Wednesday Sep 1st	Read Chapter 5 - Fruitful Functions from thinkCSpy	VariablesTypesMath.ppt Class Video: Base 2,8,16 [Download .MOV] [webcast] Algorithms.ppt Short History of Computing.ppt Video: Programming the PDP11 Class Video: History [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Friday Sep 3rd	Read Chapter 4 - Conditionals from thinkCSpy HW1 DUE before 6pm	Code:if_statement_example.py Code:simpleFlee.py Class Video: Functions/Review [Download .MOV] [webcast] Class Video: Conditionals [Download .MOV] [webcast]

Week 3: September 6th-10th - Control Flow & History

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, September 6th	School Holiday - No classes!
Workshop	Read Chapter 3- Building Robot Brains from LCWR
Wednesday Sep 8th	Read Chapter 6 - Iteration from thinkCSpy.	Code:fact_2_ways.py Class Video: Iteration [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Friday Septempber 10th	Read Chapter 4 - Sensing from Within from LCWR. Lab 1 due before 6PM HW 2 due before 6pm	Class Video: Looping [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code:obamicon.py

Week 4: September 13th-17th - Iteration & Exam Review

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, Sep 13th	Read Section 11.7 (Exceptions) from ThinkCSpy	MSDN Academic Alliance Class Video: Strings / Try & Except [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Workshop	Read Chapter 5 - Sensing the World from LCWR.	Quickstart Guide.pdf
Wednesday, Sep 15th	Read everything in the Readings column above today again!	Code:get_int.py Code:turn5while.py turn5for.py turn5rec.py
Friday, Sep 17th	EXAM 1 Review HW 3 due before 6pm	Python-review1.ppt Exam 1 Vocabulary List Sample Problems Code:funcs.py cs1301-fall09-exam1.pdf cs1301-fall09-exam1-answers.pdf

TA Led Review Session: Saturday Sep 18th, College of Computing building (CCB) Room 101 - 2pm

Week 5: September 20th - 24th - Exam, Strings, Lists

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday Sep 20th	EXAM 1	cs1301-exam1-fall2010.pdf cs1301-exam1-fall2010-answers.pdf
Workshop	Chapter 6 - Insect-like Behaviors from LCWR. Watch: Robot Funkytown	A coin designed using Python - Explanation of how it was designed.
Wednesday, Sep 22nd	Chapter 7 - Strings from ThinkCSpy.	Code Samples:stringStuff.py Python Data Types reference Code:rec1.py Class Video: Strings [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Friday Sep 24th	Chapter 9 - Lists from ThinkCSpy. Lab 2 due before 6pm! What is Clean Code?	Class Video: Lists [Download .MOV] [webcast]

Week 6: September 27th-October 1st - Compound Data Types - Lists, Tuples, Robot Sensors

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday Sep 27th	Chapter 11.1 - 11.3 (3 sections about Tuples) from the Recursion and Exceptions chapter of ThinkCSpy	How To Order Robots Class Video: Robot Sensors & Motors [Download .MOV] [webcast] RobotSensors.ppt Code: AvoidWall.py
Workshop
Wednesday Sep 29th	Chapter 7 - Control Paradigms from LCWR.	Code:behavior.py - subsumption architecture behavior control of the robot. Code: behavior2.py Code: list_examples.py Class Video: Lists2 & Tuples [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Friday October 1st	Progress Report Grades Due Oct 1st HW 4 due before 6pm	Code: bouncingBall.py Code:randBouncingBall.py Code: keyBalls.py Class Video: BouncingBall [Download .MOV] [webcast]

Week 7: October 4th-8th - File Input/Output (FileIO) & Dictionaries

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday October 4th	Read Chapter 10 - Modules & Files from ThinkCSpy	Code:web.py - Creates a webpage that includes robots sensor data. Class Video: Writing Files [Download .MOV] [webcast] Python Files & Directories Code:randPhoto.py Lecture Video:random_photo.mpeg
Workshop	Watch Chapter 1 (A Hard Problem) of The Great Robot Race 6min 33sec. Watch Chapter 2 (The Red Army) of The Great Robot Race 7min 41sec
Wednesday October 6th	Read Sections 1 & 2 (Namespaces, and Namespaces in Python), of this Webpage	Code: filter_comments.py Code: fileCopy.py Code: robotScript.py Required data file: robotCommands.txt Class Video: Reading Files [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Friday, October 8th	Lab 3 - Webpage Due before 6pm! Read about the Pickle Module Read: Chapter 12 - Dictionaries from ThinkCSpy.	Class Video: Dictionaries [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code: dictionarySpanish.py Code: letterFreq.py Code: craps.py

Week 8: October 11th-15th- Images & Computer Vision

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday October 11th	Read Chapter 8 - Sights and Sounds from LCWR.	images.ppt Code:picture.py
Workshop		Windows - Bluetooth Setup Macintosh - Bluetooth Setup Scribbler Setup Fluke Setup
Wednesday, October 13th	Chapter 9: Image Processing & Perception from LCWR.	Code: find_wall.py Class Video: Computer Vision [Download .MOV] [webcast] Robot Color Arena construction guide. (One is built in CCB 107-A, the TA Helpdesk room.) Sample "robot" photos of the robot color arena: rca1.gif - Green Wall rca2.gif - Blue Wall rca3.gif - Yellow Wall
Friday, October 15th	HW 5 Due before 6pm Last day to drop individual courses with a grade of "W" and change grade mode for courses, for the Fall Semester.	Class Video: Computer Vision 2 [Download .MOV] [webcast]

Week 9: October 18th-22nd - Review & Exam

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, October 18th	Fall Break - No Class!
Workshop	Fall Break - No Workshop!
Wednesday, October 20th	Exam Review	Class Video: Review-2 [Download .MOV] [webcast] Python-review2.ppt VLC video player for mpeg files Review Lecture Video (1/2) Review1.mpeg Review Lecture Video (2/2) Review2.mpeg Exam2-vocab-list.txt Example Exam 2.pdf Example Exam2-answers.pdf Jeopardy Game.ppt cs1301-exam2-fall09.pdf cs1301-exam2-fall09-answers.pdf
Thursday, October 21st	TA Led Exam Review 6-8pm, KACB 1447
Friday, October 22nd	EXAM 2	cs1301-exam2-fall2010.pdf cs1301-exam2-fall2010-answers.pdf

Week 10: October 25th - 29th - Starmaps & Other Uses of Dictionaries

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday October 25th		Class Video: Plot Stars [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code:plot_stars.py stars.txt
Workshop	pair_programming_partner_review.pdf Workshop: Battleships	Robotic planter finds the best light
Wednesday, October 27th	Read Code 39 Specification from the barcodeman.com website.	Free Barcode Generator Code:code39dict.py barcode_1_9.gif Class Video: Barcodes 1 [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Friday, October 29th		Code Sample:starmap_constellations.py stars.txt BigDipper_lines.txt Cas_lines.txt Gemini_lines.txt UrsaMajor_lines.txt Bootes_lines.txt Cyg_lines.txt Hydra_lines.txt UrsaMinor_lines.txt Lecture Slides:barcodes.ppt Class Video: Barcodes 2 [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code: scan_barcode.py Needed example barcode picture: barcode_color.gif Print your own: A-Ebarcodes.doc Video Lectures: barcodes1.mpeg barcodes2.mpeg barcodes3.mpeg

Week 11: November 1st-5th - Searching & Sorting

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, November 1st	Read about a Linear Search "algorithm" Read about the Binary Search Algorithm Play with the insertion sort Animator or here Read about the Insertion Sort Algorithm Then see an insertion sort implemented in python	Class Video: Searching [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code:bubbleSort.py Sorting algorithm animation applet.
Workshop	RA-colorswap.txt RA_colorswap_source.jpg
Wednesday, November 3rd	Watch an animated merge sort Read about Merge Sort. Then look at this implementation of MergeSort in Python.	Class Video: Sorting [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code:sorts.py
Friday, November 5th	HW 7 (Special FX) due before 6pm.	Example Code: listDict_speed.py

Week 12: November 8th-12th - Functional Programming & Recursion (again!)

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, Nov 8th	Read This webpage on Functional Programming.	Class Video: BigO practice problems, Special FX Questions, Intro to Functional Programming [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Workshop	WordCount.pdf words2count.txt
Wednesday, Nov 10th		Class Video: Functional Programming [Download .MOV] [webcast] Sample Code:printComments.py Introduction to the Fibonacci sequence by Tool (Lateralus) More information about the Fibonacci series on Wikipedia Code Sample:fibonacci.py
Friday, Nov 12th	Lab 4 (Excel) Due before 6pm Read Chapter 11.4 - 11.8 - Recursion and exceptions from ThinkCSpy.	Class Video: Functional Programming examples, File I/O, Recursion [Download .MOV] [webcast]

Week 13: November 15th-19th - Tag Cloud Example & Review

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, Nov 15th	Read Chapter 10 - Artificial Intelligence from Learning Computing With Robots. Read this story about the annual Loebner Prize contest	Class Video: Tag Cloud 1 [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code Sample: tagcloud.py Input file:art_of_war.txt Common words: common.txt Example output:tc_out.html
Workshop		Example Movies from previous classes: Packman RoboMovie The Scribbling Evel Knivel Robot Predator Scribbler Standoff Cow Death
Wednesday, Nov 17th	HW8 - Movies due before 6pm	Class Video: Tag Cloud 2 [Download .MOV] [webcast] Eliza in Python Lecture Video:ttt1.mpeg ttt2.mpeg Code sample: ttt.py
Friday, Nov 19th	Exam Review	Class Video: Exam 3 Review [Download .MOV] [webcast] Exam 3 vocab list.txt Test Practice Problems PDF Test Practice Problems - ANSWERS PDF Test Practice Problems 2 Test Practice Problems 2 - WITH ANSWERS Exam3.pdf Exam3-answers.pdf Simple examples shown in class cs1301-exam3-fall09.pdf cs1301-exam3-fall09-answers.pdf FileIO_FunctionalProgramming.pdf Quick Reference

TA Led Review session: Sunday November 21st: 4pm - College of Computing Building (CCB) Room 101

Week 14: November 22nd-26th - Exam 3

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, November 22nd	EXAM 3	cs1301-exam3-fall2010.pdf cs1301-exam3-fall2010-answers.pdf
Wednesday, November 24th	Class Video: Quicksort [Download .MOV] [webcast]	Code: parallel_quicksort.py Py2EXE tutorial. Py2EXE demo files: bouncingBall.py hello.py setup.py
Friday, November 26th	No Class! School Holiday!

Week 15: November 29th- December 3rd - n-grams, Object Oriented Programming

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, Nov 29th		Class Video: nGrams [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code: ngrams.py Text file: msnd.txt
Wednesday, Dec 1st	HW9 - Functional/Dictionary due Wednesday Dec 1st Read: Chapter 13 - Objects and Classes from ThinkCSpy	Class Video: Objects and Classes [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code:classExample.py
Friday, Dec 3rd		Code:animals_eating.py

Week 16 - December 6th-10th - Javascript, Review

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday Dec 6th	HW10 - My Own Program due before 6pm - NO LATE TURNIN!	Class Video: Javascript for Python Programers [Download .MOV] [webcast] Javascript for Python Programmers.PPT Kissing Trail JavaScript Games Towers of Hanoi Learn More about JavaScript alert box for loop
Tuesday - Dec 7th - Recitation	Lab 5 - Powerpoint due before 3pm NO LATE TURNIN!	Class Video: Final Review 1 [Download .MOV] [webcast] A Final Study Guide.pdf Review Session MP3 (fall 2008)
Wednesday, December 8th		Class Video: Final Review 2 [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Friday, December 10th		Class Video: Final Review 3 [Download .MOV] [webcast] Day by Day List of Topics covered in CS 1301 in Fall 2009 Final_Exam_Review_V3.0.pdf

TA led Review Session [Download .MOV] [webcast]

TA Led Final Exam Review: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11th, from 2-5pm, College of Computing Building Room 17, downstairs.

11am class Final Exam: Period 15 - (Friday) December 17th 2:50-5:40pm - KACB 1443

1pm class Final Exam: Period 9 - (Wednesday) December 15th 2:50pm-5:40pm - Physics L1