https://www.cs.vassar.edu/ 2026-04-12T11:35:05+00:00 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/ https://www.cs.vassar.edu/_media/favicon.ico text/html 2019-01-22T04:28:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs145-201951/top?rev=1548131336&do=diff Foundations of Computer Science CMPU-145 Section 51 Vassar College, Spring 2019 Syllabus / Course Wiki Welcome to our course wiki. It is the main page from which our course materials will be accessed. Contact Information Professor: text/html 2019-05-02T06:41:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs145-201951/week13?rev=1556779261&do=diff Week 13 Tuesday * For Today: * We will complete our discussion on probability, including expected values. * Propositional logic will be covered on Thursday and next Tuesday. * We'll go over one of last week's homework assignment in class today. text/html 2019-04-23T22:55:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs145-201951/labs/lab_8?rev=1556060141&do=diff Lab 8 Generating and Test Simulations * I updated these files after this afternoon's lecture, they are also in this week's wiki page... * [lab instructions] * [probability helper file for lab (template) file] * [lab template file] text/html 2019-04-16T04:52:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs145-201951/labs/lab_7?rev=1555390322&do=diff Lab 7 Generating and Test Simulations * Here are the files, please read the instructions completely! * [The lab instructions] * [Previous lab solution, needed as input to lab 7 (use this file)] * [lab 7 template file] text/html 2019-04-09T01:36:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs145-201951/labs/lab_6?rev=1554773810&do=diff Lab 6 Natural Numbers * We'll implement some functions using natural numbers * [The instructions] * [The template file] * [assignment helper] * text/html 2019-04-03T00:03:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs145-201951/labs/lab_5?rev=1554249797&do=diff Lab 5 Fibonacci Numbers * We'll implement the recursive fibonacci function using a cache. * [the template file] * text/html 2019-02-26T01:20:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs145-201951/labs/lab_3?rev=1551144006&do=diff Lab 3 Equivalence Relations * We'll implement functions for the relations we have been working on: * reflexive? * symmetric? * transitive? * These will be helper functions to implement a function that determines if a relation is: * text/html 2019-02-19T04:04:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs145-201951/labs/lab_2?rev=1550549074&do=diff Lab 2 Welcome to try 2 for lab 2: the, umm, third lab! * We'll implement functions for the relations we defined a while back * DISJOINT? *2 * RANGE * INVERSE (i.e. Converse) * We will also implement our diy version of reverse and use it as a helper function for Inverse. text/html 2019-02-05T06:19:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs145-201951/labs/lab_1?rev=1549347558&do=diff Lab 1 Welcome to lab 1 * Become familiar with DrRacket procedures * Use cons, list and append * Use map * Use let* Procedures * Create a directory for this lab in your CS account. * Download the asmt-helper.scm (same as last week) and lab1-template.scm files. text/html 2019-01-28T04:02:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs145-201951/labs/lab_0?rev=1548648178&do=diff Lab 0 Welcome to the first lab * Objectives: * Become familiar with our lab procedures * Reacquaint ourselves with DrRacket * Write (recursive) function that determine the intersection and the union of two sets * To begin: * Open a command line window. Your current working directory will be your home directory text/html 2019-05-07T02:21:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs145-201951/week14?rev=1557195685&do=diff Week 14 Tuesday * For This Afternoon: * [Answers to probability homework (hw423)] * [A few more lecture notes] * [pdf version, suitable for printing] * [Notes on some topics for final exam] * For Tonight: * Please bring your own beverage. * I will probably be looking for Monty Hall. text/html 2019-04-23T05:07:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs145-201951/week12?rev=1555996067&do=diff Week 12 Tuesday * For Today: * A lecture: Chapter 6, probability * A homework assignment * There is also another lab regarding simulations. * [Probability] * [Conditional Probability & more] * [homework (due next week)] Class demo files * [let's get 3 contestants] * [probability simulations] * [helper file for above] * Intro * "Outro" Lab files * [lab instructions] * [lab template file] Thursday text/html 2019-01-24T03:36:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs145-201951/week1?rev=1548300980&do=diff Week 1 Thursday * Introductions * Students want to add... Are there seats available? * Syllabus * Yesterday, #COBOL was trending on twitter for a while. Why? * Coaches for this semester * Amy O'Connell, Daniel Melody, Hannah Mittman text/html 2019-04-19T12:36:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs145-201951/week11?rev=1555677376&do=diff Week 11 Tuesday * For Today: * A review of last week's lab. (It will be a helper file for today's lab) * IBM article, I'm not in any of the pictures. * A lecture: Chapter 5, combinations and permutations * A homework assignment * There is also a lab tonight, based on today's lecture. text/html 2019-04-11T13:59:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs145-201951/week10?rev=1554991148&do=diff Week (not Weel!) 10 Tuesday * For Today: * A review of last week's lab. * A lecture * And, the homework assignment from last week is due this Thursday. * If we have time it would be great to watch the following: * His super power is... math! * There is also a lab tonight, based on today's lecture. text/html 2019-04-04T12:50:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs145-201951/week9?rev=1554382225&do=diff Number 9 Tuesday * Welcome back. The to-do list for today: * Mathematical prestidigitation * A lecture * A handout for induction * And, there is a homework assignment attached to the handout (due next Tuesday, 4/19). * If we have time it would be great to watch the following: text/html 2019-03-28T04:00:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs145-201951/week8?rev=1553745632&do=diff Week 8 Tuesday * Welcome back. The to-do list for today: * Midterm return. [midterm answers] * Some tangentially related links regarding division by zero. * Redhat explanation of java vulnerabilities * The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures link for same * Another link regarding the genesis of object oriented programming. * email from Dr. Alan Kay * We'll have two lectures today on functions. text/html 2019-03-05T03:44:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs145-201951/week7?rev=1551757460&do=diff Week 7 Tuesday * Let's review for the midterm exam. * [midterm practice handout] * We will devote some lab time for any additional questions and answers. * No separate lecture Lab * If you already handed in this homework assignment, please try to submit it as lab4: text/html 2019-02-28T03:04:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs145-201951/week6?rev=1551323049&do=diff Week 6 Tuesday * First up: homework * Last week's homework is part of today's lecture * [Solutions to homework from 2/14] * [Solution to the Power Set question, # 1.4 B] * Today's lecture: Equivalence Relations & Partitions with examples * Also, completion of Chapter 2: order * Lab this evening: An equivalence relation checker text/html 2019-02-21T05:25:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs145-201951/week5?rev=1550726708&do=diff Week 5 Tuesday * We will finish up relations this week * And start to take a look at functions (and chapter 3) * We also have to finish the lecture on wrapper functions * Homework review too! (We'll take some time from the lab if we * do not get to it this afternoon. text/html 2019-02-14T15:31:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs145-201951/week4?rev=1550158313&do=diff Welcome to Week 4 Tuesday * A word or two on Homework and Lab. * Continued discussion on relations * Plus a review of definitions from last week * Lecture regarding wrapper functions for our... * Lab this evening Lectures * [More on Relations] * text/html 2019-02-08T03:38:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs145-201951/week3?rev=1549597118&do=diff Week 3 Tuesday * Coaching schedule is posted, see the sidebar. * Homework(s) * Conditional, biconditional statements again: if α then β with α == false and β == false --> if α then β == true * More on power sets * exercise 1.4.2 (3) (Let's write the truth table and create a Venn diagram together) text/html 2019-01-31T08:07:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs145-201951/week2?rev=1548922055&do=diff Week 2 Tuesday * Classroom(s) * Continuing on with sets * Lab this evening Lectures * [ Introducing sets] * [Sets (more...)] Homework * Read chapter 1, sections 1.1 - 1.4 * try exercise 1.4.2 (3) (we may not get that far in class today) * Write the truth table and create a Venn diagram that shows the answer too, similar to Fig. 1.3. text/html 2019-05-02T02:29:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs145-201951/labs/lab_9?rev=1556764192&do=diff Lab 9 Generating and Test Simulations * Links for today's lab * [lab 9 instructions] * [lab 9's helper file] * [lab 9 template file]