CS610 Handouts (Spring 2021)

B1. Homeworks, Programming Project, and Exams

• Bonus Points Do you want to collect 20 bonus points? Fill in and submit this CS610 FORM no later than 18:00 of the third Friday of the semester.
• Homeworks will only be posted in the LMS (Learning Management System) known as Canvas (or canvas). A homework is for credit, setup as a limited availability canvas quiz. Three attempts can be made to submit; the last attempt is only graded. Due before noon-time (12 o'clock noon, or 12PM for canvas) on a Thu as specified in the calendar of the Syllabus. Before noon-time means no later than 11:59:59am. Solutions are in the feedback you receive through canvas; a solution key will be made available either in Canvas Announcements or Section C.2. More information is provided in Document 0 (course outline).
• Programming Project (PrP) . It is available in Canvas Assignments in the form of two options (the same PDF document describes both options). A PrP is for credit, setup as a extended availability canvas Assignment that allows for the upload of a file no more than 5MiB. You may submit multiple files but the last uploaded properly named file will be graded; sometimes it gets a name extension -1 or -2 in canvas if it is not the first file uploaded. The PrP is posted on the first day of the semester for a reason: DO NOT BE LATE. The deadline is firm. Submission through Canvas per Document 4 guidelines, before noon-time (12 o'clock noon or 12PM for canvas). Before noon-time means no later than 11:59:59am. If you don't read Document 4 and you get 0 points in the project, do not complain about the grade; roughly a third of the students do get 0 points in the first option before they wise-up! Do not be one of them! PrP option 1 includes fragments of an example that can appear in a batch file. Here you may find the complete example in one file: Example of PrP Option 1
• Exams are posted on the medium provided (paper or canvas). If in canvas an exam is setup as a limited availability canvas quiz. One attempt to submit is only allowed. Solutions are in the feedback you receive through canvas; a solution key will be maded available either in Canvas Announcements or Section C.2. More information is provided in Document 0 (course outline).

B2. Course Documents

• Document 0: Course Outline. ( Uploaded on 08/18 ) In canvas Announcements. (The course FAQ is the last page of this document.)
• Document 1: Course Syllabus . ( Uploaded on 08/18 ) In canvas Announcements. This is an official course document and also deposited to NJIT.
• Official CS610 Syllabus (pdf) ( Uploaded on 08/25 ).
• Converted HTML CS610 Syllabus ( Uploaded on 08/18 ). This HTML version is an automatic conversion. It is not considered the official syllabus as it has not been compared character to character to the official PDF document in Canvas. It is provided just for convenience. It is expected though to be correct. If you find any errors, please report them to the instructor so that they get corrected.
• Addendum to Syllabus following NJIT Provost email 8/31@12:09PM. ( Uploaded on 08/31 ).
• Cover page of textbook . ( Uploaded on 08/18 ).
• Document 2: Computer Science Fundamentals. ( Uploaded on 08/18 ) In canvas Announcements.
• Document 3: Canvas quiz taking and ProctorU ( Uploaded on 08/18 ) If applicable, in canvas Announcements. ProctorU will only be utilized as instructed by NJIT in NJIT declared emergencies.
• Document 4: (PrP) Submission Guidelines. ( Uploaded on 08/18 ) Here and in canvas Announcements.
• Document 5: Writing Math and Writing Algorithms in .txt form. ( Uploaded on 08/18 ) Here and in canvas Announcements.

B3. Other Reference Material

The first link below contains all the mathematics cs students need (or not). The next three links offer an alternative to the textbook's exposition to data structures and algorithms. None is a required or recommended material. There are some Linux related links, if needed.

1. Mathematics for Computer Science (2015/5/18 version) by E. Lehman, F. T. Leighton, A. R. Meyer.
2. Introduction to Algorithms (third edition) by B. Cormen, C. Leiserson, R. Rivest, and C. Stein, MIT-Press. (The previous edition was published by McGraw-Hill.)
3. Computer Algorithms: Introduction to Design and Analysis by Sara Baase and Allen Van Gelder, Addison Wesley.
4. Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in Java by B. Press, Wiley.
Linux for Beginners (pdf) , by J. Puls and M. Wegner, University of Muenchen, Germany.
5. Linux Tutorial (web) University of Surrey, UK.
6. Introduction to Linux (pdf), by A. Abaris, Boston University.
7. YWCC @NJIT Computing Requirements. CS Department computing requirements are those of the College.