CS 502 Computing Methods for Digital Libraries Spring 2000 Course Notices

Review class on May 9

The review session will be held on Tuesday May 9 in the usual time and place - Olin 155, from 12:20 pm to 1:10 pm.

5/8/00

Discussion class, April 26

Some time over the past couple of days, the reading for the discussion class on April 26 was accidentally overwritten on the web site.  Please attempt to review the materials before the class if possible.

4/26/00

Return of laptop computers

Laptop computers must be returned before taking the final examination.

• If you are taking the early examination, return your equipment to Upson Room 311 on May 11 before the examination.

• If you are taking the main examination, return your equipment at one of the following times:

Date:  Wed, May 17
Time:  2:00 - 3:30 pm
Location:  Upson 5130

 

Date:  Thurs, May 18
Time:  2:00 - 3:30 pm
Location:  Upson 5130

If you are unable to meet these times, you must schedule an earlier time to return the computer.  Send email to Dean Eckstrom (eckstrom@cs.cornell.edu) to schedule a suitable time.

4/25/00

Final examination

The final examination will on May 19, 2000 from 12:30 to 2:30pm in Phillips 219.

An optional early examination will be held on May 11, from 1:30 to 3:30 in Upson 5130. Send email to wya@cs.cornell.edu if you wish to take this early examination.

The examination will be a conventional closed book examination.  There will be 5 or 6 questions covering material from the whole course.

Laptop computers must be handed in before the examination and a receipt brought to the examination room.  Dates for handing in the computers will be posted on this web page.

4/25/00

Online survey

Please reply to the online survey at:

    http://create.hci.cornell.edu/cssurvey.cfm

4/18/00

Discussion class schedule

On Wednesday, April 19 there will be a single discussion class from 7:30 to 8:30.

4/17/00

Future assignments

The schedule for assignments after the spring break has been changed.  See the Syllabus and Assignments pages on the web site for details.

3/16/00

Discussion class, Wednesday, March 15, 7:30 to 8:30

The discussion class on Wednesday, March 15 will be a review of the midterm examination.  Please review the midterm examination before the class. 

Note:  There will be a single discussion class from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

3/12/00

Midterm examination

The midterm examination will be on Wednesday, March 8 from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Olin 155.  The instructions for the examination are as follows:

1. Answer all questions.
   
2. This is an open laptop examination. You may bring your laptop to the examination with its wireless modem. During the examination you may search for and read materials from the course web site or from other sites on the Internet.
   
3. COMMUNICATION WITH OTHERS IS NOT PERMITTED DURING THE EXAMINATION. It is cheating to send or receive email or instant messages or communicate with others during the examination.
   
4. At the end of the examination you may submit your results,
• either (a) by sending them by email to wya@cs.cornell.edu,
• or (b) by writing your answers in an examination book that you hand in.
5. If you have computer problems during the examination, report the problem to the teaching assistant BEFORE LEAVING THE EXAMINATION ROOM.

3/4/00

Change of office hours

For the rest of the semester, office hours for William Y. Arms will be Tuesday 3:30 to 4:30 and Wednesday 1:30 to 2:30.  Other appointments may be arranged by email.

2/24/00

Assignment 2 late submission

There have been computer problems this morning with the nomad server.  As a result late submission of this assignment until midnight on Tuesday is permitted.

2/22/00

Assignment 1 due date postponed

Because of difficulty with the submission procedures, the due date for Assignment 1 has been postponed until Thursday, February 10 at 12:20 pm.

Assignment 1 clarification

See the statement of the assignment for further information on each of these three points.

 

Web site on nomad1

The name of the directory that you use to create your web site on nomad1 has been changed.  You should create a directory called "MyWeb".

 

Submission

You have the choice of submitting your assignment to either goose or nomad1.

 

Naming authorities for handle system

Each of you has a unique naming authority set up under cornell.temp.  So, for example, if your NetID is "abc123", your naming authority. is cornell.temp.abc123.   Also, your administrator username and password are initially set to your NetID.

2/4/00 and 2/6/00

CS 502 is now full

Because of the number of students who wish to add this course, we have now reached the maximum size class that we can have.  We have therefore had to close enrollment for this course.  The Computer Science office has been instructed not to allow any more registrations for this class.

Our apologies for anybody whose plans have been upset by this limitation.

2/2/00

Netscape proxy configuration

To enhance security, changes were made to the proxy that caused problems when using it with Netscape. If you use Netscape as your browser, instructions for how to configure it with the proxy server are at:

http://www.nomad.cornell.edu/techsupport/navigator_proxy.html

2/2/00

COMM 44 and CS 502

We had hoped to allow students to take both COMM 440 and CS 502, despite a schedule clash.  Unfortunately, enrollment numbers for both classes are higher than anticipated.  Therefore we will not be able to adjust the schedule so that both classes can be taken.  Our apologies for this. If you have questions, please contact either Professor Gay (COMM 440) or Professor Arms (CS 502).

1/27/00

(wya@cs.cornell.edu)
Last changed: April 26, 2000