Spring 2010 CS1301 Calendar

References

Learning Computing With Robots
How to Think Like a Computer Scientist @ Open Book Project
Python.org's Python Tutorial
Building Skills in Python
python.org
Robot Specific Software:
- Myro Installation Instructions
- Myro Reference Manual

Week 1: January 11th-15th - Introduction, Background, and Graphics

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, Jan 11th	Course Syllabus HW 1 Assigned Read Chapter 1 - The way of the program from How to Think Like a Computer Scientist (thinkCSpy)	Excellent Usenix article GIMP for windows GIMP for MacOSX CS1301 - How it fits.ppt Spring 2009 class website 2009 FIRST Robotics Challenge animation overview Class Video: Introduction to Class [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Workshop	Read Chapter 1 - The World of Robots from Learning Computing With Robots (LCWR).	Installation Guide How to install videos: Windows Vista Install [Download .MOV] [webcast] Mac OS10.5 Install [Download .MOV] [webcast] Myro Robot Reference Manual Functions and Commands used by Myro. Myro Graphics Objects Interface Myro Graphics Reference.pdf Zelle Graphics Object Reference Code:face.py
Wednesday, Jan 13th	Read Chapter 2 - Personal Robots (LCWR)	keywords vs. identifiers Douglas Engelbart - NLS demo video Class Video: Variables, Expressions & Graphics [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Friday, Jan 15th	Read Chapter 2 - Variables, expressions, and statements (thinkCSpy) Read Chapter 8 - Sights and Sounds (pgs 187-197) (LCWR) HW1 Due before 6pm	VariablesTypesMath.ppt code: MovieDate.py List of Python Modules (look at the math module) Scribbler Dancing video. AI for Games How To Order Robots Class Video: Graphics & User Input [Download .MOV] [webcast]

Week 2: January 18th-22nd - Numbering Systems, Functions & Expressions

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday Jan 18th	School Holiday - No class Read Chapter 3- Building Robot Brains from LCWR
Workshop	Watch Video:Fun with Pair Programming	Decimal to Binary conversion Binary to Decimal conversion 0-255 Conversion Table Conversion Calculator Conversion Worksheet - Practice Problems
Wednesday Jan 20th	Read Chapter 3 - Functions (thinkCSpy)	code: Simple Function.py Class Video: Functions & Base 10 [Download .MOV] [webcast] Class Video: Print vs. Return [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Friday Jan 22nd	Read Chapter 5 - Fruitful Functions from thinkCSpy HW2 DUE before 6pm	Functions.ppt Class Video: Base 2,8,16 [Download .MOV] [webcast]

Week 3: January 25th-29th - Control Flow

John Schuman: Georgia Tech Lorraine intro

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, January 25th	Read Chapter 4 - Conditionals from thinkCSpy	Code:if_statement_example.py Code:simpleFlee.py Class Video: Conditionals [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Workshop	Read Chapter 4 - Sensing from Within from LCWR. RA-Coffee.pdf	Quickstart Guide.pdf
Wednesday Jan 27th		Algorithms.ppt
Friday Jan 29th	Read Chapter 6 - Iteration from thinkCSpy. Lab 1 due before 6PM	Class Video: Iteration [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code:obamicon.py Code:fact_2_ways.py

Week 4: Feb 1st - 5th - Iteration, Strings & Exam Review

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, Feb 1st		Class Video: Looping [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code:get_int.py Code:turn5while.py turn5for.py turn5rec.py
Workshop	Read Chapter 5 - Sensing the World from LCWR. Input, Parameters, For, if Recitation Assignment.
Wednesday, Feb 3rd	Chapter 7 - Strings from ThinkCSpy.	Class Video: Strings / Try & Except [Download .MOV] [webcast] Class Video: Strings [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code Samples:stringStuff.py Code:rec1.py
Friday, Feb 5th	EXAM 1 Review Read everything in the Readings column above today again! HW 3 due before 6pm	Python-review1.ppt Exam 1 Vocabulary List Sample Problems Code:funcs.py Class Video: Review [Download .MOV] [webcast]

TA Led Review Session: Saturday Feb 6th 2pm. College of Computing Building (CCB) room 101

Week 5: Feb 8th-12th - Robot Sensors & History

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday Feb 8th	EXAM 1	exam1.pdf exam1-answers.pdf
Workshop	Recitation Assignment - Frame Me	A coin designed using Python - Explanation of how it was designed.
Wednesday, Feb 10th	Chapter 6 - Insect-like Behaviors from LCWR. Watch: Robot Funkytown	RobotSensors.ppt What is Clean Code? Class Video: Robot Sensors & Motors [Download .MOV] [webcast] MSDN Academic Alliance
Friday Feb 12th	Chapter 9 - Lists from ThinkCSpy. Reminder, HW 4 due on Monday!	Class Video: Lists [Download .MOV] [webcast] Python Data Types reference

Week 6: Feburary 15th-19th- Compound Data Types - Strings, Tuples, Lists

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday Feb 15th	Chapter 11.1 - 11.3 (3 sections about Tuples) from the Recursion and Exceptions chapter of ThinkCSpy	Code: list_examples.py Class Video: Lists2 & Tuples [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Workshop	HW4 due in recitation
Wednesday Feb 17th	Chapter 7 - Control Paradigms from LCWR.	Code: bouncingBall.py Code:randBouncingBall.py Class Video: BouncingBall [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code:behavior.py - subsumption architecture behavior control of the robot. Code: behavior2.py
Friday Feb 19th	Partner Work day for HW5! NO LECTURE - Watch Videos below on your own: Class Video: History [Download .MOV] [webcast] Video: Programming the PDP11 Pycon in Atlanta	Short History of Computing.ppt

Week 7: Feburary 22nd - 26th - File I/O

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday Feb 22nd	HW 5 due! Read Chapter 10 - Modules & Files from ThinkCSpy	Code:web.py - Creates a webpage that includes robots sensor data. Class Video: Writing Files [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code: filter_comments.py Python Files & Directories Code:randPhoto.py Lecture Video:random_photo.mpeg
Workshop
Wednesday Feb 24th	Read Sections 1 & 2 (Namespaces, and Namespaces in Python), of this Webpage Read about the Pickle Module	Code:robotScript.py [myFile.txt for robotScript.py] Code:fileCopy.py Class Video: Reading Files [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Friday, Feb 26th	Lab 2 due before 6pm Watch Chapter 1 (A Hard Problem) of The Great Robot Race 6min 33sec. Watch Chapter 2 (The Red Army) of The Great Robot Race 7min 41sec

Week 8: March 1-5th - Images, Dictionaries & Exam Review

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday March 1st	Read Chapter 8 - Sights and Sounds from LCWR.	images.ppt Code:picture.py
Workshop	pair_programming_partner_review.pdf
Wednesday, March 3rd	Chapter 12 - Dictionaries from ThinkCSpy.	Class Video: Dictionaries [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code:letterFreq.py Code: dictionarySpanish.py Code: craps.py
Friday, March 5th	Last day to drop individual courses with a grade of "W" HW6 - Strings, Lists, Files due before 6pm Exam Review	Class Video: Review-2 [Download .MOV] [webcast] MSDN Academic Alliance Python-review2.ppt VLC video player for mpeg files Review Lecture Video (1/2) Review1.mpeg Review Lecture Video (2/2) Review2.mpeg Exam2-vocab-list.txt Example Exam 2.pdf Example Exam2-answers.pdf Jeopardy Game.ppt

TA Review Session: Saturday 2pm, Van Leer, C240

Week 9: March 8th - 12th - Computer Vision

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, March 8th	EXAM 2	cs1301-exam2-fall09.pdf cs1301-exam2-fall09-answers.pdf cs1301-exam2-spring10.pdf cs1301-exam2-spring10-answers.pdf
Workshop
Wednesday, March 10th	Chapter 9: Image Processing & Perception from LCWR.	Code: find_wall.py Class Video: Computer Vision [Download .MOV] [webcast] Robot Color Arena construction guide. (One is built in KACB 1120, the TA Helpdesk room.) Sample "robot" photos of the robot color arena: rca1.gif - Green Wall rca2.gif - Blue Wall rca3.gif - Yellow Wall
Friday, March 12th	Lab 3 - Webpage Due before 6pm!	Class Video: Computer Vision 2 [Download .MOV] [webcast]

Week 10: March 15th-19th - Starmaps & Javascript

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday March 15th		Class Video: Plot Stars [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code:plot_stars.py stars.txt
Workshop	RA-colorswap.txt RA_colorswap_source.jpg	Robotic planter finds the best light
Wednesday, March 17th		Code Sample:starmap_constellations.py stars.txt BigDipper_lines.txt Cas_lines.txt Gemini_lines.txt UrsaMajor_lines.txt Bootes_lines.txt Cyg_lines.txt Hydra_lines.txt UrsaMinor_lines.txt
Friday, March 19th		Class Video: Javascript for Python Programers [Download .MOV] [webcast] Javascript for Python Programmers.PPT Kissing Trail JavaScript Games Learn More about JavaScript alert box for loop

Spring Break: March 22nd-26th

Week 11: March 29th-April 2nd - Searching & Sorting

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, March 29th	Read about a Linear Search "algorithm" Read about the Binary Search Algorithm Play with the insertion sort Animator or here Read about the Insertion Sort Algorithm Then see an insertion sort implemented in python	Class Video: Searching [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code:bubbleSort.py Sorting algorithm animation applet.
Workshop	Battleships
Wednesday, March 31st	EC Homework Set Due before 6pm! No late turn-in! Watch an animated merge sort Read about Merge Sort. Then look at this implementation of MergeSort in Python.	Class Video: Sorting [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code:sorts.py
Friday, April 2nd	Lab 4 due before 6pm.	Example Code: listDict_speed.py

Week 12: April 5th-9th - Functional Programming & Recursion (again!)

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, April 5th	Read This webpage on Functional Programming.	Class Video: BigO practice problems, Special FX Questions, Intro to Functional Programming [Download .MOV] [webcast]
Workshop
Wednesday, April 7th	HW7 - Special FX due before 6pm	code sample: readWriteFrames.py Class Video: Functional Programming [Download .MOV] [webcast] Sample Code:printComments.py Introduction to the Fibonacci sequence by Tool (Lateralus) More information about the Fibonacci series on Wikipedia Code Sample:fibonacci.py
Friday, April 9th	Read Chapter 11.4 - 11.8 - Recursion and exceptions from ThinkCSpy.	Class Video: Simple Recursion [Download .MOV] [webcast] Class Video: Functional Programming examples, File I/O, Recursion [Download .MOV] [webcast]

Week 13: April 12th-16th - Tag Cloud Example & Review

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, April 12th	Read Chapter 10 - Artificial Intelligence from Learning Computing With Robots. Read this story about the annual Loebner Prize contest	Class Video: Tag Cloud 1 [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code Sample: tagcloud.py Input file:art_of_war.txt Common words: common.txt Example output:tc_out.html
Workshop		Example Movies from previous classes: Packman Mad Cow RoboMovie The Scribbling Evel Knivel Jaws Robot Predator Scribbler Standoff The Lonely Robot White and Nerdy Cops Wall-E Indy-Dance Party Cow Death
Wednesday, April 14th		Class Video: Tag Cloud 2 [Download .MOV] [webcast] Eliza in Python Lecture Video:ttt1.mpeg ttt2.mpeg Code sample: ttt.py
Friday, April 16th	Exam Review HW8 - Movies due before 6pm	Class Video: Exam 3 Review [Download .MOV] [webcast] Exam 3 vocab list.txt Test Practice Problems PDF Test Practice Problems - ANSWERS PDF Test Practice Problems 2 Test Practice Problems 2 - WITH ANSWERS Previous Exam3.pdf Previous Exam3-answers.pdf Simple examples shown in class cs1301-exam3-fall09.pdf cs1301-exam3-fall09-answers.pdf

TA Led Exam Review: Saturday April 17th, 2pm, CCB room 101

Week 14: April 19th-23rd - Exam 3, n-Grams, & Barcodes

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, April 19th	EXAM 3	cs1301-exam3-spring10.pdf cs1301-exam3-spring10-answers.pdf
Wednesday, April 21st		Class Video: nGrams [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code: ngrams.py Text file: msnd.txt
Friday, April 23rd	Read Code 39 Specification from the barcodeman.com website.	Lecture Slides:barcodes.ppt Free Barcode Generator Code:code39dict.py barcode_1_9.gif Class Video: Barcodes 1 [Download .MOV] [webcast] Class Video: Barcodes 2 [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code: scan_barcode.py Needed example barcode picture: barcode_color.gif Print your own: A-Ebarcodes.doc Video Lectures: barcodes1.mpeg barcodes2.mpeg barcodes3.mpeg

Week 15: April 26th-30th - Object Oriented Programming

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
Monday, April 26th	Read: Chapter 13 - Objects and Classes from ThinkCSpy	Class Video: Objects and Classes [Download .MOV] [webcast] Code:classExample.py Code:animals_eating.py
Wednesday, April 28th	Class Video: Quicksort [Download .MOV] [webcast]	Code: parallel_quicksort.py Code: keyBalls.py
Friday, April 30th	HW9 - My Own Program due before 6pm - NO LATE TURNIN! Lab 5 - Powerpoint due before 6pm NO LATE TURNIN!	A Final Study Guide.pdf Review Session MP3 (fall 2008)

Week 16 - May 3rd-7th - Final Exam

TA Led Review Session: 2-5pm on Sunday, May 2nd in the CCB (look for signs)

Final Exam MWF 10am - Period 8 - May 5th (Wed) 11:30-2:20pm

Day	Readings/Assignments	Resources
		Class Video: Final Review 1 [Download .MOV] [webcast]
		Class Video: Final Review 2 [Download .MOV] [webcast]
		Class Video: Final Review 3 [Download .MOV] [webcast] Day by Day List of Topics covered in CS 1301

TA led Review Session [Download .MOV] [webcast]