Computer Science 126
Spring 1997

General Information

Instructor:

Andrew Yao, CS Bldg. 321, 258-5182, yao@cs, office hours: TTh 10:30-12:00.

Head TA:

Rob Shillner, CS Bldg. 216, 258-5389, ras@cs, office hours: T 2:00-3:00.

Course Secretary:

Dorothy McDermott, CS Bldg. 410, 258-1746, dmcd@cs.

Lectures:

TTh 9:00-9:50, CS Bldg. 104. Lectures may extend into the reading period!

Preceptors: Precepts are on Mondays and Fridays; all rooms are in the CS Bldg.

	Time	Room	Preceptor	Office	Phone	Office Hours	Email
1	10:00-10:50	102	Thomas Feng	701 Fine	8-5186	M 1:30-2:30	ztfeng@math
2	11:00-11:50	103	Scott Karlin	316 CS	8-5386	M 1:00-2:00	scott@cs
3a	1:30-2:20	102	Dan Wang	216 CS	8-5389	M 2:30-3:30	danwang@cs
3b	1:30-2:20	103	Rob Shillner	216 CS	8-5389	T 2:00-3:00	ras@cs
4	2:30-3:20	103	Xiang Yu	215 CS	8-1794	T 3:00-4:00	xyu@cs
5	3:30-4:20	103	Minwen Ji	216 CS	8-5389	W 3:00-4:00	mji@cs

Grading:

Two evening midterms (~20% each), ~10 programming assignments (~30%), and one final (~30%).

Required Texts:

H. M. Deitel and P. J. Deitel, C How to Program, 2nd edition, Prentice-Hall, 1994.

H. Hahn, Harley Hahn's Student Guide to UNIX, 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill, 1996.

D. R. Hanson, Computer Science 126 Lecture Notes, available at Pequod Copy, 6 Nassau St.

Recommended Texts:

B. W. Kernighan and D. M. Ritchie, The C Programming Language, 2nd edition, Prentice-Hall, 1988. (Highly recommended.)

S. P. Harbison and G. L. Steele, Jr., C: A Reference Manual, 4th edition, Prentice-Hall, 1995. (Required text for COS 217.)

R. Sedgewick, Algorithms in C, Addison-Wesley, 1990. (Required text for COS 226.)

Other Texts (on reserve at the Engineering Library in the EQuad):

Adobe Systems, PostScript Language Reference Manual, 2nd edition, Addison-Wesley, 1990.

D. R. Hanson, C Interfaces and Implementations: Techniques for Creating Reusable Software, Addison-Wesley, 1997. (Required text for COS 217.)

A. Kelley and I. Pohl, C by Dissection: The Essentials of C Programming, 3rd edition, Addison-Wesley, 1996.

A. Kelley and I. Pohl, A Book on C: Programming in C, 3rd edition, Benjamin/Cummings, 1995.

E. S. Roberts, The Art and Science of C: An Introduction to Computer Science, Addison-Wesley, 1995.