CS 105
The programmers of tomorrow are the wizards of the future. You are going to look like you have magical powers compared to everyone else.
- Gabe Newell, co-founder of Valve
Top five CS departments
- Berkeley
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Illinois
- MIT
- Stanford
"I just completed a summer internship with a big-4 accounting firm and, of all the classes I have taken, CS 105 was one of the most helpful ones.
Thanks to [CS 105] I always had an edge over all the other interns when it came to presenting or analyzing data to my boss."
- Junior, College of Business
Wade Fagen, Ph.D.
(Illinois '13)
waf@illinois.edu
2215 Siebel Center
Wade Fagen, Ph.D.
Martin Hellwig
(Co-Instructor)
mhellwig@illinois.edu
Jillian Zwilling
(Course Coordinator)
mhellwig@illinois.edu
Teaching Assistants (TA)
- Avinash Ahuja
- Ankit Bhardwaj
- Haoyan Cai
- Vedhus Hoskere
- Chinmay Kulkarni
- Sihan Li
- Peyman Mahdian
- Sandeep Murthy
- Richa Sehgal
- Yidan Sun
- Sally Zhang
- Chi Zhou
Course Assistants (CA)
Scratch
JavaScript
HTML / CSS
Microsoft Excel
d3.js
- Read: Weekly Activities
- See: Lectures
- Practice: Lab Sections
- Do: Machine Problems
Weekly Activities
Activity 0
Available Now
Due: Monday by 10:45am
Lectures
Labs
Lab 0
Happening This Week!
Attend your lab Wed/Thur/Fri
Machine Problems
Final Course Project
Midterm Exam
Monday, October 12, 2015
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Final Exam
Thursday, December 17, 2015
1:30pm - 4:30pm
Grading
Exams
Midterm: 150pts
Final Exam: 200pts
MP / Project
MPs: 30pts each (x7 = 210)
Solo Project: 50pts
Final Project: 90pts
Weekly Assignments
Lectures: 110pts**
Activities: 100pts*
Labs: 90pts**
Absence Policy
*: Can miss one
**: Can miss two
without losing points
Grading
- A+: 970+
- A: 930-969
- A-: 900-929
- B+: 870-899
- B: 830-869
- B-: 800-829
- C+: 770-799
- C: 730-769
- C-: 700-729
- D+: 670+
- D: 630-669
- D-: 600-629
+1 Problems
Occasional ways to earn +1 point to your grade, adds up to be at least 25 extra points or more.
Piazza
Piazza will be the online discussion board for CS 105.
- MP Questions
- Lecture Questions
- Q&A Format
Course Materials
i>Clicker (v2), for use in lecture
Microsoft Excel, v.2010 or newer
No textbook required
Proficiency Exam
Must sign up by Wednesday evening (11:00pm)
[more details here]
Algorithm
Algorithm
An algorithm is a step by step procedure of tasks to complete
Every computer program has at least one algorithm
How many people are in this room?
Our First Algorithm
- Everyone starts with the number 1 in their heads
- Everyone stands up
- Find someone else who is standing
- Add your numbers together
- Agree on the new number
- Out of the two people:
- One person sits down
- The other person continues Steps 3-6 with the new number
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