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-**Wed Mar 31, 10**
+**Thu Apr 21, 11**
-  * Test #2 will be held 7:00-9:00 pm on Thu April 8 in VH-D. //Note that its duration is two hours, not three//. This is a closed-book test with no aids allowed but you may use a calculator. Bring a Photo ID but do not bring any sheets of paper, blank or not (the MIPS green sheet and the needed datapath / control diagrams will be provided). You can write your answers in pen or pencil. Seating may be preassigned and there may be several test versions. No questions will be allowed during the test. The scope of the test is everything that was covered after Test #1, i.e. Hardware and Verilog, the Single-Cycle CPU, Pipelining, and Caches.
+  * The marks of Test #2 and the overall letter grades are now on ePost. The letter grades are based on the weighted sum of the three components: Test1, Test2, 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 May) and then request a copy of your exam from the Dept Office and, if needed, submit a petition to the Dept Office.
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-**Thu Mar 4, 10**
+**Sun Apr 3, 11**
-  * The Departmental Course Evaluation will be conducted Wed Mar 17 for the Lecture; Wed Mar 17 for Lab02, and Mon Mar 15 for Lab01.
+  * 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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-**Thu Mar 4, 10**
+**Tue Mar 22, 11**
-  * The marks of Test#1 are on ePost. The answers are in the "Resource Directory" (accessible from the top of Lecture Notes page). The papers will be returned on Monday. If you believe there are errors in the marking of your paper, submit a reappraisal form (accessible from the Policies page) by Monday March 15.
+  * The posted //Pipeline// (PL.pdf) lecture notes have been updated. Specifically, the slides starting with control hazards are either modified or new.
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+**Mon Mar 14, 11**
+  * 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.
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+**Tue Mar 8, 11**
+  * 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.
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+**Wed Mar 2, 11**
+  * 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.
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+**Wed Mar 2, 11**
+  * 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.
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+**Tue Feb 9, 11**
+  * The posted //Machine Language// (ML) lecture notes have been updated.
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+**Tue Feb 8, 11**
+  * 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.
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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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-**Fri Feb 12, 10**
+**Tue Jan 25, 11**
-  * Information about the upcoming test has been posted. Click the Test#1 link in the Calendar.
+  * The posted //Code Translation// lecture notes have been updated.
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-**Mon Jan 11, 10**
+**Fri Jan 14, 11**
-  * Labs will start next week. A few students still don't have cse accounts. It is important that they obtain such accounts, by seeing the Prism Lab Monitor, asap or else they cannot do any of the labs.
+  * 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.
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-**Wed Jan 6, 10**
+**Tue Jan 11, 11**
-  * Due to the sudden illness of the professor, today lecture is canceled. Apologies for the late notice and any inconvenience.
+  * 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.
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-**Mon Jan 4, 10**
+**Wed Jan 5, 11**
   * Welcome to **CSE2021**!