Week 1
- Introductions
- Course overview (syllabus)
Lecture Notes
- Lecture notes: PDF
- A familiar problem: findMax
Assignments
- First programming assignment:
- implement 3 versions of findMax in C
- use the Vim editor to type in your program (see sidebar for Vim resources)
- be sure to consult and follow the Style Guide PDF
- due: next Wed, Jan 30
- Read for next class:
- Software and the Concurrency Revolution (ACM Queue, 3(7), Sep. 2005)
- written summary due next class: Mon
- just one page, single-sided (don't go crazy)
- pick a few things that got your attention and are worth discussing
- we will discuss this article in class
- Ben-Ari Text:
- Chapters 1 and 2 for next week