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-===== March 5, 2009 =====
+===== January 5, 2010 =====
 Start of classes.
-Lecture notes for next few classes have been posted in the CSE4351 course directory on red: /cs/course/4351
+All course related material, such as lecture notes, the list of topics and requirements for the Topic Study, lab assignments, Project requirements, etc., will be posted in the CSE4352 course directory on red: /cs/course/4352
-===== April 7, 2009 =====
+===== January 8, 2010 =====
-CSE4351 Test 1 will be held on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 11:30-13:00.
+Please note that in order to prepare new lab material, during the first week of this term no CSE4352 lab will be held. The first CSE4352 lab will start on January 15, 2010, 11:30-13:00, at CSE 1004A.
- Test 1 will include:
+===== January 14, 2010 =====
- (a) Material covered in the lectures from the beginning of the term up to and including the lecture on Thursday April 2;
- (b) Material in the files RTT.1.pdf, RTT.2.pdf, RTT.3.pdf, in the course directory;
- It is possible that Test 1 may include true/false questions,
+Lab location change: CSE 1004A (Not CSE 2007)
-questions that require short answers, questions that may require
-the drawing of diagrams, questions that require slightly longer
-answers, and other possible question formats.
- MAKE SURE YOU READ AND UNDERSTAND ALL THE MATERIAL IN THE SLIDES, AND THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS SIMILAR TO THE PROBLEMS FOR WHICH SOLUTIONS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED IN CLASS. IF YOU HAD MISSED A LECTURE, MAKE SURE YOU OBTAIN A COPY OF THE NOTES TAKEN IN CLASS FROM A CLASSMATE, AS TEST 1 MAY INCLUDE QUESTIONS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THE PROBLEMS FOR WHICH SOLUTIONS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED IN CLASS.
-===== April 8, 2009 =====
+===== February 19, 2010 =====
-The CSE4351 Project has been posted in the course directory. The project due date is: Thursday, May 21, 2009.
+Please note that the date of CSE4352 Test 2 has been changed to Thursday February 25, 2010, 11:30.
-===== April 15, 2009 =====
+Test 1 will include: (a) Material covered in the lectures from the beginning of the term up to and including the lecture on Thursday February 11, 2010; (b) Material in the files RT.1.pdf, RT.2.pdf, RT.3.pdf, and slides 1-9 of RT.4.pdf in the course directory;
-The presentations for the topic studies will take place starting on Thursday, April 16, and in general will be scheduled according to the topic numbers. The reports for the topic studies and the PowerPoint slides for the presentations will be due on Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 11:30. You are required to hand in hard copies of the reports and PowerPoint slides, as well as submit them electronically into the /cs/course/4351/submit/topic1 directory using the "submit" command.
+It is possible that Test 1 may include true/false questions, questions that require short answers, questions that may require the drawing of diagrams, questions that require slightly longer answers, and other possible question formats.
-===== April 16, 2009 =====
+MAKE SURE YOU READ AND UNDERSTAND ALL THE MATERIAL IN THE SLIDES, AND THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS SIMILAR TO THE PROBLEMS FOR WHICH SOLUTIONS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED IN CLASS. IF YOU HAD MISSED A LECTURE, MAKE SURE YOU OBTAIN A COPY OF THE NOTES TAKEN IN CLASS FROM A CLASSMATE, AS TEST 1 MAY INCLUDE QUESTIONS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THE PROBLEMS FOR WHICH SOLUTIONS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED IN CLASS.
-The topic study will be evaluated with 80% of the topic study mark based on the quality of the presentation, and the remaining 20% based on the topic study report. For the project, since there will not be enough time for project presentations due to the compressed term schedule , 100% of the project mark will be based on the project report.
+===== February 24, 2010 =====
-===== May 7, 2009 =====
+Please note that there will be no lab this week, because of the reading week. The next lab for 4352 will take place on Friday of next week, that is, March 5, 2010.
-For Topic Study 2, there will no in-class presentations.
+===== March 5, 2010 =====
-This has been made necessary because the last CSE4351 lecture will be on Tuesday May 19. The reports for the topic studies and the PowerPoint slides for the presentations will be due on Thursday, May 21, 2009, 11:30. You are required to hand in hard copies of the reports and PowerPoint slides, as well as submit them electronically into the /cs/course/4351/submit/topic2 directory using the “submit” command.
-===== May 14, 2009 =====
+The marks for CSE4352 Test 1 are available through logging on to the Red machine and then typing the following command:
+courseInfo 4352 2009-10 W
-CSE4351 Test 2 will be held on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 11:30-13:00.
+===== March 14, 2010 =====
-Test 2 will include: (a) Material covered in the lectures from the beginning of the term up to and including the lecture on Thursday May 14; (b) Material in slides 1-22 of RTT.4.pdf, all the slides in RTT.5.pdf, RTT.5.1.pdf; ( c) Any material in the slides in RTT.3.pdf that the above material depend on.
+Please note that the CSE4352 Winter 2010 Project description is available in the course directory on the Red machine:
+cs/course/4352/4352projW10.pdf The project due date is **Monday April 5th, 2010, 23:59**. As the due date falls on the last day to hand in term work according to the York University Regulations, it is not possible to extend this due date, so please plan in advance to make sure that you are able to complete and hand in the project on or before this hard deadline!
-It is possible that Test 2 may include true/false questions, questions that require short answers, questions that may require the drawing of diagrams, questions that require calculations, questions that require proofs of theorems, questions that require slightly longer answers, and other possible question formats.
+===== March 15, 2010 =====
-A copy of the original paper in RTT.5.1.pdf will be appended to the Test 2 paper so that students do not need to memorize the information in RTT.5.1.pdf.
+Please note that a CSE4352 Winter 2010 Alternative Project description is available in the course directory on the Red machine:
+cs/course/4352/4352alternativeprojW10.pdf
+CSE4352 students may choose one among the two projects: either this CSE4352 Winter 2010 Alternative Project, or the original CSE4352 Winter 2010 Project.
+The project due date is **Monday April 5th, 2010, 23:59**. As the due date falls on the last day to hand in term work according to the York University Regulations, it is not possible to extend this due date, so please plan in advance to make sure that you are able to complete and hand in the project on or before this hard deadline!
-MAKE SURE YOU READ AND UNDERSTAND ALL THE MATERIAL IN THE SLIDES, AND THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS SIMILAR TO THE PROBLEMS FOR WHICH SOLUTIONS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED IN CLASS. IF YOU HAD MISSED A LECTURE, MAKE SURE YOU OBTAIN A COPY OF THE NOTES TAKEN IN CLASS FROM A CLASSMATE, AS TEST 2 MAY INCLUDE QUESTIONS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THE PROBLEMS FOR WHICH SOLUTIONS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED IN CLASS.
+===== March 23, 2010 =====
-===== June 10, 2009 =====
+Please note that a list of ideas for the CSE4352 Winter Project has been posted in the course directory on the Red machine:
+cs/course/4352/project_ideas
-The unofficial course marks have been posted in the infoFile in the course directory. To check your course marks in the infoFile, type the following command on the Red machine: courseInfo 4351 2008-09 W
+===== March 30, 2010 =====
+Please note that CSE4352 Test 2 will be held on Thursday April 1, 2010, 11:30.
+Test 2 will include: (a) Material covered in the lectures from February 23, 2010 up to and including the lecture on Tuesday March 30, 2010; (b) Material in the slides 10-26 of RT.4.pdf, and the slides in RTP.0.pdf in the course directory;
+It is possible that Test 2 may include true/false questions, questions that require short answers, questions that may require the drawing of diagrams, questions that require slightly longer answers, and other possible question formats.
+MAKE SURE YOU READ AND UNDERSTAND ALL THE MATERIAL IN THE SLIDES, AND THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS SIMILAR TO THE PROBLEMS FOR WHICH SOLUTIONS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED IN CLASS. IF YOU HAD MISSED A LECTURE, MAKE SURE YOU OBTAIN A COPY OF THE NOTES TAKEN IN CLASS FROM A CLASSMATE, AS TEST 2 MAY INCLUDE QUESTIONS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THE PROBLEMS FOR WHICH SOLUTIONS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED IN CLASS. PLEASE ALSO OBTAIN THE LATEST VERSION OF THE SLIDES, SINCE SOME OF THE SLIDES HAVE BEEN UPDATED VERY RECENTLY AND MAY BE FURTHER UPDATED WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE.
+===== April 21, 2010 =====
+The marks and unofficial final grades for CSE4352 are available through logging on to the Red machine and then typing the following command: courseInfo 4352 2009-10 W