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-===== January 4, 2011 =====
+===== January 3, 2012 =====
 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
-Please note that during the first week of this term no CSE4352 lab will be held.
+===== January 5, 2012 =====
+Please note that no lab will be held this week.
-===== January 13, 2011 =====
+===== January 19, 2012 =====
-CSE4352 labs begin tomorrow Friday Jan. 14, 11:30-13:00 CSEB1004A.
+Please note that the first lab for 4352 will be held
+this Friday January 20, 11:30-13:00, CSE 1004A.
-Please make every effort to attend the labs, as they are really useful and important.
+===== February 13, 2012 =====
-===== January 20, 2011 =====
+Please note that CSE 4352 Test 1 will be held on Thursday February 16, 2012, 11:30.
-Please note that the labs are held once every two weeks.
+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 14, 2012; (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;
-Since a lab was held last week, this week there is no lab on Friday Jan. 21.
-===== February 15, 2011 =====
+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 CSE 4352 project and alternative project have been posted in the course directory /cs/course/4352
+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.
+===== March 1, 2012 =====
-===== February 15, 2011 =====
+Please note that the deadline for presenting topic studies is Tuesday March 20, 2012.
-Please note that CSE 4352 Test 1 will be held on Thursday February 17, 2011, 11:30.
+See /cs/course/4352/4352_topics for details.
-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 19, 2012 =====
-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.
+Please note that the due date for the topic study report and the project, is
+on the last day to submit term work, which is Monday April 2, 2012,
+:55. Please note that the last day to submit term work is a hard
+deadline which cannot be extended, because it is a university regulation.
-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.
+Although you don't need to hand in the topic study report until April 2, you should
+really try to complete the topic study report much sooner, because it is going to be
+important to concentrate your efforts on the project, which is worth 40%
+of the course grade.
+Related to the project:
+. 4 Dragon 12P boards with uC/OSII , 4 IR sensors and 4 RS-422 servo motors, have
+been made available in the lab for the project.
+To use them, you would need to go to the lab monitor to sign them out.
-===== March 15, 2011 =====
+. Navid has kindly provided some possible project ideas
+in the file /cs/course/4352/project_ideas
-The presentation date for CSE4352 Topic Studies has been extended to Tuesday March 22, 2011.
+. A sample project from previous students is posted in
+/cs/course/4352/CSE4352_Project_VincentWu_DanHan.zip
+===== March 24, 2012 =====
-===== March 18, 2011 =====
+. Please note that the lecture slides /cs/course/4352/RTP.0.pdf has been revised and updated. Please make sure that you use the latest version of the lecture slides for studying and preparing for the test.
-Please note that there will be a lab scheduled for Friday March 18, 2011, 11:30-13:00. Please make
+. You need to submit hard copies, as well as submit to the course
-every effort to attend the lab.
+directories:
+/cs/course/4352/submit/topic
+/cs/course/4352/submit/project
+electronic copies of:
+the topic study slides, topic study report, and project report.
-===== March 29, 2011 =====
+===== March 24, 2012 =====
-Please note that CSE4352 Test 2 will be held on Thursday March 31, 2011, 11:30.
+Please note that CSE 4352 Test 2 will be held on Thursday March 29, 2012, 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 the beginning of the term up to and including the lecture on Tuesday March 27, 2012; (b) Material in the files RT.1.pdf, RT.2.pdf, RT.3.pdf, RT.4.pdf, 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.
+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.
-===== April 4, 2011 =====
+===== April 26, 2012 =====
-Note that the University changed the last day to submit term work to
+Please note that the unofficial final grades for CSE 4352 are available and can be accessed by login to your CSE account on the Red machine, then typing the following command:
-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.
+ courseInfo 4352 2011-12 W
-===== 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