Spring 2011 CS1301 Calendar

References

Learning Computing With Robots
How to Think Like a Computer Scientist @ Open Book Project
Python.org's Python Tutorial
Building Skills in Python
python.org
Robot Specific Software:
- Myro Installation Instructions
- Myro Reference Manual

Week 1: January 14th - 21st- Introduction, Background, and Graphics

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Friday, Jan 14th	Course Syllabus WhatIsAllowed.pdf HW 0 Assigned Read Chapter 1 - The way of the program from How to Think Like a Computer Scientist (thinkCSpy)	Excellent Usenix article GIMP for windows GIMP for MacOSX CS1301 - How it fits.ppt Fall 2010 class website Class Video: Introduction to Class [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Wednesday, January 19th	Read Chapter 2 - Variables, expressions, and statements (thinkCSpy)	keywords vs. identifiers Douglas Engelbart - NLS demo video Code:face.py Myro Graphics Reference.pdf Class Video: Variables, Expressions & Graphics [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Workshop - Wednesday January 19th	Read Chapter 1 - The World of Robots from Learning Computing With Robots (LCWR).	Installation Guide How to install videos: Windows Vista Install [Download .MOV] [webcast] Mac OS10.5 Install [Download .MOV] [webcast] Myro Robot Reference Manual Functions and Commands used by Myro. Myro Graphics Objects Interface Zelle Graphics Object Reference
Friday, January 21st	Read Chapter 8 - Sights and Sounds (pgs 187-197) (LCWR)	VariablesTypesMath.ppt Code:nameFunc.py Class Video: Graphics & User Input [Download .MOV] [webcast]

Week 2: January 24th-28th - Numbering Systems, Functions & Expressions

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday Jan 24th	Read Chapter 3 - Functions (thinkCSpy)	Functions.ppt List of Python Modules (look at the math module) Scribbler Dancing video. Class Video: Functions & Base 10 [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Wednesday Jan 26th	HW1 - Face/Functions - Due before 6pm Read Chapter 5 - Fruitful Functions from thinkCSpy	Algorithms.ppt Class Video: Base 2,8,16 [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Workshop	Watch Video:Fun with Pair Programming Read Chapter 2 - Personal Robots (LCWR) RA - Frame Me! frameMeSkeleton.py	Pair Programming Assignments Decimal to Binary conversion Binary to Decimal conversion 0-255 Conversion Table Conversion Calculator Conversion Worksheet - Practice Problems
Friday January 28th	Read Chapter 4 - Conditionals from thinkCSpy	Class Video: Functions/Review [Download .MOV] [webcast] Watch video: Simple Recursion Example

Week 3: January 31st - February 4th - Control Flow

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, January 31st	Read Chapter 6 - Iteration from thinkCSpy.	Code:if_statement_example.py Code:simpleFlee.py Class Video: Conditionals [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Wednesday Feb 2nd		Code:bouncingBall.py Code:fact_2_ways.py Class Video: Iteration [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Workshop	Read Chapter 3- Building Robot Brains from LCWR
Friday Feb 4th	Read Chapter 4 - Sensing from Within from LCWR. Lab 1 due before 6PM HW 2 due before 6pm	Class Video: Looping [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code:obamicon.py

Week 4: February 7th - 11th - Iteration & Exam Review

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, Feb 7th	Read Section 11.7 (Exceptions) from ThinkCSpy	MSDN Academic Alliance Class Video: Strings / Try & Except [Download .MOV] [webcast] feb7_lecture.py
Wednesday, Feb 9th	Read everything in the Readings column above today again!	Code:get_int.py Code:turn5while.py turn5for.py turn5rec.py
Workshop	Read Chapter 5 - Sensing the World from LCWR.	Quickstart Guide.pdf
Friday, Feb 11th	EXAM 1 Review HW 3 due before 6pm	Python-review1.ppt Exam 1 Vocabulary List Sample Problems Code:funcs.py cs1301-fall09-exam1.pdf cs1301-fall09-exam1-answers.pdf cs1301-exam1-fall2010.pdf cs1301-exam1-fall2010-answers.pdf

TA Led Review Session: Sunday, Feb 13th 2pm - College of Computing Building Room 17 (downstairs)

Week 5: February 14th-18th - Exam, Strings, Lists

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday Feb 14th	EXAM 1	cs1301-exam1-spring2011.pdf cs1301-exam1-spring2011-answers.pdf
Wednesday, Feb 16th	Progress Report Grades Due Feb 18th Chapter 7 - Strings from ThinkCSpy.	Code Samples:stringStuff.py Python Data Types reference Code:rec1.py Class Video: Strings [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Workshop	RA: CountChars - Remove Ts.pdf Chapter 6 - Insect-like Behaviors from LCWR. Watch: Robot Funkytown	AI for Games
Friday Feb 18th	Chapter 9 - Lists from ThinkCSpy. What is Clean Code?	Class Video: Lists [Download .MOV] [webcast]

Week 6: February 21st-25th - Compound Data Types - Lists, Tuples, Robot Sensors

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday Feb 21st	Chapter 11.1 - 11.3 (3 sections about Tuples) from the Recursion and Exceptions chapter of ThinkCSpy	Class Video: Robot Sensors & Motors [Download .MOV] [webcast] RobotSensors.ppt
Wednesday Feb 23rd	Chapter 7 - Control Paradigms from LCWR.	Code: list_examples.py Class Video: Lists2 & Tuples [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code:behavior.py - subsumption architecture behavior control of the robot. Code: behavior2.py
Workshop	Robot Connections!	Windows - Bluetooth Setup Macintosh - Bluetooth Setup Scribbler Setup Fluke Setup
Friday Feb 25th	Read Chapter 10 - Modules & Files from ThinkCSpy Lab 2 due before 6pm!	Code: bouncingBalls.py Code:randBouncingBall.py Code: keyBalls.py Class Video: BouncingBall [Download .MOV] [webcast]

Week 7: February 28th-March 4th - File Input/Output (FileIO) & Dictionaries

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday Feb 28th	Read: Chapter 12 - Dictionaries from ThinkCSpy.	Code:web.py - Creates a webpage that includes robots sensor data. Class Video: Writing Files [Download .MOV] [webcast] Python Files & Directories Code:randPhoto.py Lecture Video:random_photo.mpeg
Wednesday March 2nd	HW 4 due before 6pm Read Sections 1 & 2 (Namespaces, and Namespaces in Python), of this Webpage	Code: filter_comments.py Code: fileCopy.py Code: robotScript.py Required data file: robotCommands.txt Class Video: Reading Files [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Workshop	Watch Chapter 1 (A Hard Problem) of The Great Robot Race 6min 33sec. Watch Chapter 2 (The Red Army) of The Great Robot Race 7min 41sec
Friday, March 4th	Lab 3 - Webpage Due before 6pm! Read about the Pickle Module Last day to drop individual courses with a grade of "W" and change grade mode for courses, for the Spring Semester.	Class Video: Dictionaries [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code: dictionarySpanish.py Code: letterFreq.py Code: craps.py

Week 8: March 7th-11th - Images & Computer Vision

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday March 7th	Read Chapter 8 - Sights and Sounds from LCWR.	images.ppt Code:picture.py
Wednesday, March 9th	Exam Review	Class Video: Review-2 [Download .MOV] [webcast] Python-review2.ppt VLC video player for mpeg files Review Lecture Video (1/2) Review1.mpeg Review Lecture Video (2/2) Review2.mpeg Exam2-vocab-list.txt Example Exam 2.pdf Example Exam2-answers.pdf Jeopardy Game.ppt cs1301-exam2-fall09.pdf cs1301-exam2-fall09-answers.pdf cs1301-exam2-fall2010.pdf cs1301-exam2-fall2010-answers.pdf
Workshop
Thursday March 10th	TA Led Review: 6pm, College of Computing Room 17
Friday, March 11th	EXAM 2	cs1301-exam2-spring2011.pdf cs1301-exam2-spring2011-answers.pdf

Week 9: March 14th-18th - Review, Exam & Starmaps

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, March 14th	Chapter 9: Image Processing & Perception from LCWR.	Code: find_wall.py Class Video: Computer Vision [Download .MOV] [webcast] Robot Color Arena construction guide. (One is built in CCB 107-A, the TA Helpdesk room.) Sample "robot" photos of the robot color arena: rca1.gif - Green Wall rca2.gif - Blue Wall rca3.gif - Yellow Wall
Wednesday, March 16th		Class Video: Computer Vision 2 [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Workshop	RA-colorswap.txt RA_colorswap_source.jpg HW 5 Due before Workshop!
Friday, March 18th		Class Video: Plot Stars [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code:plot_stars.py stars.txt Code Sample:starmap_constellations.py stars.txt BigDipper_lines.txt Cas_lines.txt Gemini_lines.txt UrsaMajor_lines.txt Bootes_lines.txt Cyg_lines.txt Hydra_lines.txt UrsaMinor_lines.txt

Spring Break: March 21st - 25th

Week 10: March 28th-April 1st - Barcodes & Other Uses of Dictionaries

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday March 28th	Read Code 39 Specification from the barcodeman.com website.	Free Barcode Generator Code:code39dict.py barcode_1_9.gif Class Video: Barcodes 1 [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Wednesday, March 30th		Lecture Slides:barcodes.ppt Class Video: Barcodes 2 [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code: scan_barcode.py Needed example barcode picture: barcode_color.gif Print your own: A-Ebarcodes.doc New Animal barcode scanner ears it's stripes Video Lectures: barcodes1.mpeg barcodes2.mpeg barcodes3.mpeg
Workshop	Workshop: Battleships	Robotic planter finds the best light
Friday, April 1st	Video: Programming the PDP11	Short History of Computing.ppt Class Video: History [Download .MOV] [webcast]

Week 11: April 4th-8th - Searching & Sorting

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, April 4th	Read about a Linear Search "algorithm" Read about the Binary Search Algorithm Play with the insertion sort Animator or here Read about the Insertion Sort Algorithm Then see an insertion sort implemented in python	Class Video: Searching [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code:bubbleSort.py Bubble-sort with Hungarian folk dance Sorting algorithm animation applet.
Wednesday, April 6th	HW6 Due, Demo in Recitation Watch an animated merge sort Read about Merge Sort. Then look at this implementation of MergeSort in Python.	Class Video: Sorting [Download .MOV] [webcast] Insertion sort with Romanian folk dancers. Code:sorts.py
Workshop	pair_programming_partner_review.pdf
Friday, April 8th		Example Code: listDict_speed.py

Week 12: April 11th-15th - Functional Programming & Recursion (again!)

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, April 11th	Read This webpage on Functional Programming.	Class Video: BigO practice problems, Special FX Questions, Intro to Functional Programming [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Wednesday, April 13th	HW 7 (Special FX) due before 6pm.	Class Video: Functional Programming [Download .MOV] [webcast] Sample Code:printComments.py Introduction to the Fibonacci sequence by Tool (Lateralus) More information about the Fibonacci series on Wikipedia Code Sample:fibonacci.py
Workshop	WordCount.pdf words2count.txt
Friday, April 15th	Lab 4 (Excel) Due before 6pm Read Chapter 11.4 - 11.8 - Recursion and exceptions from ThinkCSpy. Watch video: Simple Recursion Example	Class Video: Functional Programming examples, File I/O, Recursion [Download .MOV] [webcast]

Week 13: April 18th-22nd - Tag Cloud Example, Review, Exam 3

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, April 18th	Read Chapter 10 - Artificial Intelligence from Learning Computing With Robots. Read this story about the annual Loebner Prize contest	Class Video: Tag Cloud 1 [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code Sample: tagcloud.py Input file:art_of_war.txt Common words: common.txt Example output:tc_out.html 6of12.txt file of 32,000 common english words from the Wordlist project
Wednesday, April 20th	Exam Review HW8 - Movies due before 6pm	Class Video: Exam 3 Review [Download .MOV] [webcast] Exam 3 vocab list.txt Test Practice Problems PDF Test Practice Problems - ANSWERS PDF Test Practice Problems 2 Test Practice Problems 2 - WITH ANSWERS Exam3.pdf Exam3-answers.pdf Simple examples shown in class cs1301-exam3-fall09.pdf cs1301-exam3-fall09-answers.pdf cs1301-exam3-fall2010.pdf cs1301-exam3-fall2010-answers.pdf FileIO_FunctionalProgramming.pdf Quick Reference
Workshop		Example Movies from previous classes: Packman RoboMovie The Scribbling Evil Knivel Robot Predator Scribbler Standoff The Lonely Robot Cops Wall-E Cow Death
Thursday April 21st	TA Led Exam Review: CCB Room 17 (downstairs) starting at 6pm
Friday, April 22nd	EXAM 3	cs1301-exam3-spring2011.pdf cs1301-exam3-spring2011-answers.pdf

Week 14: April 25th-29th - Review

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, April 25th		Code: Cheating_Hangman1.py Class Video: Tag Cloud 2 [Download .MOV] [webcast] Eliza in Python Lecture Video:ttt1.mpeg ttt2.mpeg Code sample: ttt.py
Wednesday, April 27th	Lab 5 - Powerpoint Due before Recitation Class Video: Quicksort [Download .MOV] [webcast]	Code: cheating_hangman2.py Code: parallel_quicksort.py
Friday, April 29th	HW9 Due - My Program	Py2EXE tutorial. Py2EXE demo files: bouncingBall.py hello.py setup.py

Extra Material: n-grams, Object Oriented Programming

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday,		Class Video: nGrams [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code: ngrams.py Text file: msnd.txt
Wednesday,	Read: Chapter 13 - Objects and Classes from ThinkCSpy	Class Video: Objects and Classes [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code:classExample.py
Friday,		Code:animals_eating.py

- Extra Material: Javascript, Review

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday		Class Video: Javascript for Python Programers [Download .MOV] [webcast] Javascript for Python Programmers.PPT Kissing Trail JavaScript Games Towers of Hanoi Learn More about JavaScript alert box for loop
Tuesday Recitation		Class Video: Final Review 1 [Download .MOV] [webcast] A Final Study Guide.pdf Review Session MP3 (fall 2008)
Wednesday		Class Video: Final Review 2 [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Friday,		Class Video: Final Review 3 [Download .MOV] [webcast] Day by Day List of Topics covered in CS 1301 in Fall 2009 Final_Exam_Review_V4.0.pdf

TA led Review Session [Download .MOV] [webcast]

TA Led Final Exam Review: Sunday May 1st, Starting at 1pm, College of Computing Building Room 17, downstairs.

Final Exam: Period 8 - (Wednesday) May 4th 11:30am-2:20pm - D.M. Smith 105