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Course Offerings - CSCS (Division 348) 531

CSCS 531: -- Fall 2002

Tuesdays, 3:30-5:00, starting Tuesday 22 October 2002. CSCS Computer Lab -- 4477 Randall Lab Bldg
Credits: 1.
Rick Riolo
rlriolo@umich.edu

This series of classes covers the basic computing skills which are required for implementing agent-based models using Swarm (and other similar packages) in a linux/unix enviroment. The class is primarily for students who are intending to take CSCS 530, Computer Modeling of Complex Systems, in Winter 2003, but who have little or no computing programming background. The topics covered include:

• basic linux/unix commands,
• editing using emacs,
• using the make command to compile and link programs
• simple C programming concepts and constructs, including variables, operators, flow-control, and output.
• simple objective C programming concepts, including classes and inheritance, messages and methods, creating and destroying objects,
• simple Swarm classes, including Lists, Arrays, and random number generators.

The syllabus page from Fall 2002 is at here.

Note that I may decide to teach these basic programming concepts mentioned above using Java, instead of C/objectiveC.

The classes will meet in the CSCS Computer Lab, 4477 Randall Lab (Central Campus), 3:30-5:00pm Tuesdays. The first (partly organizational) class will be

Tuesday 22 October 2002

Grades: The point of this course is to give students a chance to get an introduction, with some help, to programming and working in the linux environment. I am assuming everyone is well-motivated to take this course, and will do the work without a need for me to use carrots and/or sticks. As a result there are two possible grades: A and C. If you come to class, make a good effort at all the homework programs, and ask questions if you are stuck, you will get an A. If you do only a little of the above, you will get a C. (In theory you could get an E, but that would mean doing none of the above...in which case we'd have to wonder why you enrolled in the course!!)

Space is limited, so please send mail to Rick Riolo (rlriolo@umich.edu if you would like to register. If the class is oversubscribed, first preference will go to students planning to enroll in CSCS 530 in Winter 2003 term.

Please feel free to pass this announcment on to other people you think might be interested.

Last Changed: 1 April 2002.