Computer Science | Vassar College https://www.cs.vassar.edu/ 2026-06-09T03:44:00+00:00 Computer Science | Vassar College https://www.cs.vassar.edu/ https://www.cs.vassar.edu/_media/favicon.ico text/html 2009-04-06T14:00:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) tikkun_passover_2009_supplement_in_plain_text https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/priestdo/tips/tikkun_passover_2009_supplement_in_plain_text?rev=1239026436&do=diff Tikkun Passover 2009 Supplement in Plain Text Some folks have had problems with the font size on the 2009 Passover Supplement.  The original is from <http://www.tikkun.org/article.php/seder_2009>.  Below is a version converted to plain text with acroread and then reformatted in emacs.  Use it if you find it useful. text/html 2020-05-01T18:13:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) infinite-trees https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/mlsmith/infinite-trees?rev=1588356833&do=diff Infinite Trees 1 Motivation Up until now, we’ve mostly looked at trees as a data structure, but we haven’t looked at them in the context of any particular problems. Trees are used in many applications in computer science, robotics, and game design. One common application is for representing the possible moves in a game or search problem. Imagine that you were exploring the space that a player (character or robot) could move through. 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A ticket has been opened with user services. --- Rob Casinghino 2013/12/17 15:59 Workstations Update, Tues 9/17 I have done a non-critical update to our automated filesystem mounting for home directories. These will time-out after 90 minutes (beyond the typical class/lab sessions) to clear up resources on systems. While the connections are still active and in use, there will be no issues. If… text/html 2021-09-17T01:43:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab3 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-0405/lab3?rev=1631843030&do=diff <html> <h1 id=“lab-3-tables”>Lab 3: Tables</h1> <p>17 September 2021</p><br> <p>In this lab you’re going to be working with tables! 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The servers that were unavailable were: * Our wiki server (this includes all wikis hosted at CS) text/html 2021-09-24T11:35:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab4 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-02/lab4?rev=1632483342&do=diff <html> <h1 id=“lab-4-cleaning-table-data”>Lab 4: Cleaning Table Data</h1> <h2 id=“learning-objective”>Learning Objective</h2> <p>The objective of this lab is to gain familiarity with sanitizing, visualizing, and gaining insights from data.</p> <p>Up until now, the data that you worked with had been sanitized for you (i.e. you could expect Pyret to process the data without any extra work). 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It is the main page from which our course materials will be accessed. Contact Information Professor: text/html 2021-10-29T03:46:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab7 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-0405/lab7?rev=1635479193&do=diff <html> <h1 id=“lab-7-call-the-plumber-_a-k-a-_-a-tree-by-any-other-name-”>Lab 7: Call the Plumber (<em>a.k.a.</em> A Tree By Any Other Name)</h1> <h2 id=“learning-objectives”>Learning objectives</h2> <p>The purpose of this lab is to:</p> <ul> <li>give you practice modeling phenomena in our world using Trees</li> <li>give you practice working with structurally recursive data definitions </li> <li>give you practice writing functions using a template for structurally recursive data definitions</li>… text/html 2021-11-04T18:38:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-02/top?rev=1636051084&do=diff Problem-Solving and Abstraction CMPU-101 Section 02 Vassar College, Fall 2021 Syllabus / Course Wiki Welcome to our course wiki and syllabus. It will be updated throughout the semester with important course information, so check here regularly. text/html 2015-08-26T20:52:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) backups https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/backups?rev=1440622373&do=diff FIXME update, convert to wiki, add link to isohome Backup With Tar ---------- * Overview * Creating a tar file of your entire directory * Copying the file to another location * Tar Documentation ---------- Overview While I make regular backups of the home directories on the Computer Science Unix machines, there are times when you want to have your own copy of your account. There are several relatively painless ways to accomplish this task. I will describe one of them here. If you n… text/html 2021-09-03T00:02:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-0405/top?rev=1630627356&do=diff Problem-Solving and Abstraction CMPU-101 Sections 04-05 Vassar College, Fall 2021 Syllabus / Course Wiki Welcome to our course wiki and syllabus. It will be updated throughout the semester with important course information, so check here regularly. text/html 2016-01-21T17:20:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-201651/top?rev=1453396855&do=diff Computer Science II: <html> <h3>CMPU102: Data Structures and algorithms.</h3> <br> <h4>Spring 2016 Syllabus</h4> </html> This syllabus is subject to update throughout the semester. Professor: Jenny Walter (link to my web page) Office: SP 306 text/html 2022-01-17T23:04:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs334-202251/top?rev=1642460653&do=diff <HTML> <h1> Operating Systems </h1> <h2>CMPU-334 Section 51</h2> <h2>Vassar College, Spring, 2022</h2> <h2>Syllabus & Course Wiki</h2> <p> Welcome to the main section of our course wiki. Use this as a starting point to access the weekly course schedule, lectures, labs, resources, etc. etc. etc. </p> text/html 2021-12-19T20:08:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-2021-01/top?rev=1639944481&do=diff <HTML> <h1> Data Structures Using Java </h1> <h2>CMPU-102 Section 01</h2> <h2>Vassar College, Fall 2021</h2> <h2>Syllabus & Course Wiki</h2> <p> Welcome to the main section of our course wiki. 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To declare the major, students need to meet at least one of the following two requirements: * Have completed CMPU-102 or CMPU-145 with a grade of C or higher. text/html 2022-09-23T00:41:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 03 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2022b/assignments/03?rev=1663893660&do=diff <html> <style type=“text/css”> .comment { font-style: italic; color: #c0342d; } .name, .variable, code var, pre var { color: #9e5cb1; } .name { font-weight: bold; } .variable, pre var, code var { font-style: italic; } .keyword { color: #abafb3; } .builtin, .string { color: #417fb8; } .constant { color: #e89f27; } table { margin: 1em auto; } table td { padding: 1pt 4pt; } div.dw-content a { text-decoration: underline; } div.dw-content p, div.dw-content li, div.dw-content li p { font-size: 13pt; m… text/html 2010-10-29T19:16:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) using_htaccess https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/sysnews/inhouse/using_htaccess?rev=1288379766&do=diff Using htaccess for web pages Please note: htaccess is for pages served from OUTSIDE THE WIKI in users directories. The wiki has similar ability, but it is set up differently -Greg Web Access Restriction by user/password This can be used in many ways, the user and password are not related to our system users and passwords, so you can use anything you like, however, there is no mechanism for the web users to maintain or reset their htaccess password so it can become a maintenance nightmare qui… text/html 2021-02-22T21:15:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-5657/top?rev=1614028549&do=diff CS1: Problem-Solving and Abstraction CMPU-101 Sections 56-57 Vassar College, Spring 2021 Syllabus / Course Wiki Welcome to our course wiki. It will be updated throughout the semester with important course information, so check here regularly. text/html 2009-03-17T16:55:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2009-03-17_network_upgrade_website_unavailable https://www.cs.vassar.edu/events/individual_past_events/2009-03-17_network_upgrade_website_unavailable?rev=1237308929&do=diff 2009-03-17 Network Upgrade, Website unavailable The morning of Tuesday, March 17 the College is putting new network hardware into our building. Over the time of this work there will be limited or no network connectivity in our building and from our building to the rest of the interweb. text/html 2026-01-22T19:51:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs377-202651/top?rev=1769111512&do=diff Parallel Programming CMPU-377 Vassar College, Spring 2026 Syllabus / Course Wiki ---------- Welcome to our course wiki. It will be updated throughout the semester with important course information, so check here regularly. Contact Information text/html 2008-05-02T22:19:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) site_search_options https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/site_search_options?rev=1209766745&do=diff Searching the CS websites We actually have several publicly viewable websites here at CS. There is the primary site and in addition several projects have their own servers. To further muddle things, we have a content management system, conventional web pages and cgi pages. text/html 2018-10-05T05:07:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-201804/top?rev=1538716075&do=diff CMPU-101-04 Computer Science I and Lab. (Fall 2018) Overview <html> <center><h3></html> “A computer will do what you tell it to do,<html><p></html>but that may be much different from what you had in mind.” <html><br></h3><h4></html> --- Joseph Weizenbaum text/html 2021-04-13T19:38:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) coaching https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-5657/coaching?rev=1618342725&do=diff Coaching Hours Here are our coaches for this semester. In addition to working during our labs each week, each coach will work additional hours in the Asprey Lab, as indicated in the table below. I will make every effort to give each of you the attention and feedback you need to be successful in this course. But, there is only one of me, and 24 students in our section of this course. 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VNC is sending the image of your screen over the network between the server (here at CS) and your client (the machine where you are working). Depending on the network speed, the load on the server, the speed of your machine and the protocols vnc is trying to follow, the speed of … text/html 2022-11-23T14:35:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week12 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-202203/week12?rev=1669214140&do=diff Week 12 Monday * Today's notebook, where we look at dictionaries, and rudimentary encryption. * notebook Wednesday * First up: I want to go over MiCkEy MOuSe voting for a bit. * We have one last homework assignment... * assignment 9 * Next, a pretty cool set of examples using dictionaries. Our notebook: text/html 2023-02-06T19:13:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) sidebar https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2023-54/sidebar?rev=1675710797&do=diff CMPU-101 * CMPU-101, Main Page * Schedule, including readings and assignments * [Our Course syllabus] * [Guidelines for Success] Coaches Corner * Coaches Calendar Other Resources * **NEW :** Use this link for pyret table documentation * Link to our textbook * our IDE, pyret * up-to-date pyret documentation * The pyret style guide, style... as in coding text/html 2009-10-14T17:24:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) isohome https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/sysnews/isohome?rev=1255541099&do=diff Backup to CD/DVD ---------- * * * * * * ---------- <BOOKMARK:quick> The really short version of the instructions If you just want to do this without delay and can get to the CS lab... * Bring a blank CD or DVD to the lab * text/html 2012-07-16T14:55:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/hatsoff/top?rev=1342450525&do=diff Hats Off! TO OUR RECENT GRADUATES: Cordelia McGee-Tubb'11 who is now a software development engineer in San Francisco, CA for Salesforce.com, an enterprise cloud computing company that distributes business software. TO OUR CURRENT STUDENTS: stay tuned; we hope to hear summer plans from the CS students soon! text/html 2020-09-02T05:15:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs381-2020/top?rev=1599023705&do=diff Relational Databases and SQL CMPU-381 Vassar College, Fall 2020 Syllabus / Course Wiki Welcome to our course wiki. It will be updated throughout the semester with important course information, so check here regularly. Contact Information text/html 2026-04-21T22:57:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/top?rev=1776812227&do=diff People Faculty Jacob Erickson Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science Jacob Erickson's research explores how digital platforms shape sociopolitical discourse, focusing on platform governance, online safety, and the downstream impacts of design and moderation decisions. Drawing from human-computer interaction, data science, and computational social science, his work examines how platform affordances influence online communication, community behavior, and user trust. His research … text/html 2020-09-15T17:38:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) techref https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs381-2020/techref?rev=1600191507&do=diff Technical Reference Command Line Access (SSH Tunnel from laptop) From a local terminal window open up an SSH tunnel through mote to our postgres server: $ ssh -L 5555:postgres:5432 -p 443 username@mote.cs.vassar.edu where username is the name of your CS account. text/html 2021-08-29T20:27:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) techref https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs311-2021/techref?rev=1630268848&do=diff Technical Reference Command Line Access (SSH Tunnel from laptop) From a local terminal window open up an SSH tunnel through mote to our postgres server: $ ssh -L 5555:postgres:5432 -p 443 username@mote.cs.vassar.edu where username is the name of your CS account. text/html 2021-09-28T15:54:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs311-2021/top?rev=1632844460&do=diff Database Systems CMPU-311 Vassar College, Fall 2021 Syllabus / Course Wiki Welcome to our course wiki. 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Contact Information Professor: text/html 2009-10-20T15:52:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2009-10-13_tiffani_williams https://www.cs.vassar.edu/events/individual_past_events/2009-10-13_tiffani_williams?rev=1256053929&do=diff 2009-10-13 Asprey Lecture Tiffani Williams The Winifred Asprey Lecture Series in Computer Science Sponsored by the Department of Computer Science in honor of Winifred Asprey '38 Emeritus Professor of Computer Science text/html 2022-09-17T16:51:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) sidebar https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-202203/sidebar?rev=1663433489&do=diff CMPU-101 * CMPU-101, Main Page * Schedule, including readings and assignments * Miscellaneous links/notes Coaches Corner * Coaches Calendar Other Resources * Link to our textbook * our IDE, pyret * Better, Best, Bestest table documentation * The pyret style guide, style... as in coding, not clothing text/html 2008-10-08T01:17:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2008-10-07_evening_server_maintenance https://www.cs.vassar.edu/events/individual_past_events/2008-10-07_evening_server_maintenance?rev=1223428672&do=diff 2008-10-07 Evening - Web Server Unavailable for an Hour This web server and several others running here at Computer Science will be down tonight, Oct. 7!!th!! They all live on the same xen server and that is the machine I need to work.  This maintenance is to clean up the quick fix that was put in place last Saturday Night in the aftermath of the network problems.  I hope to keep the downtime to under an hour.  -Greg text/html 2022-01-17T21:11:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) sidebar https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/operating_systems/sidebar?rev=1642453888&do=diff CMPU-334 * CMPU-334, Spring 2018 Main Page * Schedule, including readings and assignments * Miscellaneous links/notes Coaches Corner Brian Haufler is the coach for our class. His “office” hours: * Sunday 8-10 * Wednesday 2:45-4 Other Resources * github repository for some OSTEP examples (includes common.h) * All homework programs from our textbook * tar -xzf all.tgz ==> will unpack all.tgz into individual homework chapters text/html 2018-11-30T01:15:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) calendar https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-201804/calendar?rev=1543540547&do=diff CMPU-101-04 Computer Science I and Lab. (Fall 2018) Calendar This calendar will evolve over the course of the semester. Typical entries will include links to the code we have studied in class, details of lab. problems and assignments, and sections of the textbook we covered in class. <html><center><h4></html> text/html 2019-09-08T18:39:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs381-2019/top?rev=1567967982&do=diff Relational Databases and SQL CMPU-381 Vassar College, Fall 2019 Syllabus / Course Wiki Welcome to our course wiki. It will be updated throughout the semester with important course information, so check here regularly. Contact Information text/html 2012-07-30T18:55:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2012-08-04_shutdown https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/status/2012-08-04_shutdown?rev=1343674547&do=diff Summer 2012 Power Shutdown On Saturday, August 4th Buildings & Grounds will be performing maintenance and a safety review of electrical equipment on campus. This outage will affect power to Old Laundry Building as well as disable our network access and air conditioning. Because of this all services will be shutdown Friday night at 8:00 pm. Services are expected to be turned on again around 8:00 pm Saturday night, assuming that electricity, network connections and air conditioning are all availa… text/html 2012-03-26T14:49:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2012-03-24_android_development_day https://www.cs.vassar.edu/events/individual_past_events/2012-03-24_android_development_day?rev=1332773351&do=diff 2012-03-24 Android Development Day IV Saturday, 24 March 2012 11:00 - 5:00 OLB 205 This is our fourth installment of the Android Development Day. 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In general, though, for what you need to do, RSA encryption is … text/html 2010-12-06T15:30:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) kill_a_process https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/sysnews/kill_a_process?rev=1291649428&do=diff Monitoring and Killing Processes Any process you own you can kill (this is not a moral judgment, just a fact of life in Unix and Linux). Killing an offending process graphically If the machine itself is still responsive (but one or more windows perhaps aren't) you can try one of the Graphical Process Managers on our system.$$xfce4-taskmanager$$````````$$gnome-system-monitor$$```````` text/html 2021-09-30T01:39:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week5 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-2021-01/week5?rev=1632965945&do=diff Welcome to Week 5 Tuesday * Any questions from Friday's lab? * Today's Topics: typecasting, final variables, exceptions, javadoc * Part 2 of the pet trainer homework assignment... is due on Friday. * <https://moodle.vassar.edu/course/view.php?id=19557#section-3> * Midterm exam - if we have one a week from Friday, 10/8, I can return them before Fall Break. text/html 2020-07-04T21:02:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) vnc https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/vnc?rev=1593896566&do=diff Using VNC What is VNC? NOTE: VNC is deprecated. For all remote desktop access, we ask that you use X2Go (found here). VNC is a system for interacting with a computer display remotely, over a network. This technology was developed by AT&T Laboratories, and is now available for free over the internet (distributed under the GNU General Public License. Visit the text/html 2008-11-12T18:22:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2008-11-07_prereg_pizza_party https://www.cs.vassar.edu/events/individual_past_events/2008-11-07_prereg_pizza_party?rev=1226514139&do=diff 2008-11-07 Preregistration Pizza Party To Computer Science majors, correlates, and students: Mark your calendars for Friday, November 7th (this Friday!!) at 4:30 pm. The Computer Science Department is throwing a preregistration pizza party in OLB 105 (our classroom). Besides eating, you will hear about our new course offering for Spring semester: CMPU 295 - Special Topics in Computer Science, to be taught by Prof. Luke Hunsberger. CMPU 295 will cover the Fundamentals of Computer Science and w… text/html 2023-02-13T19:17:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) coaching https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2023-52/coaching?rev=1676315835&do=diff Coaching Hours I will make every effort to give each of you the attention and feedback you need to be successful in this course – but there’s only one of me! Therefore, I rely on the coaches to help me help answer your questions. In addition to working during our labs each week, each coach will be available to help you in the Agile Lab (SC 006) at scheduled times. text/html 2016-01-04T11:30:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) cs_overview https://www.cs.vassar.edu/sysinfo/cs_overview?rev=1451907034&do=diff CS Department Firewall Overview CS Department Firewall The CS Department runs a firewall to protect internal hosts from unwanted external network traffic. Due to the nature of firewalls, this can sometimes cause problems for some applications or services that reside behind firewall. If you are experiencing a problem that you believe is caused by the firewall, please contact CS Staff so we can work with you to find a solution. By default we block all incoming network ports from outside the depa… text/html 2010-02-01T03:07:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) dosemu https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs325-201001/lectures/dosemu?rev=1264993644&do=diff <html> <h2>Cross Platform Assembling: </h2> </html> We will need to create Z80 programs for our computer. To do this we will use xdosemu in Linux to open a DOS session. You will be given a floppy disk with the zasm z80 assembler and some sample programs. 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In this assignment, we&#39;ll use our experience working with tables (in class and in lab) to process a table of… text/html 2009-11-02T18:01:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) ratatosk_xmpp_server https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/ratatosk_xmpp_server?rev=1257184898&do=diff Using our xmpp server This page is only now being written, 'till then, here is the email I sent out last spring: We now have a chat server. It uses the open protocol XMPP aka Jabber. It can do chat rooms (group chats), messaging (IM) and can reach and be reached by other XMPP servers around the world (like google talk). The big advantage over AIM is that XMPP is decentralized. Your messages only go as far as the servers involved, so it saves electricity and network traffic. 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Rus’ research interes… text/html 2021-03-08T05:51:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) assign1 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-5657/assigns/assign1?rev=1615182661&do=diff Assignment 1 - Spring 2021 Virtual Cat World Assigned: Mon, Mar 8 Due: Mon, Mar 15 ---------- Assignment Setup * Open a browser and copy/paste this URL: <https://classroom.github.com/a/rB8Krlqz> * Login to Github and you will be prompted to accept this assignment * After you click on the [Accept this assignment] button, you will see a new page display in your browser with the message: text/html 2012-09-04T17:12:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) how_to_create_a_listing_for_your_course https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/how_to_create_a_listing_for_your_course?rev=1346778749&do=diff Creating a New Namespace for your Course  Please follow these conventions for creating your course namespace(directory) and pages(files) in the namespace. One space or many? 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No, we will not be hacking into the FBI or crashing CIS. A Hackathon is where you code a program in a specific amount of time, in our case, text/html 2008-04-23T22:29:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) dana_tenneson_dissertation https://www.cs.vassar.edu/events/individual_past_events/dana_tenneson_dissertation?rev=1208989763&do=diff 2008-04-22 - Asprey Lecture Interpretation of Molecule Conformations from Drawn Diagrams Dana Tenneson April 22 5:00pm 105 OLB Molecules are inherently 3D objects that chemists represent on paper and classroom blackboards with a system of 2D notations. Our project, ChemPad ( text/html 2016-08-29T18:47:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs203-201602/github/top?rev=1472496449&do=diff Git References * Create a github account * see Lab 1 * email me your github username * after class: I will add you to access our course repositories * Codeschool * <http://www.codeschool.com/courses/try-git> * Git Reference: * <http://gitref.org/index.html> * Git Cheat Sheet * Cheat Sheet * Other tutorials and miscellaneous tools text/html 2012-02-27T19:00:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) android_development_day_iii https://www.cs.vassar.edu/events/individual_past_events/android_development_day_iii?rev=1330369211&do=diff 2012-02-25 Android Development Day III Android Develepment Day III is round three of our now monthly series of hack days devoted to Android development. All skill levels are welcome. If you're a beginner, come learn how to get set up for Android development. 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Anyone interested in Android programming is welcomed to come out and share your projects and experiences. text/html 2017-01-31T00:58:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs203-201602/lab1/top?rev=1485824308&do=diff Lab 1 CS203 Spring 2016 February 1 Goals * Create a Git account * Send your new account name to jones@cs.vassar.edu * Set up Git configuration * Create a simple Java program * Create local repository in the CS203 directory * text/html 2015-08-27T14:13:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) mono https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/apps/mono?rev=1440684806&do=diff Mono <quote Wikipedia>Mono is a free and open source project led by Xamarin (formerly by Novell and originally by Ximian) to create an Ecma standard compliant .NET Framework-compatible set of tools including, among others, a C# compiler and a Common Language Runtime.</quote> text/html 2009-11-20T16:50:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2009-11-19_cs_alumni_panel https://www.cs.vassar.edu/events/individual_past_events/2009-11-19_cs_alumni_panel?rev=1258735808&do=diff 2009-11-19 CS Alumni Panel When: 5:00pm - 6:00pm Thursday, November 19th Where: Multipurpose Room, 2nd floor of Main Building. And Then: 6-7 pm, please plan to stay and enjoy some pizza and conversation with the CS faculty, students and Alumni. text/html 2017-02-13T15:36:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs203-201602/lab3/top?rev=1487000181&do=diff Lab 3: Introduction to JUnit Given the importance of early testing we will be using a unit-test framework called junit4 in our programs. There is a very short intro to junit at the end of chapter 3 (pages 131-133) which you should read before starting. Then, go to the following site and work through the exercise on junit: text/html 2008-12-16T16:36:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) blackbox https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/priestdo/tips/blackbox?rev=1229445404&do=diff Using a ServeSwitch Ultra with a 1U server I have been using a Black Box ServeSwitch Ultra for well over 10 years.  At the time it was the perfect choice for our needs as it worked well with the 4 kinds of machines we were connecting to it.  It has never given me a moment of trouble in all this time, so when I needed to attach some new servers to it, I called Black Box and ordered the cables.  However, when they arrived, the hood on the vga connector end of the cable was too large to fit into t… text/html 2010-01-25T16:16:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) losetup https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/priestdo/tips/losetup?rev=1264436200&do=diff out of loopback devices As a result of a power related issue our Xen server crashed. When it came back up it could not create its full complement of loop back devices. I saw errors like: Error: Device 770 (vbd) could not be connected. Backend device not found```` text/html 2009-03-03T22:31:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2009-03-02_kyle_burke https://www.cs.vassar.edu/events/individual_past_events/2009-03-02_kyle_burke?rev=1236119467&do=diff 2009-03-02 Kyle Burke Lecture <html><center></html>##The Winifred Asprey Lecture Series in Computer Science## Sponsored by the Department of Computer Science in honor of Winifred Asprey ‘38 Emeritus Professor of Computer Science ###Atropos: A Sperner Triangle Game### text/html 2013-05-23T14:24:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/priestdo/wearables/top?rev=1369319086&do=diff What am I wearing? New Scientist A few details from decades of daily wear [gerbert in 2013]Please note, this page documents what I was wearing during the last four of the nineteen wonderful years I spent working for the CS Department at Vassar. For the last year and a half I have been wearing modified versions of Google Glass running Glass and Ubuntu. Along with that I am using a Bluetooth version of the Spiffchorder for input. Please see the text/html 2010-03-16T15:53:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) poughkeepsie_acm_speaker_jon_bentley https://www.cs.vassar.edu/events/individual_past_events/poughkeepsie_acm_speaker_jon_bentley?rev=1268754814&do=diff 2010-03-15 Poughkeepsie ACM Speaker Jon Bentley Reposted here from Poughkeepsie Chapter of the ACM web site. 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When it is, this will be removed Ssh between machines a CS It is quite simple to get to a machine in the department remotely from another machine in the department. All machines in the labs, classroom and faculty offices should already have an ssh client installed on them and those machines which allow remote access are running an ssh daemon to accept incoming connections.```````````````````` text/html 2015-08-26T21:04:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) windows https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/vnc/windows?rev=1440623049&do=diff Using VNC on Windows Setup Setting up the programs to connect to a VNC server is not too difficult. You will, however, need to download two programs: a SSH client and a VNC client. 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Instructing on performing this adaptation are as follows: text/html 2021-05-11T04:14:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) assign5 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-5657/assigns/assign5?rev=1620706450&do=diff Assignment 5 - Spring 2021 Simple Tetris Assigned: Tue, May 11 Due: Mon, May 24, 11:59pm For this assignment you will design a world (big-bang) program that implements a simple version of the classic Tetris game, as described in Section 12.6 of text/html 2021-05-11T04:03:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-5657/assigns/top?rev=1620705791&do=diff CMPU-101 Assignments (Spring 2021) Assignment # Assigned Due Description Solution Assignment 1 3/8 3/15 Our first big-bang programs: cat-world and gauge-world Assignment 2 text/html 2008-05-07T11:25:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2008-04-24_printer_problems_resolved https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/status/2008-04-24_printer_problems_resolved?rev=1210159505&do=diff 2008-04-24 Printer Problems Resolved Both lab printers, asprey and loaner are back up and fully operational. Thanks to a visit from NetEffects (our printer repair folks) I can report that as of 11:20 am, asprey is now working. (Loner has been working since yesterday.) text/html 2021-02-18T07:08:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab1 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-5657/labs/lab1?rev=1613632136&do=diff Lab 1 - Spring 2021 Introducing the Command Line, DrRacket, and GitHub The main purpose of this initial laboratory exercise is to acquaint you with * GitHub, * the DrRacket IDE, and * the procedure for submitting your work using GitHub. text/html 2008-05-07T11:26:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2008-03-27_unscheduled_reboot_of_remote_access_server https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/status/2008-03-27_unscheduled_reboot_of_remote_access_server?rev=1210159617&do=diff 2008-03-27 Unscheduled Reboot of remote access server I had to reboot our remote access ssh server at 4:10PM EST today. I will be monitoring it a little more closely. 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PS The first thing to do is to get to know your processes. The ps command lists out the processes you have running on the system. By using ps -l, an extended listing of your processes is provided. The fields of the most interest to this topic are the PID, NI, and COMMAND fields. The COMMAND field lists the name of the command that started your process. 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In Ahmad, K, Brewster, C., and Stevenson, M. (eds.), text/html 2020-07-04T20:59:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) filecopy https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/filecopy?rev=1593896345&do=diff Secure Shell on macOS, Unix, and Linux Installation Any modern Unix-like operating systems should come with secure shell client utilities already installed. This is true for macOS, Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandrake Linux, FreeBSD and many others. If, however, you need a ssh client, you can download one from the openssh website: text/html 2015-08-27T14:16:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) emacs_tips https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/emacs_tips?rev=1440684973&do=diff Emacs Tips Emacs Command Shorthand From the emacs built in tutorial Emacs commands generally involve the CONTROL key (sometimes labeled CTRL or CTL) or the META key (sometimes labeled EDIT or ALT). Rather than write that in full each time, we'll use the following abbreviations: C-<chr> means hold the CONTROL key while typing the character <chr> Thus, C-f would be: hold the CONTROL key and type f. M-<chr> means hold the META or EDIT or ALT key down while typing <chr>. … text/html 2020-07-15T21:38:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) integrity https://www.cs.vassar.edu/integrity?rev=1594849114&do=diff Vassar CS Student Integrity Guide This guide is designed to clarify Vassar College’s academic integrity policy as it applies to the Computer Science Department. Furthermore, it provides advice on how to best navigate integrity issues in the context of the field, where source code authorship is a central issue. text/html 2019-01-24T03:36:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week1 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs145-201951/week1?rev=1548300980&do=diff Week 1 Thursday * Introductions * Students want to add... 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It will be updated throughout the semester with important course information, so check here regularly. text/html 2022-09-03T20:25:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) coaching https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2022-02/coaching?rev=1662236738&do=diff Coaching Hours I will make every effort to give each of you the attention and feedback you need to be successful in this course – but there’s only one of me! Therefore, I rely on the coaches to help me help answer your questions. 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O… text/html 2021-11-10T17:41:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week11 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-0405/week11?rev=1636566119&do=diff Week 11 Python * Ch 24: Modifying Variables Reminders: * This Fri, Nov 12: Midterm 2 * Review session Wed, Nov 10 Monday Destructive Programming * Colab notes: 2021-11-08.ipynb * Configure Colab: * Turn on the “show indentation guides” option in Colab and set the indentation width to 4 spaces. text/html 2021-11-03T05:56:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week10 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-0405/week10?rev=1635918990&do=diff Week 10 Python * Ch 23: From Pyret to Python Reminder: * Next Fri, Nov 12: Midterm 2 * Review session next Wed, Nov 10 Monday From Pyret to Python * Recorded Lecture: Zoom Passcode: *ay6Rwzt * Colab notes: week10.ipynb * Google Colab will be our programming environment for the Python portion of the course text/html 2021-09-13T16:56:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week3 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-0405/week3?rev=1631552193&do=diff Week 3 Tables Ch. 7: Introduction to Tabular Data Monday * Tables and Helper Functions * DCIC Ch. 7 * Marc's notes: View in CPO * Great lab on Friday! * if you're still finishing up / need to be checked off, please see me during office hours (or see one of our coaches) text/html 2021-10-15T14:41:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab6 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-0405/lab6?rev=1634308862&do=diff Lab 6: Recursion Again and Again 15 October 2021 Learning Objectives The purpose of this lab is to give you practice reading, understanding, and writing functions involving lists and recursion. 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Setup Create the file lab06.arr and copy/paste the following into it: text/html 2021-09-17T15:43:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) asmt2 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-02/asmt2?rev=1631893419&do=diff <html> <h1 id=“assignment-2-ads-take-aim”>Assignment 2: Ads Take Aim</h1> <p><strong>Due:</strong> Thursday September 23, 2021 at 11:59PM ET.</p> <p><img src=“<https://www.cs.vassar.edu/~cs101/images/targeted-ad.jpeg>” alt=“Targeted Advertising”></p> <h2 id=“setup-and-handin”>Setup and Handin</h2> <h3 id= text/html 2023-01-25T16:42:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2023-54/top?rev=1674664927&do=diff CS1: Problem-Solving and Abstraction CMPU-101 Section 04 Vassar College, Spring 2023 Syllabus / Course Wiki Welcome to our course wiki/syllabus. It will be updated throughout the semester with important course information, so check here regularly. text/html 2016-05-17T19:45:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) asprey https://www.cs.vassar.edu/history/asprey?rev=1463514352&do=diff Winifred Asprey WINIFRED ASPREY '38, was Professor Emeritus and the founder of the Computer Science Department at Vassar College. See our page: “” for the history of Ms. Asprey and computing at Vassar College. Article about Prof. Asprey on the Vassar Innovators web site. Campus announcement of the passing of Ms. Asprey, October 19, 2007 text/html 2025-06-19T16:26:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/top?rev=1750350362&do=diff Computer Science Department Wiki This site is for internal use by current students, faculty and administrators in the Computer Science department at Vassar College. It provides access to active course websites and up-to-date computer systems information. text/html 2016-01-05T17:39:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) past_event_details https://www.cs.vassar.edu/events/past_event_details?rev=1452015581&do=diff Past Events Archive To read details of past events select event from the list below Upcoming Event Details For information on Current and Upcoming Events, please select our Upcoming Events Page. text/html 2025-06-27T18:49:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) browser_wont_start https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/browser_wont_start?rev=1751050146&do=diff Help, my browser won't load! Generally, if you click the browser icon and it doesn't do anything, or gives you an error that mentions profiles, there's probably a previous instance of the browser that didn't clean up after itself. The first thing to check is if you have the browser open on another workstation. If you're logged into two workstations and try to start a browser on both of them, it will cause an error because the application wants to ensure that there is only one copy of it running… text/html 2025-06-27T18:46:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) frozen https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/frozen?rev=1751049974&do=diff Frozen Machine! If you have a process, a window, or a machine that seems to have “frozen” while you were working on it, became “stuck,” is not responding to the keyboard or mouse, or is spewing out garbage into a window here is what you can try. If the steps below don't work, please get more help! Either ask a coach, an instructor or find or write me. text/html 2012-03-27T14:52:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) hall_of_shame https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/hall_of_shame?rev=1332859938&do=diff Hall of Shame (No names, just examples) Cracked passwords of real users The following passwords were cracked and are no longer being used on our system: * Baseball - Dictionary Word * change - Dictionary Word * ch3st3rf - Dictionary Word with simple substitution text/html 2018-08-24T18:16:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) use_and_abuse https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/use_and_abuse?rev=1535134614&do=diff From time to time issues of computer privacy, fair use, or appropriate use of the Computer Science Department computer facilities come up. Any discussion must start with an understanding of the campus regulations on computer use. Campus Computer Regulations text/html 2016-01-24T19:47:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) schedule https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/schedule?rev=1453664861&do=diff cmpu 240 Schedule Approximate schedule, subject to change. You are responsible for keeping yourself informed of the schedule and any changes that may occur over time. The assigned readings should, ideally, be read before the corresponding class. You are responsible for keeping up with the reading and for all material covered in class. I text/html 2017-08-25T12:40:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cmpu-224_f17/top?rev=1503664816&do=diff CMPU-224 Computer Organization Fall 2017 This course examines the hierarchical structure of computing systems, from digital logic and microprogramming through machine and assembly languages. Topics include the structure and workings of the central processor, instruction execution, memory and register organization, addressing schemes and caching. Our aim is to help you become a better programmer by teaching you the basic concepts underlying all computer systems. We want you to learn what reall… text/html 2009-08-27T16:30:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) screen_saver https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/screen_saver?rev=1251390623&do=diff To change the screen saver mode Our lab linux machines use an inhouse setup to do screen locking and auto-logout. If you want a screen saver mode other than ??random?? here is what you do: * Look at the manual page for xlock and pick a mode you like.```` text/html 2020-01-30T19:31:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) tips_for_instructors https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/tips_for_instructors?rev=1580412701&do=diff System Tips for CS Instructors Creating Dropboxes Before your students can use the submit### script with your course the following prerequisites must be met: * A course account must exist. * You need access to the course account. * Your students each need an account on our system. text/html 2008-10-24T17:22:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) wacom_tablet_tips https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/wacom_tablet_tips?rev=1224868951&do=diff Using the Wacom Pen Tablet on our Linux Desktops NOTE: Currently the 5 buttons on the tablet itself are not detected by the windowing system. I am working on fixing that. -Greg Making the machine aware of the tablet Because we do not leave the tablets connected to particular machines, the Xserver needs to be restarted to properly recognize the device. ```````````````````````` text/html 2008-10-24T17:56:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) xournal_tips https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/xournal_tips?rev=1224870963&do=diff Xournal Tips Xournal is a Pen Journal that also allows you to add annotations to PDF files and/or capture and import arbitrary windows on the current screen to use them in xournal. xournal's sourceforge site Documentation for xournal A few common commands and settings INVOKE XOURNAL FROM THE GUI```````````````````````````` text/html 2026-04-03T20:40:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/students/top?rev=1775248826&do=diff Student Activities Feedback Form Use this anonymous form to submit any thoughts or concerns you have on a class, a professor, the department, or anything else you'd like to tell the major's committee. <https://goo.gl/forms/SzsEXc7kvjSaDwDE3> Major's Committee Contacts * Zoe LaCheen-Fine text/html 2016-05-20T15:49:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) linux_tutorial_seven https://www.cs.vassar.edu/tutorial/linux_tutorial_seven?rev=1463759351&do=diff Linux Tutorial Seven 7.1 Compiling Linux software packages We have many public domain and commercial software packages installed on our systems, which are available to all users. However, students are allowed to download and install small software packages in their own home directory, software usually only useful to them personally. text/html 2023-01-15T22:58:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2023-52/top?rev=1673823486&do=diff CS1: Problem-Solving and Abstraction CMPU-101 Section 02 Vassar College, Spring 2023 Syllabus / Course Wiki Welcome to our course wiki and syllabus. It will be updated throughout the semester with important course information, so check here regularly. text/html 2023-01-20T16:59:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week1 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2023-54/week1?rev=1674233957&do=diff Week 1 Wednesday * Introductions (me and you) * Administrivia * Logistics * Readings * “How to succeed” in this course is a pdf link in the sidebar. * DCIC Chapter 3 * DCIC Chapter 4 * Lecture notes * [Lecture 1] * [pdf version of our introduction] * Miscellaneous: An old Computer if we have time... text/html 2008-09-15T19:37:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2008-09-05_cs_account_required_lab https://www.cs.vassar.edu/events/individual_past_events/2008-09-05_cs_account_required_lab?rev=1221507469&do=diff 2008-09-10 New CS Account - Required Lecture & Lab If you do not already have an account on the Computer Science Department lab machines and you will need one for your class this semester then you must attend one of the New Account Lecture and Lab sessions. text/html 2021-09-27T18:29:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week5 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs311-2021/week5?rev=1632767365&do=diff Week 5 Join Queries Querying the CAP Database on our postgres server: * CAP database creation [script] * [CAP snapshot] * Starter script: [ cap-queries-joins.sql] * Class exercise: solutions to queries Reading assignment for this/next week: * zyBook Chapter 3: Database Design text/html 2019-02-08T03:38:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week3 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 2019-02-14T15:31:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week4 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 2019-05-02T06:41:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week13 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 2017-02-22T16:56:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs203-201602/top?rev=1487782575&do=diff CMPU-203: CS III: Software Design and Implementation <html> <h1>Vassar College, Spring 2017</h1> <h1>Syllabus</h1> </html> Course Wiki: <http://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs203-201602/top> Professor: Barry Jones Office: SP 304 text/html 2021-09-14T02:41:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week3 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs311-2021/week3?rev=1631587305&do=diff Week 3 Welcome back!! Querying the CAP Database on our postgres server: * with thanks to Alan Labouseur for permission to use his materials! :-) * CAP database creation [script] * [CAP snapshot] Class exercise: Use CAP to answer all of these query questions. Write only one query per question. Be certain to end each query with a semi-colon. Your final script should execute all of the queries in sequence from one command. Remember that CAP is one snapshot in time in the life of th… text/html 2021-09-20T18:29:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week4 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs311-2021/week4?rev=1632162591&do=diff Week 4 Nested Queries Querying the CAP Database on our postgres server: * CAP database creation [script] * [CAP snapshot] * Starter script: [cap-queries-nested.sql] * Class exercise: solutions to queries Reading assignment for next week: * zyBook Chapter 3: Database Design HW for next week: text/html 2010-01-25T18:18:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) run_zasm_under_dosemu https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs325-201001/run_zasm_under_dosemu?rev=1264443521&do=diff Well, since I took away your windows lab machines, here is an alternative. Doing these steps will let you run the assembler from Prof. Voerman on our linux machines under DOS emulation. - Greg Running Z80 Assembler under DosEmu The Short version Log in on any lab linux box and put the floppy in the drive```````````````````````````````````````````````` text/html 2020-04-16T21:17:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week11 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-202051/week11?rev=1587071877&do=diff Week 11 Tuesday * the meeting id for tues/thurs lectures * <https://vassar.zoom.us/j/5845469406> * We will talk about sets today, even if you haven't taken cmpu-145 (!) * We'll implement sets in our Wednesday lab. (Please contact me if you haven't finished the linked list lab.) text/html 2022-02-10T23:13:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) sidebar https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs334-202251/sidebar?rev=1644534806&do=diff CMPU-334 * CMPU-334, Main Page * Schedule, including readings and assignments * Miscellaneous links/notes Coaches Corner Watch this space for coaching information Other Resources * github repository for some OSTEP examples (includes common.h) * All homework programs from our textbook * tar -xzf all.tgz ==> will unpack all.tgz into individual homework chapters Linux Resources * I believe the following links still work? text/html 2026-02-05T02:49:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week3 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs377-202651/week3?rev=1770259758&do=diff Week 3 Lecture Notes * Ben-Ari Ch's 1 and 2 * Ben-Ari slides: [PDF] * Formula (number of possible interleavings): * # interleavings = $\Large \frac{(nk)!} {(k!)^n}$ * where n = # processes and k = # steps / process * assumes all n processes have same number of steps (k) text/html 2026-04-23T19:09:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week12 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs377-202651/week12?rev=1776971393&do=diff Week 12 Linda and Tuple Space * Lecture Notes: [PDF] * Assignment 6 * Due Thu, April 23 * Versions 2 and 3 from slides 11, 12 of [PDF] * (version 1 included in sample code) * versions from slides 11 and 12 are the versions to implement text/html 2026-04-30T19:03:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week13 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs377-202651/week13?rev=1777575790&do=diff Week 13 Final Assignment / Parallel Composition in Golang Final Assignment * Due: end of classes * Tue, May 5, 11:59pm * Marc's office * Logistics * handout: paper copy of full assignment and problem descriptions * submit electronically via submit377 script: text/html 2019-10-27T01:55:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) resources https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs381-2019/resources?rev=1572141318&do=diff Relational Databases * Software * PostgreSQL (RDBMS) * DBeaver Community (native IDE) * Here's a screenshot of how to configure DBeaver to access our Postgres server: * pgAdmin (browser-based IDE) * Lectures / Tutorials * Learn SQL with Socratica: a YouTube lecture series * PostgreSQL Tutorial * text/html 2019-09-11T01:32:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) techref https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs381-2019/techref?rev=1568165533&do=diff Technical Reference Command Line Access Our postgres server can be accessed from the command line via psql (the PostgreSQL interactive terminal): $ psql -h postgres -U username -d dbname where username is name of your CS account and dbname is the name of your database. You will be prompted to enter your password. You should enter your Linux CS account password, not your Vassar password. For more information about the text/html 2025-06-19T16:26:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) start https://www.cs.vassar.edu/start?rev=1750350362&do=diff Computer Science Department Wiki This site is for internal use by current students, faculty and administrators in the Computer Science department at Vassar College. It provides access to active course websites and up-to-date computer systems information. text/html 2020-01-25T19:36:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) sidebar https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-202051/sidebar?rev=1579980979&do=diff CMPU-102-51 * Syllabus * Schedule * Labs * Assignments * Coaching Hours Resources * Our text book * The Java API * Oracle's Java Tutorial * OpenJDK * What's OpenJDK? * Bluej IDE download * more to come... text/html 2023-02-17T01:19:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week5 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2023-54/week5?rev=1676596747&do=diff Week 5: Creating our own Data Definitons, Recursion Monday * Last week... * Lab & Homework - any questions? * Be sure to read textbook chapters 11, 13 and 14 (links are on the schedule page) * Lecture notes for today... * [Data Definitions and Recursion] * [pdf version] Wednesday text/html 2021-09-17T05:09:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week3 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-2021-01/week3?rev=1631855362&do=diff Welcome to Week 3!!! Tuesday * Coaching Schedule, also posted on moodle * Last Friday's lab: any questions? * Lecture notes: we will complete chapter 2 * Let's formally update our vehicle class with some real code * We have a homework assignment... on moodle (due on Monday) * text/html 2023-02-22T16:16:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week6 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2023-54/week6?rev=1677082605&do=diff Week 6: Wrapping up Recursion Monday * * We'll continue to develop our model of gossips using tree structures (and Lists!) * pyret code to get us started * [lecture notes] * fully developed gossip code Wednesday * midterm review * [Some particulars, including links to a practice exam] Friday * midterm exam text/html 2022-09-02T17:39:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week1 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-202203/week1?rev=1662140378&do=diff Week 1 Monday * Introductions (me and you) * Administrivia * Logistics * Readings * How to succeed in this course * DCIC Chapter 3 * DCIC Chapter 4 * Lecture notes * [powerpoint] * [PDF file for you to download if you wish] * Miscellaneous: An old Computer Wednesday * Were there are few slides from Monday leftover? * Communications text/html 2022-10-10T00:18:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week6 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-202203/week6?rev=1665361091&do=diff Week 6 : Designing Programs For Tables Monday * There are still a few students who did not take the exam; I plan to release exam grades via gradescope at some point on Wednesday. * In the meantime, if your are looking for a way to improve your note taking skills text/html 2021-10-05T15:46:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) schedule https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-2021-01/schedule?rev=1633448805&do=diff Schedule Fall 2021 This table lists the topics and when each is covered. The link in the first column connects this page to the lecture notes and homework that we will be working on for the corresponding week. The third column lists the sections in our textbook that we will cover. The Tue/Thu columns list the lecture dates. text/html 2021-08-29T17:48:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) sidebar https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-2021-01/sidebar?rev=1630259305&do=diff CMPU-102-01 * Syllabus * Schedule * Labs * Assignments * Coaching Hours Resources * Our text book * The Java API * Oracle's Java Tutorial * OpenJDK * What's OpenJDK? * Bluej IDE download * more to come... text/html 2021-09-09T18:40:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week2 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-2021-01/week2?rev=1631212805&do=diff Welcome to Week 2 Tuesday * Last Friday's lab: any questions? * Let's review the “Extra” section. We can also review our vehicular class design. * Lecture notes for some important Java language specifics * Any interest in handouts for Java language-specific syntax/notes? text/html 2021-09-23T18:20:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week4 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-2021-01/week4?rev=1632421213&do=diff Week 4!!! Tuesday * A word (or two) about Friday's lab * Today's Topics: Variable/Object scope and arrays * Part 2 of the pet trainer homework assignment... on moodle (due date is 9/27. However...) * <https://moodle.vassar.edu/course/view.php?id=19557#section-3> * Another, more significant homework assignment is coming this Friday. text/html 2020-04-26T18:42:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) schedule https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-202051/schedule?rev=1587926528&do=diff Schedule This table lists the topics and when each is covered. The link in the first column connects this page to the lecture notes and homework that we will be working on for the corresponding week. The third column lists the sections in our textbook that we will cover. The Tue/Thu columns list the lecture dates. text/html 2021-10-14T18:28:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week7 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-2021-01/week7?rev=1634236101&do=diff Weeeeeeek 7 Tuesday * Midterm results * Today's new Topics: Midterm answers, review debugging, more on “methods” Lecture Notes * [ Week 7 lecture notes] * [ zip file with java-as-txt files] Thursday * We will continue with pass-by-value (and why we use getters and setters) * [Two java files, let's consider Testz first] Friday's Lab text/html 2021-11-04T16:56:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week9 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-2021-01/week9?rev=1636044962&do=diff Week 9 Tuesday * questions on the lab? * More On The Linked List and ADT (abstract data type) Lecture Notes * [Week 9 Lecture Notes] * [It came from our Lecture Notes!] * [This one too!] Thursday * Office hours: 2:30 - 4:30 on Thursday * Let's prepare for tomorrow's lab together... this should not be a passive exercise! text/html 2021-11-19T19:27:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week11 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-2021-01/week11?rev=1637350049&do=diff Week 11 Tuesday * questions on the lab? * Today, we cover maps and hash maps. * For reference, let's take a quick look at name/value pairs for a mainframe OS * What is a name/value pair? * perhaps a simpler construct: a dictionary! * [lecture notes] * [map code project] Thursday * Quick Summary from Tuesday's lecture on hash maps, or hash tables: text/html 2021-12-03T18:30:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week13 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-2021-01/week13?rev=1638556228&do=diff Week 13 Tuesday * Today we will review code for the priority queue * [Last week's lecture notes] * The Comparable interface documentation * [min-priority queue, smaller number --> higher priority] * ...and cover sorting methods * [Sorting Strategies] Thursday Due Date is now 12/8 at 11:59pm * I will set aside time in class for you to do a course evaluation * text/html 2017-02-22T12:24:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-201752/top?rev=1487766244&do=diff Computer Science II: Data Structures and Algorithms <html> <h2>CMPU-102-52</h2> <h2>Vassar College, Spring 2017</h2> <h2>Syllabus / Course Wiki</h2> </html> Professor: Jenny Walter Office Hours: Tues, Wed and Thurs: 10:30 am to noon SP 306 text/html 2020-02-11T03:05:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) coaching https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-202051/coaching?rev=1581390335&do=diff Coaches Corner Here's a chart for the coaches schedule. The coaches from either section of cmpu-102 should be able to help you. Note: I'll leave this one up, but there is a more recent schedule under the “UPDATE” section. [Schedule] UPDATE The above schedule may not be accurate. Here is the latest schedule details: text/html 2008-07-02T19:45:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) aiptasia_wiki https://www.cs.vassar.edu/research/ursi_2008/aiptasiabase/aiptasia_wiki?rev=1215027936&do=diff AIPTASIA WIKI Goals * Build a open resource for the bioinformatics community to access and contribute data and research on the aiptasia genome. * Create a tool for runnning tasks on the “BioInf” cluster from the internet. * Creating a “piping