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RAIK 183H Essentials of Computer Problem Solving Fall 2009

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Handouts

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• Handout 1: Programming and Grading (August 25, 2009)

• Handout 2: Why Object-Oriented? An Example (September 02, 2009)

• Handout 3: Numerical Data (September 04, 2009)

• Handout 4: In-Class Forum 1 Analysis (September 04, 2009)

• Reading 1: Ge Wang: The iPhone's Music Man, IEEE Spectrum, vol. 46, no. 9, p. 24 (September 08, 2009)

• Handout 5: Local Variables and Parameter Passing (September 15, 2009)

• Handout 6: Simple Input and Output (September 15, 2009)

• Handout 7: Welcome, Scanner! (September 15, 2009)

• Handout 8: Comparing Objects (September 22, 2009)

• Handout 9: Exam 1 Review (October 1, 2009)

• Reading 2: Computer Models of Creativity, by Margaret A. Boden, AI Magazine, 30(3):23-34. (October 1, 2009)

• Reading 3: Deux Ex Machina - A Higher Creative Species in the Game of Chess, by Shay Bushinsky, AI Magazine, 30(3):63-70. (Ocotber 1, 2009)

• Handout 10: When the World Listens! (October 08, 2009)

• Handout 11: Interfaces (October 08, 2009)

• Reading 4: Principles of Good GUI Design, by James Hobart (October 08, 2009)

• Handout 12: GUI, GUI, GUI (October 13, 2009)

• Handout 13: Why Event-Driven Programming? (October 13, 2009)

• Reading 5: Infoglut, IEEE Spectrum, October 2009 (October 08, 2009)

• Reading 6: The Brain-Machine Interface, Unplugged, IEEE Spectrum, October 2009 (October 08, 2009)

• Reading 7: Managing Data, by David Lindley, 2009, Communications of the ACM, vol. 52, no. 10, pp. 11-13 (October 13, 2009)

• Handout 14: Trouble Making with Exceptions (October 22, 2009)

• Handout 15: Harnessing the Power of Arrays (October 27, 2009)

• Handout 16: Printing Info and Handling Arrays (October 27, 2009)

• Handout 17: Vector = Victor? (October 29, 2009)

• Handout 18: ArrayList = Hoorray!!? (October 29, 2009)

• Handout 19: Sorting (October 29, 2009)

• Handout 20: More Sorting (November 3, 2009)

• Reading 8: Implementing Electronic Medical Records, Leah Hoffmann, Communications of the ACM, 52(11):18-20. (November 3, 2009)

• Handout 21: Exam 2 Review (November 5, 2009)

• Handout 22: Access and Visibility (November 18, 2009)

• Multiagent Systems: Loal Decisions vs. Global Coherence (November 25, 2009)

• Reading 9: Making Automation Work, Samuel Greengard, Communications of the ACM, 52(12):18-19. (December 3, 2009)

• Reading 10: Problem Solvers, Leah Hoffmann, Communications of the ACM, 52(12):20. (December 3, 2009)

• Reading 11: Computing's Paradigm, Peter Denning and Peter Freeman, Communications of the ACM, 52(12):28-30. (December 3, 2009)

• History of Computing (December 03, 2009)

• Handout 23: Final Exam Review (December 10, 2009)