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--- whats_new [2011/08/17 19:21] – skhan
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-**Wed Aug 17, 2011**
+**Mon Aug 20, 2012**
-   *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 marks of the Final Exam, the overall letter grades, and the Verilog labs are now on ePost (these grades are unofficial until approved by <del>the Senate</del> whoever approves it). The letter grades are based on the weighted sum of the three components: Midterm, Final, and Labs. The breakdown of the Labs component is also posted 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 final exam, 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.
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-**Tue Aug 2, 2011**
+**Thu Aug 2, 2012**
-  *For the Verilog part of the exam, please review all four Verilog labs.
+  *Sample question for the final exam and its (partial) solution has been posted.
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-**Mon Aug 1, 2011**
+**Thu July 26, 2012**
-  *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.
+  *As I discussed in class, we will after all have a makeup lab the coming Monday, starting from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm; feel free to write one or more tests from Labs K to M, as long as you haven't attempted them before. The lab test for Lab N will start at 8:20 pm.
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-**Fri July 22, 2011**
+**Mon July 9, 2012**
-  *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
+   *The marks for labs A - D have been updated as discussed in the class. If you have attempted all four labs, your worst lab mark is replace by your best. See the MIPS column in ePost for this updated total.
-  - 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
+   *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 tomorrow (July 10, Tuesday).
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-**Sat July 16, 2011**
+**Wed July 4, 2012**
-  *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).
+   *The marks of midterm exam are now on ePost and the solution / marking scheme is 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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-**Sat July 2, 2011**
+**Thu June 21, 2012**
-  *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).
+   *I am aware of the after-hours access restrictions for Monday's class. To handle this, the TA will be available in the lab until 7:45 pm, so please ask him to enable the elevator (third floor) for you.
+   *In an attempt to sync the lectures with the labs, Lab K is postponed to July 09. We will have a lecture on Monday, however. Let's meet in LAS-3033 at 7:00 pm.
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-**Wed June 29, 2011**
+**Wed June 20, 2012**
-  *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.
+   *Solution to Lab D is now posted; see [[http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~skhan/course/2021S12/sol/|Solutions]] in Weekly Schedule.
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-**Tue June 14, 2011**
+**Mon June 18, 2012**
-  * Additional office hours for this week: Wed June 15, 4:00-6:00 pm.
+   *To clarify, the make up lab test starts at 7:00 pm tonight. You can make up for any number of **missed** lab tests, but you cannot make up for any labs that you have previously attempted. All previously submitted prelabs will be available under "unsubmit".
-  * 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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-**Sun May 22, 2011**
+**Thu June 14, 2012**
-  * The posted link for //Programs Developed in Class// in Weekly Schedule has been updated.
+   *Sample midterm question and (partial) solution posted; see [[http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~skhan/course/2021S12/sol/|Solutions]] in Weekely Schedule.
+   *The problem with the forum has been resolved. Please share your course content related questions with others by posting them in the forum, and email for private questions only.
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-**Thr May 19, 2011**
+**Wed June 13, 2012**
-  * 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.
+   *The midterm exam is on June 21st and will be held in class (SLH E). It is a closed book, 90-min exam covering everything that was covered up to and including the lecture of June 11. 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.
-  * No labs this Monday (May 23) as the University is closed.
+   *Due to possible after-hours access restrictions, TA office is moved from LAS-2010 to LAS-1006. Hours remain unchanged (Mon 6:00 - 7:00 pm).
+   *As discussed in class, there are some typos in the lecture slides - you should be able to point them out and fix them.
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-**Fri May 13, 2011**
+**Thu May 31, 2012**
-  * Due to after-hours access restrictions, my office hours are now shifted to Thursdays 4-6 pm (before the class).
+  *The posted link for Programs Developed in Class in Weekly Schedule has been updated.
-  * 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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-**Mon May 2, 2011**
+**Wed May 23, 2012**
-  * Welcome to **CSE2021**!
+  * Lab A marks are now posted (see [[https://wiki.cse.yorku.ca/course_archive/2011-12/S/2021/grades|Grading Scheme]]).
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+**Fri May 11, 2012**
+  * To submit a file for the prelab and the labtest, use the following commands (instead of those mentioned in the lab handbook). Assume that we prepared a file called "myLabA.java" for prelab A and another file "myTestA.java" for labtest A; then use the commands <hi #99ff33>''submit 2021 PreA myLabA.java''</hi> and <hi #99ff33>''submit 2021 LabA myTestA.java''</hi> to submit these files.
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+**Mon May 7, 2012**
+  * Welcome to **CSE2021**!