Announcements

• 30 Sep 08 -- No class Oct 2.

• 30 Sep 08 -- Please hand in your idea for your project by Oct 9.

• 17 Sep 08 -- All classes will henceforth meet at their original scheduled time Tuesday/Thursday 4-5:15pm. In particular, the Tuesday class will go back to the regular time.

  Also note the following

  • Please supply a copy of your slides at least the day before your presentation.
  • The date of 9/25 (next thursday) has opened up, if anyone wants to switch or get extra credit.
  • I will hold office hours Mondays 3-4 as well as Tuesdays 5:15-6.

• 10 Sep 08 -- Since this week is again devoted to expository material, please do this homework 2 instead of the weekly synopsis.

• 08 Sep 08 -- CANCELLED Tuesday classes will start at 4:15, ending at 5:30pm. Having heard no objections, Tuesday classes will start and end 15 minutes later than scheduled, effective Sept 9. Thursday classes will remain at the scheduled time of 4-5:15pm.

• 05 Sep 08 -- There is now a forum set up for this class, at "https://wwws.cs.umn.edu/it-forum/list.php?462". You can use this to share thoughts or swap presentation dates.

• 04 Sep 08 -- Instead of submitting a synopsis next week, do the problem listed in this file "hw1.pdf".

General

• General Information and Announcement
• Syllabus
• Presentations with links to associated information (by date)
• Extended list of papers
• Phorum.

Plan (tentative -- subject to revisions)

Week  01      Introductory Material
Weeks 02-06   Student Presentations based on papers in "papers.html".
Week  06      Student Project Proposals Due (at least half-page with references)
Weeks 07-13   Continued Student Presentations based on papers in "papers.html".
Weeks 14-15   Short Presentations of Student Projects.