CS212: Archived Announcements

Date Topic Description
Mon
10/17
DIS office hours Prof. Schwartz will be canceling his office hours this Tuesday, but will be holding extra hours on the next two Fridays (10/21 & 1028) from 1:30-2:30.
Thur
10/6
ACSU Ultimate Coding Challenge Win an Xbox or Portable Media Center at the: 2005 ACSU Ultimate Coding Challenge!

Sponsored by Microsoft

Think you've got the right coding stuff? Prove it!

When: Saturday, October 15th, 2005 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Where: CSUG Lab in Upson Hall (Specifically, Upson 319)

FREE pizza and ACSU t-shirts for all participants!

This competition is a great opportunity to stretch your programming skills and win cool stuff! Prizes (2 Xboxes with games and a portable media center) will be awarded to the top coder in each of three skill-level categories. This competition is also the initial selection process for the Regional ACM Programming Contest. If you perform well enough, you are eligible to advance to further competitions representing Cornell!

Please contact jn85 with any questions.
Fri
9/30
Office hours for DIS Prof. Schwartz will be canceling his office hours on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week (10/4 and 10/5)
Fri
9/30
Office hours for DIS Prof. Schwartz will be canceling his office hours on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week (10/4 and 10/5)
Wed
Sep 28
game workshop
game lecture
Next week Wed 10/5, Ernest Adams (a well-known figure in the world of game design) is coming to Cornell! There are still spots open for a FREE game-design workshop (2:30-4:30, e-mail patwell@cs -- I'll count the time for CS212) and a free lecture at 5:30pm in Upson B17. See here for the full announcement.
Sat
Sep 24
P2A Meetings You can use this web page to sign up for meetings. If you cannot make any of the meeting times listed, please e-mail dbl24@cornell.edu as soon as possible.
Wed
Sep 21
P2a
due date
Due to the shift in CS211's A3, we moved P2a back a bit.
Wed
Sep 21
P2b I've been told that a team was trying to finish P2b simultaneously with P2a. P2b is due after P2a, not at the same time. The project write-up is in the same document.
Mon
Sep 19
lectures
posted
I (DIS) posted this and next week's notes. Please bring to class. I strongly recommend trying out the example compiler beforehand. Simply enter javac *.java in the bc directory.
Tue
Sep 13
updates Many things are getting posted tonight/tomorrow -- note that P2a needs move up a week to assist with your project meetings. Important to attend lecture for full updates.
Mon
Sep 12
project links As some have noticed, the rest of the project isn't ready yet...patience...we have to create a few language each semester :-) (We'll announce when ready.)
Thu
9/8
free food
CS talk
ACSU General Membership Meeting
Wednesday, September 14th, 5pm, Upson Lounge
"How Theory can Save the World"
Guest speaker, Professor Éva Tardos, will share her insight on how applied algorithms have the potential to help us change the world. In addition, join us for ACSU event announcements, lively discussion with undergraduates, and, as always, free pizza! We will also be selling new ACSU t-shirts. Visit the NEW website at: acsu.cornell.edu.
Wed
Sep 7
Chapter 1 link fixed!
Tue
Sep 6
Part 1 Part 1, Task 2 has been updated to fix order of operations. Please make sure your submission conforms to the changes.
L2 Lecture 2 notes are posted. Please bring to class.
Fri
Sep 1
P1 As announced in lecture (due to DIS recovering from loss of blood) Part1 is now due 9/9. Actually, we have a new package for CS212 that's getting posted (you'll need it for P1).
CMS We used the class "sign in" sheet from Wed to enter you onto CMS. If you are still not on by Monday, DIS will collect remaining names in lecture on Wed.
Tue
Aug 30
website We'll be updating a few things, but it's pretty much ready.