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+ ====== Announcements ======
 New announcements will be posted here in reverse chronological order.
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-**Sun Apr 3, 11**
+**Wed Aug 17, 2011**
+   *The marks of the Final Exam and the overall letter grades are now on ePost (these grades are unofficial until approved by the Senate). The letter grades are based on the weighted sum of the three components: Midterm, Final, and Labs. The breakdown of the Labs component is posted under the 2021L course as before. If you suspect errors in your letter grade, take one of the following actions depending on the type of error: If you see an arithmetic error (i.e. the posted component marks do not add up to the posted letter grade) then email me. On the other hand if you suspect an error in the marking of your second test then wait until the test papers are in the Department Office (around the middle of Sept) and then request a copy of your exam from the Dept Office and, if needed, submit a petition to the Dept Office.
-  * The final exam will be a closed book, 120-min test covering everything that was covered after the midterm; i.e. the five topics: floating-point, Verilog, single-cycle, pipelines, and caches. Bring a photo ID and optionally a calculator and an information sheet (one 8.5x11" sheet on which you can write or type on either side). Note that the MIPS Green Card, the SPIM system call table, and the CPU diagrams will be provided.
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-**Tue Mar 22, 11**
+**Tue Aug 2, 2011**
-  * The posted //Pipeline// (PL.pdf) lecture notes have been updated. Specifically, the slides starting with control hazards are either modified or new.
+  *For the Verilog part of the exam, please review all four Verilog labs.
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-**Mon Mar 14, 11**
+**Mon Aug 1, 2011**
-  * The Faculty of Science and Engineering is reviewing the services it provides to students and you are invited to express your views about existing services (or suggest new ones) during an open forum. See {{:forumflyer.pdf|this flyer}} for details.
+  *Additional office hours for this week: Wed August 3, 4:00-6:00 pm.
+  *The final exam will be a closed book, 180-min test covering everything that was covered after the midterm; i.e. the five topics: floating-point, Verilog, single-cycle, pipelines, and caches. Bring a photo ID and optionally a calculator and an information sheet (one 8.5×11” sheet on which you can write or type on either side). Note that the MIPS Green Card, the SPIM system call table, and the CPU diagrams will be provided.
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-**Tue Mar 8, 11**
+**Fri July 22, 2011**
-  * The Departmental course evaluation will be held Mon Mar 21st for Lab Session #1, Wed Mar 23rd for Lab Session #2, and Wed Mar 23rd for the lecture.
+  *To clarify, the marking scheme for the labs is as follows:
+  - If you have attempted all 8 labs, then york marks for the labs = your best 7 lab marks + your best lab mark
+  - If you have attempted 7 labs, then york marks for the labs = your marks for the 7 labs that you have done + your best lab mark
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-**Wed Mar 2, 11**
+**Sat July 16, 2011**
-  * The manual marking process will be simplified for Labs K-N: instead of lining up at the TA office to request manual marking, the TA will mark //all// submissions with an auto-generated mark below 2.5 and provide feedback. ePost will indicate when your paper is ready for pick up. Note that this does not apply to Labs A-D and that the Friday TA office hour has been cancelled.
+  *Due to the technical problem on last Monday, the lab session had to be cancelled. Thus,  you'll be doing Lab-M next Monday (the 18th). The following Monday (July 25th), all 8 labs will be available so that if you have attempted the previous 7 labs and want to try Lab-N,  you can work on it; if not, you can make up for any number of missed labs, possibly along with Lab-N. As for the adjusted marking scheme, I will take the best of your lab marks for  your 8th lab mark (regardless of whether you have attempted only 7 or all 8 labs).
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-**Wed Mar 2, 11**
+**Sat July 2, 2011**
-  * The marks of Test#1 are now on ePost and the test answers / marking scheme are posted in the lecture notes folder. The papers will be returned in class today. See //Policies// for the procedure to follow in case there is a need to reappraise.
+  *Drop date, i.e. the last day to drop the course, is approaching. If you need to drop this course, do it on or before July 5 (Tuesday).
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-**Tue Feb 9, 11**
+**Wed June 29, 2011**
-  * The posted //Machine Language// (ML) lecture notes have been updated.
+  *The marks of midterm exam are now on ePost and the partial solutions / marking scheme are posted in the solutions folder (see Weekly Schedule for the latter). The papers will be returned in class tomorrow. See Policies for the procedure to follow in case there is a need to reappraise.
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-**Tue Feb 8, 11**
+**Tue June 14, 2011**
+  * Additional office hours for this week: Wed June 15, 4:00-6:00 pm.
-  * The midterm test will be held in TEL 0001. It is a closed book, 75-min test covering everything that was covered up to and including the lecture of Feb 9. Bring a photo ID and optionally a calculator and an information sheet (one 8.5x11" sheet on which you can write or type on either side). Note that the MIPS Green Card and the SPIM system call table will be provided.
+  * The midterm exam will be held in class (CB 115). It is a closed book, 90-min exam covering everything that was covered up to and including the lecture of June 9 (recall that we did not cover Lec-2(b), i.e. //floating point representations and operations//). Bring a photo ID and optionally a calculator. Note that the MIPS Green Card and the SPIM system call table will be provided. The exam will start at 7:00 pm sharp.
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-**Wed Feb 2, 11**
-  * Students of today's lab session (which was canceled due to York's closure) are advised to start working on the PreLab of **LabD** and to take its exercise on Wed Feb 9 as originally scheduled. The missed LabC exercise can be taken on Mon Feb 7 or during the make-up week.
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-**Sun Jan 30, 11**
-  * Check out the new programming contests at [[http://www.cse.yorku.ca/acm|this]] link. They are geared toward second-year students.
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-**Tue Jan 25, 11**
+**Sun May 22, 2011**
-  * The posted //Code Translation// lecture notes have been updated.
+  * The posted link for //Programs Developed in Class// in Weekly Schedule has been updated.
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-**Fri Jan 14, 11**
+**Thr May 19, 2011**
-  * The TA office hours have been posted on the main page. Their schedule starts next week and continues to the last week of the term.
+  * As discussed in class, there are some typos in lec-2 and lec-3 (it's assembly language!). You should be able to point them out and fix them.
+  * No labs this Monday (May 23) as the University is closed.
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-**Tue Jan 11, 11**
+**Fri May 13, 2011**
-  * An information session about the NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards program will be held this Friday 10:30-11:30 in CSEB 3033. See [[http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~utn/usra.ppt|this]] link for more details.
+  * Due to after-hours access restrictions, my office hours are now shifted to Thursdays 4-6 pm (before the class).
+  * The labs start Monday, May 16 and continue every Monday (except for May 23) until July 25. Please note that PC terminal **Jun46** is reserved for the TA's use.
+  * The TA office hour is 6-7 pm on Mondays in CSEB 1006, i.e. just before the lab session and in the same PRISM Lab.
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-**Wed Jan 5, 11**
+**Mon May 2, 2011**
   * Welcome to **CSE2021**!