CS433: Course Policies

Academic Integrity

• All violations of the Cornell University Code of Academic Integrity are taken very seriously.
• You must follow the policies of the Computer Science Department and Cornell University.

Access to Instructor and TAs

• You can meet with the course instructor or the TAs without an appointment during their office hours. If you need to meet outside of the office hours, first set up an appointment using email.
• Besides meeting the instructor or TAs during office hours, the best way to get questions answered is using the course newsgroup. The TAs will monitor the newsgroup, and will answer your questions within 24 hours on weekdays, and within 48 hours on weekends.
• If you have a specific question that cannot be publicly posted, send email to johannes@cs.cornell.edu. Do not send direct emails to TAs for they are not obliged to respond to such emails.

The Course Project and Assignments

• The class has two concurrent threads: The course project, and "regular" assignments. You will do the course project and the assignments in a group of two to three students (although you can do it individually).

The Course Project

• All deliverables associated with the course project will be handed in in hardcopy or will be demonstrated directly to the TAs and/or the instructor. This includes the project proposal (hardcopy), the design document (hardcopy), an intermediate project demo (TAs), and the final project demonstration (TAs and instructor). You will set up appointments with the TAs and the instructor for the intermediate and final project demonstrations.

Regular Assignments

• All assignments will have to be handed in using the course management system linked off the course home page. The deadline for assignment submissions is 11:59pm on the day the assignment is due.
• No late assignments will be accepted. All members of the group will get 0% of the grade for an assignment if you do not turn it in by the due date at the specified time. All assignments are handed out well in advance of the due date, so there will be no exceptions.

Exams

• There are no exams in this course.

Grading

• Students can view their grades using the course management system linked off the course home page.
• Students can also request regrades using the course management system. Regrade requests have to be submitted within 7 days after the graded assignment is handed out. There will be no extensions.