Upcoming deadlines and events

All guided problem sets and written homeworks are due by 9pm unless announced otherwise.

Tue Sep 15
Homework 3: Proving irregularity, regular or not?
Mon Sep 21
Guided problem set 4: Language transformations and CFGs

Recent announcements

Sat Sep 12

Grades have been released for Homework 1.

Check your scores as soon as possible, and be mindful of the feedback left by the graders as you work on future assignments. You may submit regrade requests that include a brief written justification for why the problem was graded incorrectly until 9pm on Sat Sep 26.

Two things stood out in particular for this homework:

  • A very large number of submissions either did not include a list of sources and collaborators or an explanation of how an LLM was used. Per course policy (which was repeated on the cover page for Homework 1), every part of every problem must include a list of collaborators and, when applicable, an explanation of LLM usage even if the list is empty (if the list is empty, you should write “Sources and collaborators: None” or similar; otherwise, we can only assume you forgot to cite your source.) Please remember there is no penalty for using outside sources including LLMs as long as you cite them and write your solutions in your own words. (Of course, if you rely on them too much, you won’t get the experience of solving the problems, and that will be reflected in your exam performance.)

    Graders removed all points for problem parts that did not follow the above policy. However, you may submit regrade requests with your list of sources and LLM explanation to remove the penalties (if a penalty was applied in error, please point out where the sources are listed like you would when requesting a regrade for any other kind of grader error.) We only guarantee this opportunity to have the citation penalty removed for the first two written homeworks.

  • You may not have received a score at all for a problem if you’re in a group and the assignment was submitted without listing all group members in Gradescope. If you’re missing a score, please ask the submitting group member to add your name to the group (from Emily’s end, this is done by pulling up the problem submission and clicking the “View or edit group” link under the Gradescope assignment title in the upper right corner of the page.)

Sun Sep 06

The standard meta-rubric has been updated with some clarifications and reminders. Specifically:

  • There is a note on small penalties designed to grab your attention without being large enough to affect your semester grade.
  • There is a reminder to cite all sources or explain there were no sources on each part of each homework problem. In addition, there should be a brief explanation of LLM usage.
  • There is a reminder to check feedback even if you get a perfect score on assignments.
Sat Sep 05
  • In recognition of Labor Day, there will be no homework party held the evening of Monday, September 7. The homework party for Sunday, September 6 will take place as usual from 6pm to 8pm in 0218 Siebel Center.
  • As mentioned during last week’s lecture and at various places on the website, Guided problem set 2 is due by 9pm on Tuesday, September 8, and Homework 2 is due by 9pm on Wednesday, September 9.
Tue Sep 01
  • As a reminder, groups of up to three students can submit group solutions. We strongly encourage (but will not require) every student to work in a group with at least one other student. Please see look over the homework submission logistics for how to do a group submission. (And please look over the rest of the homework policies as well, so we can grade you fairly and provide good feedback!)
  • The standard rubric for DFA/NFA design have been updated in preparation for…
  • Homework 2 is now available. We will not typically announce homework releases unless there’s something else happening to go along with them like the aforementioned rubric update.
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