Computer Science | Vassar College https://www.cs.vassar.edu/ 2026-06-17T08:15:25+00:00 Computer Science | Vassar College https://www.cs.vassar.edu/ https://www.cs.vassar.edu/_media/favicon.ico text/html 2022-10-09T21:00:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 02 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2022b/assignments/02?rev=1665349256&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; } code.pyret { color: black; } table { margin: 1em auto; } table th, table td { padding: 1pt 4pt; font-size: 13pt; } div.dw-content a { text-decoration: underline; } div.dw-content p, div… text/html 2020-01-29T03:02:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab1 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-202051/labs/lab1?rev=1580266975&do=diff Lab #1 The main purpose of this initial laboratory exercise is to: * Practice programming in Java * Consolidate knowledge pertaining to the 3 pillars of OOP and their application in Java. * If you want a refresher on these pillars What to do - in just 31 easy steps! 1. Launch BlueJ (or your favorite IDE). text/html 2017-04-26T03:29:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs203-201602/assignments/top?rev=1493177344&do=diff <html> <h2>Assignments: </h2> </html> Assignment 1: Chapter 2, #6, 8, and 12 - Due Wednesday, 2/15/2017 - Please hand in your work on hardcopy (paper). 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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. On each move, the player would change position (and possibl… text/html 2017-04-26T03:45:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs203-201602/finalproject/top?rev=1493178359&do=diff Final Project: Banking System Due 5/17/2017 at the latest. * This project is designed to show the use of inheritance and polymorphism. * It is meant to be done by yourself, not in a team. * The project will be graded on quality of code and documentation, adherence to the requirements, and quality of the testing framework. 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 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 2019-01-28T04:02:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab_0 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 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 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! The goal of this lab is to give you practice with:</p> <ul> <li>Extracting rows and columns from a table</li> <li>Writing and testing helper functions</li> <li>Filtering data with text/html 2021-09-17T02:57:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab3.html https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-02/lab3.html?rev=1631847436&do=diff <html> <h1 id=“lab-3-tables”>Lab 3: Tables</h1> <p>In this lab you’re going to be working with tables! The goal of this lab is to give you practice with:</p> <ul> <li>Extracting rows and columns from a table</li> <li>Writing and testing helper functions</li> <li>Filtering data with 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 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 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 2016-01-21T17:20:55+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 2022-08-28T19:16:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-202203/top?rev=1661714218&do=diff <HTML> <h1>Computer Science I </h1> <h2>Problem Solving and Abstraction - Fall, 2022 </h2> <h3>Your Professor</h3> <p>Peter lemieszewski</p> <p>Email: pelemieszewski @ vassar dot edu </p> <p>Office: Sanders Physics 104</p> <p>Office hours: Mondays and Fridays, 1-3PM. Other times by appointment. I recommend coming to office hours! </p> text/html 2021-05-07T17:05:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab8 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-5657/labs/lab8?rev=1620407137&do=diff Lab 8 - Spring 2021 Abstraction (or, if you copy/paste, you'll be toast!) Today's lab will give you practice with abstraction, local definitions, passing functions as arguments to other functions, and generally with the satisfaction that comes from avoiding duplicate code. text/html 2021-04-15T05:17:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab5 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-5657/labs/lab5?rev=1618463869&do=diff Lab 5 - Spring 2021 Sorting / More Practice with Lists The main purpose of this lab is to have: * More practice with lists: lists of strings and lists of structures (posn's) * More practice with sorting * More practice designing programs with wish lists (helper functions) text/html 2022-09-23T19:35:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 02 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2022b/labs/02?rev=1663961730&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 { margin-bottom: 1em; max-width: 700px; } div.dw-content p, … 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. Setup Create the file lab06.arr and copy/paste the following into it: text/html 2021-04-23T05:57:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab6 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-5657/labs/lab6?rev=1619157441&do=diff Lab 6 - Spring 2021 Lab #6: Call the plumber This week in class we learned about trees, and saw two examples of data definitions of trees: a rumor mill and a pipeline. We designed one function in class for a pipeline, which determined whether there was water running. We followed the Design Recipe and the data definition from the lecture notes. We developed a template for a function that consumes a pipeline, and returns a boolean value. text/html 2021-04-21T05:20:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) assign3 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-5657/assigns/assign3?rev=1618982448&do=diff Assignment 3 - Spring 2021 Bouncing Balls Assigned: Mon, Apr 5 Due: Mon, Apr 19 Wed, Apr 21, 11:59pm (extended) [bouncing balls] For this assignment you will: * Design a world (big-bang) program that displays many bouncing balls, of different sizes, colors, and velocities. text/html 2021-10-14T23:46:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab6 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-02/lab6?rev=1634255186&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. Setup Create the file lab06.arr and copy/paste the following into it: 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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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 2018-08-29T16:24:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) syllabus https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cmpu241-201801/syllabus?rev=1535559858&do=diff <HTML> <h1>CMPU-241-01 Analysis of Algorithms - Fall 2018 syllabus</h1> <h2>Course description</h2> <p>An algorithm is the specification of a method to solve a given problem. This course covers fundamental algorithm design and analysis techniques. These techniques shall provide students with a solid knowledge base, which will allow them to develop correct and efficient algorithms to solve whatever practical computer science problems they may encounter in the future.</p> text/html 2023-01-19T02:50:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) sshkeys https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/sshkeys?rev=1674096627&do=diff Setting up SSH Keys Note : This tutorial assumes that you are running a linux-based operating system. The procedure for setting up keys on an Apple Mac OS X machine is similar to this procedure, but you may need to make some minor adjustments. There is a separate 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 2021-04-28T16:20:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) assign4 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-5657/assigns/assign4?rev=1619626822&do=diff Assignment 4 - Spring 2021 Permutations Assigned: Wed, Apr 21 Due: Wed, May 5 For this assignment you will: * Follow the Design Recipe to design a series of functions that computes all the permutations of a list of numbers * Be sure to write tests for each function as you go, before you move on to the function of your wish list text/html 2022-09-23T17:13:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 04 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2022b/labs/04?rev=1663953185&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 2021-03-29T20:16:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) assign2 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-5657/assigns/assign2?rev=1617048997&do=diff Assignment 2 - Spring 2021 Virtual Cat World Assigned: Wed, Mar 17 Due: Mon, Mar 29 Tue, Mar 30, 11:59pm ---------- Assignment Setup * Open a browser and copy/paste this URL: <https://classroom.github.com/a/C1szqbGi> * Login to Github and you will be prompted to accept this assignment text/html 2023-01-05T22:19:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) mitm https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/mitm?rev=1672957190&do=diff Host Key Verification Failed At some point you may attempt to SSH into a server, workstation or device, e.g. “my_server”, that you have logged into before and you encounter a long, scary message as follows that ends with “Host Key Verification Failed text/html 2017-04-18T19:20:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs203-201602/lab8/top?rev=1492543206&do=diff Lab 8 Alarm Clock We will be designing and building a clock application using the design patterns and principles we learned in class. 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You should divide the work when possible to have 2 pairs of programmers working, perhaps one pair working on the Model and one pair working on the View and Controller. text/html 2021-09-10T13:21:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab2 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-0405/lab2?rev=1631280107&do=diff Lab 2: Conditionals and Reading Code 10 September 2021 Today's lab The purpose of this lab is to give you practice: * using Boolean expressions * reading and writing if expressions * writing functions that use if expressions * writing examples/tests for the functions you write$ \geq $$ \leq $ text/html 2017-01-31T00:58:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs203-201602/lab1/top?rev=1485824308&do=diff Lab 1 CS203 Spring 2016 February 1 Goals * Create a Git account * Send your new account name to jones@cs.vassar.edu * Set up Git configuration * Create a simple Java program * Create local repository in the CS203 directory * text/html 2009-12-07T17:24:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) context_awarness_project https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/priestdo/wearables/context_awarness_project?rev=1260206695&do=diff the next big thing... Endurance Running Harness for Herbert October 2009 I have been a walker ever since I got my legs back as a teenager.  Before that biking is how I covered distance.  For a time I did not have use of my legs (the result of a biking accident) and was told I would not walk again.  Thankfully that was not the case, but after that the idea of running always seemed foolhardy.  All that impact, thud thud thud, not for me and my spine.  However, of late I am trying running text/html 2021-09-10T11:26:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab2 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-02/lab2?rev=1631273208&do=diff Lab 2: Conditionals and Reading Code 10 September 2021 Today's lab The purpose of this lab is to give you practice: * using Boolean expressions * reading and writing if expressions * writing functions that use if expressions * writing examples/tests for the functions you write$ \geq $$ \leq $ 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. 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If you n… text/html 2011-06-20T03:03:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) vss https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/mlsmith/vss?rev=1308538985&do=diff Vassar Science Scholars Lecture/Lab Saturday, March 26, 2011 9:30am--12pm Sci Vis Lab, 3rd Floor Mudd Chemistry WeScheme: from Algebra to Animation We will explore selected parts of the Scheme programming language using WeScheme, a browser-- 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 2020-03-26T16:32:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week8 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-202051/week8?rev=1585240326&do=diff The Return of the Course? Tuesday * Not sure where to start. Maybe this link? * Luckily, this is not Vassar College. * Another thought: we've all been told what not to do, how to protect yourself and others from covid-19, especially in official communications from the college. What I suggest is to, whatever extent possible, keep up a sense of community with everyone at Vassar. Particularly with those you've been in contact with before Spring Break. Of course, you will want to do th… text/html 2011-09-22T17:43:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) java_system_tips https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/sysnews/java_system_tips?rev=1316713392&do=diff Java issues and tips Java remote method invocation problem Problem: When running a demo of Java's remote method invocation on our Ubuntu 9.04 based linux machines running java-6-openjdk the client could only attach to a server running on the same host.```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` text/html 2021-02-26T18:12:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab2 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-5657/labs/lab2?rev=1614363151&do=diff Lab 2 - Spring 2021 Designing Functions The main purpose of this lab is to practice * using the Design Recipe to write functions * designing functions that use cond expressions * designing functions that use helper functions How to get started text/html 2019-12-13T02:10:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) syllabus https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cmpu375-201901/syllabus?rev=1576203016&do=diff <html> <h2>Course description</h2> <p>Computer networks, in the form of the Internet, have revolutionized society in the last 3 decades. This course provides an introduction to the design and operation of the Internet and computer networks in general. Topics include layered communication 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 2022-10-14T03:30:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 06 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2022b/labs/06?rev=1665718203&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; } code.pyret { color: black; } table { margin: 1em auto; } table th, table td { padding: 1pt 4pt; } div.dw-content a { text-decoration: underline; } div.dw-content p, div.dw-content li, d… 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. 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Fire up Racket and do your CMPU 101 homework, submit your CMPU 203 homework assignment, or just open up IDLE to work on your NLTK work, whatever you need. text/html 2009-03-02T21:18:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) ssl_cert_issue_explanation https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/ssl_cert_issue_explanation?rev=1236028739&do=diff SSL Site Certification We run two apache2 servers at this site. These two instances of apache2 serve multiple wikis and web sites. They are located in the Computer Science Department of Vassar College. As a result, they all get the same site certificate. In some cases that works just fine. But in some cases your browser will complain about not being sure if it should trust the certificate or not being able to verify the certificate. text/html 2010-12-08T19:20:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) server_list https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/sysnews/inhouse/server_list?rev=1291836036&do=diff CS Servers Physical CS Department Servers Date Number installed Disks Space NAME type In Srv CPU & speed memory #xSize,type tot/used Function Pacific x3650 2007.1 Xeon 4x3gig 12gig 6x73g,sas 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 2021-04-30T16:58:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab7 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-5657/labs/lab7?rev=1619801897&do=diff Lab 7 - Spring 2021 Intertwined Data 2: Files and Directories The main purpose of this lab is to practice * using the Design Recipe to write functions for intertwined data * we will use the Files and Directories example of intertwined data from 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 2021-03-05T05:37:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab3 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-5657/labs/lab3?rev=1614922652&do=diff Lab 3 - Spring 2021 Adding a little structure to your life The main purpose of this lab is to practice * defining structures * designing functions that consume / produce structures * following the Design Recipe (as usual) How to get started text/html 2021-04-09T15:59:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab4 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-5657/labs/lab4?rev=1617983955&do=diff Lab 4 - Spring 2021 Practice with Lists The main purpose of this lab is to practice * More practice with lists * More practice documenting functions with signature, purpose statement, examples, and check-expects How to get started * Open a browser and copy/paste this text/html 2020-07-14T02:36:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/jobs/top?rev=1594694173&do=diff Visiting Assistant Professor The Department of Computer Science at Vassar College invites applications for a one-year position at the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor to begin in the Fall semester of 2020. 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The character * is called a wildcard, and will match against none or more character(s) in a file (or directory) name. For example, in your unixstuff directory, type compsci-user@tim:~$ ls list* text/html 2025-06-27T18:51:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) priority https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/priority?rev=1751050267&do=diff System Priorities Priorities of programs are something to be aware of. 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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Wiley Press. * Manning, C. and Sc… text/html 2019-04-29T18:38:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) syllabus https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cmpu102-201952/syllabus?rev=1556563083&do=diff <HTML> <h1>CMPU-102-52 Computer Science II: Data Structures and Algorithms - Spring 2019 syllabus</h1> <h2>Course description</h2> <p>An algorithm is the specification of a method to solve a given problem. A data structure is a specific way of organizing data so that it can be used efficiently by an algorithm. This course approaches data structures and algorithms from a practical perspective, text/html 2019-09-20T23:21:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) syllabus https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cmpu102-201901/syllabus?rev=1569021715&do=diff <html> <h2>Course description</h2> <p>An algorithm is the specification of a method to solve a given problem. A data structure is a specific way of organizing data so that it can be used efficiently by an algorithm. This course approaches data structures and algorithms from a practical perspective, text/html 2019-01-23T22:42:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) syllabus https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cmpu102-201802/syllabus?rev=1548283344&do=diff <HTML> <h1>CMPU-102-02 Computer Science II: Data Structures and Algorithms - Fall 2018 syllabus</h1> <h2>Course description</h2> <p>An algorithm is the specification of a method to solve a given problem. A data structure is a specific way of organizing data so that it can be used efficiently by an algorithm. This course approaches data structures and algorithms from a practical perspective, using Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), and particularly Java, as a framework to learn and experiment wi… text/html 2010-05-04T13:36:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) speed_tips https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/vnc/speed_tips?rev=1272980194&do=diff Improving VNC Performance This page is a work in progress, use the information here if it helps, but do not consider it in any way authoritative. * -- Greg Priest-Dorman 2010/05/04 09:36 Why is my session so slow? 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 2011-02-09T16:47:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) printing_tips https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/printing_tips?rev=1297270048&do=diff Printing Tips Printer Name Changes and your .bashrc If you are having problems with command line printing it may be because your .bashrc is not using the correct printer name. Have a look at your .bashrc file. Near the top there are some lines that set your default printer. If they don't look like the lines below, then cut out everything in your .bashrc from &&```````````` 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 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 2015-08-26T21:04:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) osx https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/vnc/osx?rev=1440623049&do=diff Using VNC on Mac OS X Setup Download and install a secure shell client As you may have heard, the Mac OS X operating system is built off of a version of Unix, FreeBSD. You'll be happy to hear that this means you already have a secure shell client installed, the Unix native ssh. You will find it from the Terminal - more on that later. text/html 2022-01-17T21:13:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/operating_systems/top?rev=1642454012&do=diff <HTML> <h1> Operating Systems </h1> <h2>CMPU-334 Section 01</h2> <h2>Vassar College, Spring, 2022</h2> <h2>Syllabus & Course Wiki</h2> <p> Welcome to the main section of our course wiki. 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Use this as a starting point to access the weekly course schedule, lectures, labs, resources, etc. etc. etc. </p> text/html 2012-12-01T17:30:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2012_workstations https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/status/2012_workstations?rev=1354383048&do=diff 2012 Workstation Upgrades [LightDM screenshot ]Welcome back. Plenty of changes have occurred to network this summer, here is a summary. The new workstations in the Asprey and Intro labs have quad-core Intel i7 2600 CPUs running at 3.4 GHz with 8 GB of RAM. The new workstations in the 105 classroom have dual-core Intel Atom D2700 chips runnings at 2.13 text/html 2023-02-20T17:02:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) command_please_not_found https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/command_please_not_found?rev=1676912542&do=diff Command 'Please' not found If you see this when you use SSH to log into a system Command 'Please' not found, did you mean: command 'please' from deb pleaser (0.5.1-4ubuntu0.22.04.1) Try: apt install <deb name> and each time you enter a command, this error message is displayed, then something is not right. This means you are logged into a system you should not be logging into but only using as a proxy or gateway. 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If, however, you need a ssh client, you can download one from the openssh website: text/html 2026-06-04T03:36:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) teaching https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/mlsmith/teaching?rev=1780544212&do=diff Teaching First-year computer science * Program by Design - The computer science core of a liberal arts education * How to Design Programs - An Introduction to Programming and Computing * Racket - Includes the DrRacket programming environment * WeScheme - Web-based programming environment text/html 2011-05-10T16:58:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) ewc https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/sysnews/ewc?rev=1305046736&do=diff Export a window to the Projector Please note, the instructor's workstation in room 105 has a resolution of 1280×1024, the student workstations have screen resolutions of 14450×900. 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If… text/html 2010-02-21T16:55:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs325-201001/top?rev=1266771352&do=diff CMPU-325:Microcomputers/Digital Electronics <html> <h1>Vassar College, Spring 2010</h1> <h1>Syllabus</h1> </html> Course Wiki: <http://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs325-201001/top> Professor: Barry Jones Office: OLB 118 text/html 2022-09-23T04:12:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) hw4 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-202203/week4/hw4?rev=1663906349&do=diff Assignment 4: Famous People Assigned: Thursday, 22 September Due: Wednesday, 28 September, 11:59 p.m. Introduction The Pantheon 1.0 data set contains information about 11,340 famous individuals, based on articles in international versions of Wikipedia. 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This intensive course focuses particularly on wireless networking, which has already revolutionized where and how computing is done, and is at the root of the future Internet of Things (IoT). </p> text/html 2017-03-28T19:05:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs203-201602/lab6.5/top?rev=1490727951&do=diff Lab 7 Comparator CS203 Spring 2017 March 28, 2017 Goals * Set up teams of two students for this project * Create a program utilizing the Comparator interface * Include JUnit tests * Upload your program to the correct ComparatorTeamx repository in github text/html 2020-01-14T20:08:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) syllabus https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cmpu224-202051/syllabus?rev=1579032484&do=diff <HTML> <h1>CMPU-224-51 Computer Organization - Spring 2020 syllabus</h1> <h2>Course description</h2> <p>This course covers the underlying principles and internal structure of computer systems, with the goal of enabling students to become better programmers and encouraging further study in the area of computer systems. </p> text/html 2020-09-09T01:26:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) syllabus https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cmpu224-202001/syllabus?rev=1599614785&do=diff <html> <h1>CMPU-224-01 Computer Organization - Fall 2020 syllabus</h1> <h2>Course description</h2> <p>This course covers the underlying principles and internal structure of computer systems, with the goal of enabling students to become better programmers and encouraging further study in the area of computer systems. </p> text/html 2016-09-20T15:55:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs203-201602/lab4/top?rev=1474386954&do=diff Lab 4 CS203 Fall 2016 Goals * Design a software system for managing a car rental agency. * Determine the necessary classes from the problem description. * Use CRC cards to determine the responsibilities and collaborations. * Create a class diagram showing relationships and cardinalities. text/html 2021-11-10T14:38:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week11 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-02/week11?rev=1636555091&do=diff Week 11 Python * Ch 24: Modifying Variables Reminders: * This Fri, Nov 12: Midterm 2 * Review session Thursday, Nov 11 Tuesday Destructive Programming * Colab notes: week-11.ipynb * Configure Colab: * Turn on the “show indentation guides” option in Colab and set the indentation width to 4 spaces. text/html 2017-01-31T00:40:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs203-201602/lab2/top?rev=1485823226&do=diff Lab 2: Using Javadoc * Use the code in chapter 1 as your starting point for a Greeter program. * Create the program in a subdirectory of your CS203 directory called Greeter. * Add Javadoc comments to the Greeter Class and the main method. * text/html 2016-05-20T15:47:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) linux_tutorial_one https://www.cs.vassar.edu/tutorial/linux_tutorial_one?rev=1463759279&do=diff Linux Tutorial 1.1 Listing files and directories ls (list) When you first login, your current working directory is your home directory. 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Some are set by the system, others by you, yet others by the shell, or any program that loads another program. 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 2021-02-08T06:12:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) style https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-5657/style?rev=1612764779&do=diff The Style Basics In addition to following the design recipe, all code must adhere to the following basic style guidelines: * Organize your program top-down, regardless of how you actual work through your wish list. The phrase “top down” means that project files consist of a general purpose statement, a data definition and a constant definition section, a main function, followed by sections for handler functions, and wrapped up by general utility functions. 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 2021-12-19T20:08:01+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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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 2010-04-08T10:58:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) bibtex https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/priestdo/tips/bibtex?rev=1270724318&do=diff Bibtex Templates Here are a few bibtex templates that I use with the dokuwiki bibtex plugin. In time I should have all the entry types done. Entry Types * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Article Entry An article from a journal or magazine. text/html 2020-01-22T03:55:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs102-202051/top?rev=1579665306&do=diff <HTML> <h1> Data Structures Using Java </h1> <h2>CMPU-102 Section 51</h2> <h2>Vassar College, Spring 2020</h2> <h2>Syllabus & Course Wiki</h2> <p> Welcome to the main section of our course wiki. 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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 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 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 2017-02-21T20:30:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs203-201602/lab5/top?rev=1487709055&do=diff Lab 5 CS203 Spring 2017 Goals * Implement a software system for managing a car rental agency. * Use Javdoc comments for all classes and methods. * Use a JUnit framework and create tests for all methods. Activities * This project is meant to be done with the same pairs of students that did the design phase together. text/html 2011-04-01T15:28:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) update-alternatives https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/tips/update-alternatives?rev=1301671717&do=diff update-alternatives: error In the event that an execution of “apt-get install” terminates following an error of the following type: (Terminal output for attempted set-up of sun-java6-plugin while /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so is being managed by mozilla-javaplugin.so~): text/html 2016-11-01T16:23:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs203-201602/lab7/top?rev=1478017401&do=diff Lab 7 CS203 Fall 2016 November 1 Goals * This project is intended to be worked on individually * Create a basic banking program utilizing the Comparator interface * Include JUnit tests * Upload your program to your github repository 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. 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Walter Professor Emerita Department of Computer Science Vassar College Email: <jewalter@vassar.edu> “When you are the only woman in a group, you are no longer a woman; you are THE woman, as if your actions stand for that of your entire gender.” text/html 2022-09-23T00:36:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 01 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2022b/labs/01?rev=1663893385&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 { font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 1em; ma… text/html 2008-02-21T21:07:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) multihome_dokuwiki_hacks https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/priestdo/tips/multihome_dokuwiki_hacks?rev=1203628033&do=diff Multihome Dokuwiki Hacks I use the article by Lukas Ruf on setting up dokuwiki on a mutihomed web server to allow multiple separate wikis to run on one machine. 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I am also using the ntsc version of the M1. New Scientist Perhaps it should be called “Old Scientist without enough sleep”. When I was at ISWC 2007 in Boston I had a chat with Phil McKenna of New Scientist Magazine. I am the third person interviewed in the video and at the end of the written article archived at text/html 2007-12-28T00:19:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) books https://www.cs.vassar.edu/people/priestdo/books?rev=1198801150&do=diff My Favorite Books and Stories Limbo by Bernard Wolfe This book may be hard to find, but is worth the hunt. Originally published in 1952. Set in 1990. I am not sure what to say about this one - it had and continues to have quite an effect on me. (Of course that may just be because I had been told I text/html 2019-02-05T06:19:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab_1 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 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. 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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 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 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 2022-12-07T04:14:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) schedule https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-202203/schedule?rev=1670386495&do=diff CS 101 Fall, 2022 Schedule at a glance Approximate schedule, subject to change. The homework assignments will be added weekly. The assigned readings are direct links to the pdf versions of the chapters. They should, ideally, be read before the corresponding class. You are responsible for keeping up with the reading and for all material covered in class. text/html 2018-12-11T18:56:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) assignments https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-201804/assignments?rev=1544554607&do=diff CMPU-101-04 Computer Science I and Lab. (Fall 2018) Assignments Asmt Date out Date due Specification Sample solution text/html 2023-05-01T13:51:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) schedule https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2023-54/schedule?rev=1682949109&do=diff CS 101 Spring, 2023-04 Schedule at a glance Approximate schedule, subject to change. The homework assignments and labs will be added weekly, usually on Thursday evening. The assigned readings are direct links to the pdf versions of the chapters. They should, ideally, be read before the corresponding class. You are responsible for keeping up with the reading and for all material covered in class. 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. 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Today's lab The purpose of this initial lab. exercise is to acquaint you with text/html 2021-09-10T00:57:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) asmt1 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-0405/asmt1?rev=1631235451&do=diff Assignment 1: Flags Assigned: Thursday, 9 September Due: Thursday, 16 September, 11:59 p.m. Learning goals * Navigate Pyret documentation * Use the images library Getting started * Open code.pyret.org and ensure it's connected to your Google account. text/html 2021-09-30T01:21:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week5 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-02/week5?rev=1632964891&do=diff Week 5 More Tables / Midterm 1 Ch. 8: Processing Tables with Nested Functions TUESDAY * Announcement: * Coaching Hours posted! * I'm grading assignment 2 (available soon in Gradescope) * Reminders: * Check Campuswire regularly for important and timely class announcements, like coaching hours text/html 2021-09-03T16:49:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) lab1 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-02/lab1?rev=1630687750&do=diff Lab 1: Getting Started 3 September 2021 Linux accounts The instructor will provide instructions to log into your Linux accounts on the classroom workstations and set your passwords. 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Contact Information Professor: text/html 2021-09-10T02:30:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) asmt1 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs101-2021-02/asmt1?rev=1631241016&do=diff Assignment 1: Flags Assigned: Thursday, 9 September Due: Thursday, 16 September, 11:59 p.m. Learning goals * Navigate Pyret documentation * Use the images library Getting started * Open code.pyret.org and ensure it's connected to your Google account. text/html 2016-05-20T15:48:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) linux_tutorial_three https://www.cs.vassar.edu/tutorial/linux_tutorial_three?rev=1463759323&do=diff Linux Tutorial Three 3.1 Redirection Most processes initiated by UNIX commands write to the standard output (that is, they write to the terminal screen), and many take their input from the standard input (that is, they read it from the keyboard). There is also the standard error, where processes write their error messages, by default, to the terminal screen. 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 2009-06-05T03:13:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/research/top?rev=1244171582&do=diff Research Projects Faculty Nancy Ide ? [[http://americannationalcorpus.org | The American National Corpus Project]] : The American National Corpus (ANC) project is a major activity funded by the National Science Foundation that is building a massive corpus of texts and spoken transcriptions of contemporary American English. 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In most cases, once at the site, you will need to select your operating system and architecture, this is sometimes called your platform 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 2010-08-31T20:47:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) recently_installed_software https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/recently_installed_software?rev=1283287649&do=diff Recently Installed Software Linux Labs and Desktops * Google-Chrome yes, chrome is available on the CS system, however, there are a few hoops to jump through. 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After teaching at a few private schools in New York City and Chicago, text/html 2025-09-30T20:45:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) password https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/password?rev=1759265121&do=diff First Time Login The first time you log into a CS workstation with a temporary password, the login page will help you reset your password. First, enter your username (this will be the same as your Vassar email address, before the @-symbol): Enter your temporary password, which should have been given to you by your professor or sysadmin: text/html 2025-08-16T17:38:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/faqs/top?rev=1755365893&do=diff Frequently Asked Questions Current Students I'm thinking about declaring the Computer Science major. When and how can I do that? 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 2013-06-19T18:00:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) thesis https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/thesis?rev=1371664854&do=diff Thesis Timetable CMPU 300 * Special permission form is required to register for CMPU 300, which is the first half of a year-long course. * Student is responsible for securing both a primary advisor and a second reader and for providing a paragraph-long description of the project by the end of the third week of classes. If the topic is interdisciplinary, then, with CS department approval, the second reader may be outside the CS department. 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? You have a few choices to make.  If you want to use the same pages each time you teach a particular course and make modifications to these pages over time then call your new namespace 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 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 2009-08-13T17:38:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) gate_tips https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/sysnews/gate_tips?rev=1250185129&do=diff Gate tips Help! I still get GATE 5.0 Beta, not GATE 5.0 When you run gate you should see that you are running GATE Developer 5.0 build 3244. If you are not, then to use the new version you need to do the following 2 steps: * Delete your existing user configuration file, do that with the command: ```````````````````` 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 2010-11-24T23:10:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) acm_jar_applets https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/sysnews/acm_jar_applets?rev=1290640216&do=diff Using acm.jar The ACM Java Task Force (JTF) created an API framework for Java programs which is distributed in the file acm.jar. Programs using acm.jar may be compiled and executed from the command line, or within your favorite Java IDE (e.g., Netbeans, DrJava). It is also possible to run your JTF programs as an applet within a browser or via the appletviewer. ```````````````````````````````````` text/html 2019-05-24T11:55:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) windows https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/windows?rev=1558698954&do=diff Secure Shell on Windows Installation To log in to the CS Department computers, you will need a SSH client. There are several free SSH clients available for Windows. We have used PuTTY with great success. We have also used WinSCP to copy files between Windows and Unix computers. text/html 2022-08-31T12:49:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) sshkeysmswindows https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/sshkeysmswindows?rev=1661950198&do=diff SSH Keys on Microsoft Windows using the PuTTY Utility SSH keys are what you will use to establish an encrypted connection over the network, e.g. the internet, between your system and a remote machine. The default type of key to generate is RSA which is good for most purposes. RSA is universally supported among SSH clients. Note that EdDSA performs much faster and provides the same level of security with significantly smaller keys. In general, though, for what you need to do, RSA encryption is … text/html 2024-04-30T14:38:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) printing https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/printing?rev=1714487890&do=diff Setup To enable the printer, on the linux cmd line: * cd ~ * mkdir .cups * cd .cups * echo 'User 999nnnnnn' > client.conf (ensure that single quotes are used your 999 is entered) * chmod 400 client.conf (ensure that you can only read the file) text/html 2023-03-06T19:51:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) jump https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/jump?rev=1678132316&do=diff SSH Proxy Jump (Might as Well Proxy Jump!) Announcement (March 06, 2023) As of March 06th, 2023, direct internet access to the CS Department bastion servers is no longer allowed. If you want to access these bastion servers then you need to be on the text/html 2015-08-26T21:24:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) svn_use https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/apps/svn_use?rev=1440624278&do=diff SVN quick reference The following is modified from an email sent by Prof. Smith on the use of the command line svn program under linux here at CS To checkout (co) repository for first time * cd on your local machine to where you want your project working directory to be created```````````````````````````````` text/html 2015-08-26T21:23:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) jedit https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/apps/jedit?rev=1440624207&do=diff Jedit tip -. End of line codes When using jedit to edit files that will be saved on a remote linux or unix system, you may run into problems if you don't change the code jedit puts at the end of the line to indicate a return. 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His books include: Sociolinguistics and Literacies, An Introduction to Discourse Analysis, What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy and Good Video Ga… text/html 2013-02-11T16:15:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2013-02-07_creative_computing_and_literary_code https://www.cs.vassar.edu/events/individual_past_events/2013-02-07_creative_computing_and_literary_code?rev=1360599301&do=diff 2013-02-07 Creative Computing and Literary Code <html><style type=“text/css”>div.profile { float: left; padding-right: 0.5em;}</style></html> <html><div class=“profile”></html>[Nick Montfort]<html></div></html> Nick Montfort Associate Professor of Digital Media text/html 2012-05-04T18:53:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2012-05-02_mhvlug_talk_git https://www.cs.vassar.edu/events/individual_past_events/2012-05-02_mhvlug_talk_git?rev=1336157637&do=diff 2012-05-02 MHVLUG talk: Git Git Sean Swehla, IBM Git is one of the leading distributed source code control systems. Originally developed to specifically help with workflows in the Linux kernel, git has seen rapid acceptance on a number of other projects due to it's flexibility and speed. Git takes a bit of education to use effectively, which this talk will hopefully provide. text/html 2011-05-03T16:42:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) 2011-04-30_servers_going_down https://www.cs.vassar.edu/events/individual_past_events/2011-04-30_servers_going_down?rev=1304440925&do=diff 2011-04-30 Some Servers are Down Due to a failure of the Cooling System we had to shut down several of the CS servers. The remaining systems should be able to stay up and running. They will return once the cooling system has been repaired. * -- text/html 2018-05-10T19:34:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) visiting_assistant_professor_position https://www.cs.vassar.edu/events/individual_events/visiting_assistant_professor_position?rev=1525980860&do=diff Visiting Assistant Professor Position The Department of Computer Science at Vassar College invites applications for a one- and a two-year position at the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor beginning Fall semester 2018. Vassar College is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer with a strong commitment to increasing the diversity of the campus community and the curriculum, and promoting an environment of equality, inclusion, and respect for difference. Candidates who can contribut… text/html 2019-02-28T03:04:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) week6 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 2014-08-17T14:47:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) cs379-201403 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs379-201403?rev=1408286838&do=diff Computer Animation: Art Science and Criticism <html> <h2>MEDS/ART/CMPU/FILM-379-01</h2> <h2>Vassar College, Fall 2014</h2> <h2>Syllabus / Course Wiki</h2> </html> Instructors: Tom Ellman Harry Roseman Class Meetings: Tuesdays & Thursdays 3:10pm--5:10pm, MC Sci Vis Lab 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 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 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 2020-01-20T16:56:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) schedule https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs366/schedule?rev=1579539392&do=diff CS 366 Spring 2020 Schedule Weekly readings are specified below. A “+” indicates additional readings will be made available via a link from this page. Lecture slides in PDF are obtained by clicking on the link to the topic. Homeworks (prefixed with text/html 2022-04-27T12:26:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) schedule https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs334-202251/schedule?rev=1651062410&do=diff Operating Systems Spring, 2022 Schedule Approximate schedule, subject to change. The homework assignments, for example, will be added weekly. The assigned readings are direct links to the pdf versions of the chapters. They should, ideally, be read before the corresponding class. You are responsible for keeping up with the reading and for all material covered in class. text/html 2008-01-29T21:46:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs325/top?rev=1201643200&do=diff CMPU 325 - Microcomputers and Digital Electronics Spring 2008 Instructor: Lou Voerman (voerman@cs.vassar.edu) Lectures & lab: Tuesday 7 to 10 PM Office phone: 845-437-7293 Home phone: 845-452-8198 Office: OLB 117 Office hours: Mon. thru Thurs. 10:15 - 11:15 AM 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 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. It will be updated throughout the semester with important course information, so check here regularly. Contact Information Professor: 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 2015-09-02T19:10:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) top https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs240/top?rev=1441221059&do=diff CMPU 240: Language Theory and Automata Lectures: Mondays and Wednesdays, 12:00 - 1:15pm, Room 105 Sanders Physics Instructor: Professor Nancy Ide Office: 104.6 Sanders Physics Phone: (845) 437-5988 Email: ide [at] cs.vassar.edu Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 11am - 12pm and by appointment text/html 2013-09-01T20:21:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) success https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs240/success?rev=1378066915&do=diff How to Succeed in CS 240 (with a bit of effort) CS240 includes a lot of detailed information that supports the “big ideas” that we will gain an understanding of during the course. Here are some suggestions for approaching the course material and lectures that can help guarantee that you get the most out of it. text/html 2016-01-24T19:43:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) schedule https://www.cs.vassar.edu/courses/cs240/schedule?rev=1453664605&do=diff CS 240 Schedule Slides for each week's lectures are available by clicking on the topic for that week. The following schedule roughly estimates the day we will cover given material and is subject to change. You are responsible for keeping yourself informed of the possible evolution in content and schedule. The assigned readings should be read before the corresponding class. You are responsible for keeping up with the reading and for all material covered in class (some of which may not be in the… text/html 2008-06-02T16:25:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) wiki1.7notes https://www.cs.vassar.edu/research/ursi_2008/aiptasiabase/wiki1.7notes?rev=1212423953&do=diff Notes on MediaWiki 1.7 Database Storage * Every table starts with 'aiptasia_' Hereafter I will leave out the 'aiptasia' part. * User info stored in _user * All the main page text (past, present, and pre-built) is stored as a blob object in _text table.