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-===== January 5, 2010 =====
+===== January 4, 2011 =====
 Start of classes.
 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
-===== January 8, 2010 =====
+Please note that during the first week of this term no CSE4352 lab will be held.
-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.
+===== January 13, 2011 =====
-===== January 14, 2010 =====
+CSE4352 labs begin tomorrow Friday Jan. 14, 11:30-13:00 CSEB1004A.
-Lab location change: CSE 1004A (Not CSE 2007)
+Please make every effort to attend the labs, as they are really useful and important.
+===== January 20, 2011 =====
-===== February 19, 2010 =====
+Please note that the labs are held once every two weeks.
+Since a lab was held last week, this week there is no lab on Friday Jan. 21.
-Please note that the date of CSE4352 Test 2 has been changed to Thursday February 25, 2010, 11:30.
+===== February 15, 2011 =====
-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 CSE 4352 project and alternative project have been posted in the course directory /cs/course/4352
-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.
-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.
+===== February 15, 2011 =====
-===== February 24, 2010 =====
+Please note that CSE 4352 Test 1 will be held on Thursday February 17, 2011, 11:30.
-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.
+Test 1 will include: (a) Material covered in the lectures from the beginning of the term up to and including the lecture on Tuesday February 15, 2011; (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;
-===== March 5, 2010 =====
+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.
-The marks for CSE4352 Test 1 are available through logging on to the Red machine and then typing the following command:
+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.
-courseInfo 4352 2009-10 W
-===== March 14, 2010 =====
-Please note that the CSE4352 Winter 2010 Project description is available in the course directory on the Red machine:
+===== March 15, 2011 =====
-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!
-===== March 15, 2010 =====
+The presentation date for CSE4352 Topic Studies has been extended to Tuesday March 22, 2011.
-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!
-===== March 23, 2010 =====
+===== March 18, 2011 =====
-Please note that a list of ideas for the CSE4352 Winter Project has been posted in the course directory on the Red machine:
+Please note that there will be a lab scheduled for Friday March 18, 2011, 11:30-13:00. Please make
-cs/course/4352/project_ideas
+every effort to attend the lab.
-===== March 30, 2010 =====
+===== March 29, 2011 =====
+Please note that CSE4352 Test 2 will be held on Thursday March 31, 2011, 11:30.
-Please note that CSE4352 Test 2 will be held on Thursday April 1, 2010, 11:30.
+The emphasis of Test 2 will be on the following material: (a) Material covered in the lectures from March 1, 2011 up to and including the lecture on Tuesday March 29, 2011; (b) Material in the slides 10-26 of RT.4.pdf, and the slides in RTP.0.pdf in the course directory; Note that the above material may depend on understanding of concepts introduced earlier in the course.
-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.
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 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 4, 2011 =====
+Note that the University changed the last day to submit term work to
+April 5 because of a winter storm day when the university was forced
+to close.
+So the correct due date for the project is midnight April 5, 2011.
+===== April 28, 2011 =====
+The unofficial final grades for CSE4352 Winter 2011 can be obtained
+by logging on to Red using your account name that starts with "cs" or "cse",
+then typing the following command:
+courseInfo 4352 2010-11 W