Introduction to Computer Science

(September -  December 2009)

Level 4/M & Level 1/C, 10 credits in Semester I

  The School of Computer Science,  University of Birmingham

Previous year module homepage (Sem1-08/09)

News

• 1 Dec: The winner for the Competition of Algorithm Design and Implementation is Richard Martinus, who will be awarded 50 pounds.

• 24 Nov: Lab session exercises 1 and 2 were uploaded.  You can also find Victor's emails on the lab sessions here.

• 13 Nov: Lab session materials are available. The first lab session will be in Lab UG04, 3-6:30pm, Thursday, 19 Nov. 

• 9 Nov: A tutorial on lab sessions will be given by Victor Landassuri-Moreno, as the lecture in tomorrow afternoon. Exercise Sheet 3 is available now. The answers for Exercise Sheets 1 and 2 will be distributed next week.

• 2 Nov: Exercise Sheets 1 and 2 are available.  Those exercises will not be assessed, but they are helpful for yourself evaluation. Reference answers will be released about two weeks later.

• 26 Oct: The problem and the requirements for Competition of Algorithm Design and Implementation are released. The submission deadline of your solution is the noon of Friday, 20 Nov., 2009. 50 pounds will be awarded to the winner of this competition.

• 26 Sept: The first lecture will be given on 4pm, Tuesday 30 Sept 2008, UG05, Learning Centre (Building R28 on the Campus Map).

Lecturer

Dr. Guilin Wang

Office: UG36

Tel.: 48556

Email: G.Wang at cs.bham.ac.uk

Office Hour: 3-4pm, Wednesday.

URL: http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~gzw/

Demonstrator

Victor Landassuri-Moreno

Office: 118

URL: http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~vlm/

Lectures

06-21933 Syllabus Page

06-21978 Syllabus Page

Recommended Books

Assessment

Normal (sessional):

   ICY students: 1.5 hr examination (100%) 

   MSc CS students: 1.5 hr examination (90%) + continuous assessment (10%).

Resit (supplementary) (where allowed): As the normal assessment.

Timetable (Tentative)