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Fall 2011 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 22nd - 26th- Introduction, Background, and Graphics

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday August 22nd	Read Chapter 1 - The way of the program from How to Think Like a Computer Scientist (thinkCSpy) Course Syllabus WhatIsAllowed.pdf HW 0 Assigned	Why Python is cool. GIMP for windows GIMP for MacOSX CS1301 - How it fits.ppt Fall 2010 class webpage Spring 2011 class webpage 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 A List of "string" colors that work with Myro Zelle Graphics Object Reference Code:face.py
Wednesday August 24th	Read Chapter 2 - Variables, expressions, and statements (thinkCSpy)	VariablesTypesMath.ppt keywords vs. identifiers Douglas Engelbart - NLS demo video Class Video: Variables, Expressions & Graphics [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Friday August 26th	Read Chapter 8 - Sights and Sounds (pgs 157-168) (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 29th - September 2nd - Numbering Systems, Functions & Expressions

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday Aug 29th	Read Chapter 3 - Functions (thinkCSpy) HW0 Due before 6pm	Functions.ppt Class Video: Functions & Base 10 [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Workshop	Watch Video:Fun with Pair Programming Read Chapter 2 - Personal Robots (LCWR) RA_Circles.pdf	Check T-Square for your Pair Programming Assignments Decimal to Binary conversion Binary to Decimal conversion 0-255 Conversion Table Conversion Calculator Conversion Worksheet - Practice Problems KACB Walkway
Wednesday August 31st	Read Chapter 5 - Fruitful Functions from thinkCSpy	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 September 2nd	Read Chapter 4 - Conditionals from thinkCSpy HW1 DUE before 11:55pm	Code:if_statement_example.py Code:simpleFlee.py Class Video: Functions/Review [Download .MOV] [webcast] Class Video: Conditionals [Download .MOV] [webcast]

Week 3: September 5th-9th - Control Flow & History

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, September 5th	School Holiday - No classes!
Workshop	Pair Programming: HW2 Read Chapter 3- Building Robot Brains from LCWR
Wednesday Sep 7th	Read Chapter 6 - Iteration from thinkCSpy.	Code:fact_2_ways.py Class Video: Iteration [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Friday September 9th	Read Chapter 4 - Sensing from Within from LCWR. Lab 1 due before 6:00PM HW 2 due before 11:55pm	Class Video: Looping [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code:obamicon.py

Week 4: September 12th-16th - Iteration & Exam Review

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, Sep 12th	Read Section 11.7 (Exceptions) from ThinkCSpy	MSDN Academic Alliance Class Video: Strings / Try & Except [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Workshop	Bring your Robots! Read Chapter 5 - Sensing the World from LCWR.	Quickstart Guide.pdf Windows - Bluetooth Setup Macintosh - Bluetooth Setup Scribbler Setup Fluke Setup
Wednesday, Sep 14th	Read everything in the Readings column above today again!	Code:get_int.py Code:turn5while.py turn5for.py turn5rec.py
Friday, Sep 16th	EXAM 1 Review HW 3 due before 11:55pm	Python-review1.ppt Exam 1 Vocabulary List Sample Problems Code:funcs.py cs1301-fall09-exam1.pdf cs1301-fall09-exam1-answers.pdf CS1301-Spring11-exam1.pdf CS 1301 Spring 11 Exam 1 answers cs1301-exam1-fall2010.pdf cs1301-exam1-fall2010-answers.pdf

• TA Led Review Session: Sunday Sep 18th: 2pm (KACB Room 1443 )

Week 5: September 19th - 23rd - Exam, Strings, Lists

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday Sep 19th	EXAM 1	cs1301-exam1-fall2011.pdf cs1301-exam1-fall2011-answers.pdf
Workshop	Chapter 6 - Insect-like Behaviors from LCWR. Watch: Robot Funkytown
Wednesday, Sep 21st	Chapter 7 - Strings from ThinkCSpy.	Code Samples:stringStuff.py Python Data Types reference Code:rec1.py Class Video: Strings [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Friday Sep 23rd	Chapter 9 - Lists from ThinkCSpy. Lab 2 due before 11:55pm! What is Clean Code?	Class Video: Lists [Download .MOV] [webcast]

Week 6: September 26th-30th - Compound Data Types - Lists, Tuples, Robot Sensors

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday Sep 26th	Chapter 11.1 - 11.3 (3 sections about Tuples) from the Recursion and Exceptions chapter of ThinkCSpy	Class Video: Robot Sensors & Motors [Download .MOV] [webcast] RobotSensors.ppt
Workshop
Wednesday Sep 28th	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 September 30th	Progress Report Grades next week HW 4 due before 11:55pm	Code: bouncingBall.py Code:randBouncingBall.py Code: keyBalls.py Class Video: BouncingBall [Download .MOV] [webcast]

Week 7: October 3rd-7th - File Input/Output (FileIO) & Dictionaries

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday October 3rd	Read Chapter 10 - Modules & Files from ThinkCSpy	Code:web.py - Creates a webpage that includes robots sensor data.
Workshop	Recitation Assignment [ WordCount.pdf] [words2count.txt] 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 5th	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 7th	Lab 3 - Webpage Due before 11:55 pm! 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 10th - 14th - Images & Computer Vision

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday October 10th	Read Chapter 8 - Sights and Sounds from LCWR.	images.ppt Code:picture.py
Workshop
Wednesday, October 12th	Chapter 9: Image Processing & Perception from LCWR.	Code: find_wall.py Class Video: Computer Vision [Download .MOV] [webcast] Sample "robot" photos of the robot color arena: rca1.gif - Green Wall rca2.gif - Blue Wall rca3.gif - Yellow Wall rca4.gif - Red Wall
Friday, October 14th	HW 5 Due before 11:55pm 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 17th - 20th - Review & Exam

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, October 17th	Fall Break - No Classes
Workshop	Fall Break - No Workshop!
Wednesday, October 19th	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 cs1301-exam2-fall2010.pdf cs1301-exam2-fall2010-answers.pdf
Thursday, October 20th	TA Led Exam Review - College of Computing, Room 16 (downstairs) 5-7pm
Friday, October 21st	EXAM 2	cs1301-exam2-fall2011.pdf cs1301-exam2-fall2011-answers.pdf

Week 10: October 24th - 28th - Starmaps & Other Uses of Dictionaries

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday October 24th		Class Video: Plot Stars [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code:plot_stars.py stars.txt
Workshop	pair_programming_partner_evaluation.pdf Workshop: Battleships	Robotic planter finds the best light
Wednesday October 26th	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 28th		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: October 31st - November 4th - Searching & Sorting

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, October 31st	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 2nd	HW 6 (Find Wall) due before 11:55pm. 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 4th		Example Code: listDict_speed.py

Week 12: November 7th-11th - Functional Programming & Recursion (again!)

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, Nov 7th	Read This webpage on Functional Programming.	Class Video: BigO practice problems, Special FX Questions, Intro to Functional Programming [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Workshop
Wednesday, Nov 9th	HW 7 (Special FX) due before 11:55pm.	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 11th	Lab 4 (Excel) Due before 11:55pm 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 14th-18th - Tag Cloud Example & Review

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, Nov 14th	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 Mad Cow RoboMovie The Scribbling Evel Knivel Jaws Robot Predator Scribbler Standoff The Lonely Robot White and Nerdy Cops Wall-E Indy-Dance Party Cow Death
Wednesday, Nov 16th	HW8 - Movies due before 11:55pm	Class Video: Tag Cloud 2 [Download .MOV] [webcast] Eliza in Python Lecture Video:ttt1.mpeg ttt2.mpeg Code sample: ttt.py
Friday, Nov 18th	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 cs1301-exam3-fall2010.pdf cs1301-exam3-fall2010-answers.pdf FileIO_FunctionalProgramming.pdf Quick Reference

• TA Led Review session: Sunday 2pm CCB 16

Week 14: November 21st-25th - Exam 3

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, November 21st	EXAM 3	cs1301-exam3-fall2011.pdf cs1301-exam3-fall2011-answers.pdf
Workshop
Wednesday, November 23rd	Class Video: Quicksort [Download .MOV] [webcast]	Code: parallel_quicksort.py Py2EXE tutorial. Py2EXE demo files: bouncingBall.py hello.py setup.py
Friday, November 25th	No Class! School Holiday!

Week 15: November 28th- December 2nd - n-grams, Object Oriented Programming

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, Nov 28th		Class Video: nGrams [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code: ngrams.py Text file: msnd.txt What we learned from 5 million books
Workshop
Wednesday, Nov 30th	HW9 Due	Algorithms.ppt Short History of Computing.ppt Video: Programming the PDP11 Class Video: History [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Friday, Dec 2nd	Read: Chapter 13 - Objects and Classes from ThinkCSpy	Class Video: Objects and Classes [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code:classExample.py Code:animals_eating.py

Week 16 - December 5th-9th - Javascript, Review

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday Dec 5th	HW10 - My Own Program due before 11:55pm - NO LATE TURNIN!	Class Video: Javascript for Python Programers [Download .MOV] [webcast] Javascript for Python Programmers.PPT Kissing Trail Tower of Hanoi JavaScript Games Towers of Hanoi Learn More about JavaScript alert box for loop
Tuesday - Dec 6th - 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 7th		Class Video: Final Review 2 [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Friday, December 9th		Class Video: Final Review 3 [Download .MOV] [webcast] Day by Day List of Topics covered in CS 1301 in Fall 2009 Final_Exam_Review_V5.0.pdf

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

TA Led Final Exam Review: Sunday at 2pm, CCB 16

9 am class Final Exam: (Wednesday) December 14th 8am-10:50pm - CCB 16

11 am class Final Exam: (Monday) December 12th 8am-10:50pm - KACB 1443

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