Announcements

20 January: Class 1: The materials for the first class: Class 1 Notes, Syllabus, Pledge

21 January: Snow day! Friday classes are canceled. Everyone in the class should have received this email.

25 January: Class 2 Notes (includes slides and links not on handout)

26 January: Answers to Questions (from registration surveys)

27 January: Class 3, White Belt Exam (PDF), Project 1

29 January: Class 4

1 February: Class 5

3 February: Class 6

3 February: Project 1 is due at the beginning of class Friday, please follow the submission directions closely.

5 February: Class 7

8 February: Class 8, Project 2, Yellow Belt Promotion

10 February: Class 9

12 February: Class 10

12 February: Project 2 is due at the beginning of class Monday Wednesday (due to snow day). Bring a stapled printout of your project2.py code. (There is no need to submit anything for Project 2 electronically, just bring the paper printout to class Monday.)
Yuchi has scheduled extra office hours for Sunday, 3-4:30pm in Rice 532.

15 February: Snow Day! (See the slack post or your email for details.)

17 February: Class 11 (includes extra code and example problems to try on your own); Project 3

19 February: Class 12 (Apple vs. the FBI; Computing Machines)

22 February: Class 13 (Loopy Recursive Functions)

22 February: AMA has been updated with some new questions and answers.

24 February: Class 14 (Flattening Practice)

26 February: Class 15 (Generalizing List Functions) (also see updated Orange Belt promotion requirements)

2 March: Please complete this survey before noon Thursday: Survey Link

2 March: Class 17 (Addition, Problems, Key Agreement); Project 4. If you did not earn a gold star ("yellow smiley") on Project 3, see Green Belt Promotion for how to advance.

4 March: Results of the Survey (and my comments)

5 March: The challenge ciphertext for Project 4 (see the end of the project page, but don't try this until you've finished everything else) is now available! Happy spring-break-code-breaking!

6 March: Class 18 (Merkle's Puzzles, Asymptotic Notation)

14 March: Class 19 (Asymptotic Notation)

16 March: Class 20 (Cost of Computing)

21 March: Class 21: Blue Belt Test