CSc 8210 - Computer Architecture
Dr. Michael Weeks
Syllabus
The class syllabus is broken into sections.
- See the class specific information.
- See the class policies.
- See the specific dates of importance.
Homeworks, Exams and Other Deliverables
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Homeworks 1 and 2:
(These are assignments.)
Paper summary and
5 minute presentation.
The summary is due September 15, 2021, and it must include
a review question and answer (as a separate page).
The presentations will be held starting September 20, 2021.
You can submit link to your video here.
You can
see other people's links here.
Please leave feedback for each other with the
presentation feedback
form. This feedback counts towards the Participation and Attendance grade.
- Paper Summary comments for the written part. Many of these will apply to the literature review, too.
- Midterm exam on October 4
See the papers list.
Practice problems are posted on iCollege.
- Project proposal comments for
the written part from CSc 8270. These should be relevant to your class, too.
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Homework 3:
(The project proposal presentation
count towards the project grade.)
Projects should be individual ones or groups of 2 at the most.
Otherwise, follow the
Project proposal guidelines.
The project proposal is due in class October 18 as a video.
You will also present your proposal to the class starting on this
date (as a 5 minute video).
You can submit link to your video here.
You can
see other people's links here.
Click here for the
presentation feedback
form. This feedback counts towards the Project grade.
- Homework 4:
(This is an assignment.)
Write a literature review,
due October 31 November 7.
Turn the papers (the one you wrote plus the references) through iCollege.
Since this is turned in electronically, the due date is a Sunday.
Note that there Homework 5 is due at the same time.
Also note that your papers should all
be recent (i.e. within the last 1--3 years).
- Homework 5:
(This is an assignment.)
Presentation of your Literature Review
assignment is due at the same time as Homework 4.
We will start presentations on November 1.
The presentation of your literature review should last 5 minutes.
You can submit link to your video here.
You can
see other people's links here.
Click here for the
presentation feedback
form. This feedback counts towards the Participation and Attendance grade.
- There will be no classes during Thanksgiving week, November 22-26, 2021.
- Final Project:
Due to class consensus, we will have the presentation videos (along with
question and answer sessions) and feedback, but will not have a
written report.
Your presentation should last no more than 6 minutes,
not including time for questions and answers.
Follow these directions for the presentation.
Like previous assignments, we will watch the video you made, then ask
you questions about it.
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A link will be provided through iCollege to allow you to turn in "code",
which is anything you can provide to demonstrate all of the wonderful
hard work you've done on your project. This may be used to modify your
final project grade, i.e. hopefully to convince me that you've put in
a lot of effort and well deserve the grade.
- Final Exam
Due to the number of students this semester, we will hold the
final project presentations over multiple days.
Remember that feedback to fellow students is a required part of the
assignment, so attendance is mandatory for all final presentations.
Final presentations are November 29, December 1,
December 6 and December 8.
You are responsible for making sure that this does not conflict
with any other class that you are taking, and reporting any problems
in the first week of class.
Click here for the
presentation feedback
form.
- Presentation schedule
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You can submit the link to your video here.
You can
see other people's links here.
Click here for the
presentation feedback
form. This feedback counts towards the project grade.
Feedback is due December 9, 2021, 11:59 p.m.
Other Resources