Notices

  • Results

    Posted by Michael Thielscher Friday 12 May 2023, 06:09:47 PM.

    Your results are now available from your CSE account using

    9020 classrun -sturec
    
    • FinalExam: Your mark for the exam
    • Sum and grade: Your total score and mark in accordance with the Course Outline and as explained on slides 40-41, week 10

    To pass the course, your Exam mark must be ≥25 and the Sum must be ≥50.

    You can obtain detailed feedback on your marks for the exam by using:

    9020 classrun -collect FinalExam
    

    Unfortunately we cannot reopen the Moodle exam for review since variations of these questions may be reused in another form in future exams. But if you did not pass the course and have further questions about your marks then you can email me personally.

    The university has a policy to disallow any adjustments to near-misses of higher grades, and they use statistical methods to check for compliance. In a large class such as ours, inevitably some of you will have been missing out on a higher grade by just 1 mark, in which case I apologise for what is simply bad luck, but please note that all open questions were marked individually and under the same marking criteria for everyone, and then we are not allowed to make individual adjustments.

    Congratulations to the following students for scoring 95 or higher:

    Desheng Liu
    Ruiqi Min
    Haixin Ou
    Qi Wang
    Yuhang Zhou
    Anh Nguyen
    Ahmad Naghim Fauzaini Prawirosoenoto
    Hongguang Zhou
    Yanlin Chen
    Barry Zeng
    Aaron Cheng
    Tingyu Shi
    Justin Zhang
    Isabelle Peng
    Yash Sawant

    Well done!

    Enjoy your term break and best of luck with your future studies.

    Michael

  • COMP9024 in 2023 Term 2

    Posted by Michael Thielscher Friday 05 May 2023, 04:55:52 PM.

    Dear COMP9020 Student,

    Just a quick note that I will be teaching COMP9024 in Term 2 this year instead of Term 3. The school asked me if I was willing to change, and I agreed. The reason I am putting up this notice is just because in my last lecture I said T3, which was the plan until yesterday. It will take a few days for timetabling to update the records. (The lecture times will not change.)

    Michael

  • Mid-session test result & feedback

    Posted by Michael Thielscher Monday 03 April 2023, 04:14:36 AM.

    Your mark for the mid-term test is now also available from your CSE account using

    9020 classrun -sturec 

    In addition, we have prepared individual electronic feedback with your detailed marks, which you can access from your CSE account using

    9020 classrun -collect midterm 

    On Moodle you can now also review your answers and see feedback for the multiple choice questions. Please do note that Moodle does not show your mark because the open questions were marked outside of Moodle, and the system does not allow us to upload marks. You can find your marks for the individual questions on your scoresheet as indicated above.

    Please continue to respect UNSW's policy to not copy, record, photograph or translate any of the questions of the test. You can email us at cs9020@cse.unsw.edu.au if you have any further questions about your marks.

    See you on Wednesday,
    Michael

  • Week 7 end of content recording

    Posted by Paul Hunter Saturday 01 April 2023, 09:19:11 PM, last modified Sunday 02 April 2023, 07:20:08 PM.

    Hi all,

    As you may or may not be aware, I did not manage to complete the week 7 content in the scheduled lectures. Rather than leaving the remaining content to Michael to do next week (which may complicate the weekly problem sheets), I recorded the remaining content offline and have posted it here: https://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~cs9020/23T1/week07_lec.mp4

    I have also asked the course admin to add the lecture recording to echo360, and it should appear there shortly.

    The recording also includes a slightly better presentation of an example of structural induction which also helpfully includes a couple of recursively defined functions.

    Please let me know if you have any questions related to the lecture content.

    Paul

    UPDATE: The sound issue is now resolved.

  • Mid-Session Test Results

    Posted by Michael Schofield Saturday 01 April 2023, 08:41:21 AM.

    The test results are now available in the Moodle Gradebook. Note that the total is shown as a % not a total.

    https://moodle.telt.unsw.edu.au/course/view.php?id...

    We are still working to the results posted in WebCMS.

  • Mid-Session Test Results

    Posted by Michael Schofield Thursday 30 March 2023, 09:36:25 AM.

    The MST is marked, audited and the grades reviewed. Reports are being prepared this morning but due to current circumstances we may not be able to load them into WebCMS until late on Friday. Students will receive a breakup of their grades and some feedback. Another notice will be sent when it is available.

    Generally the MST was a challenge for most students and a good example of the level of difficulty students can expect in the final exam. Only 2 students out of 454 achieved a perfect score.

  • Correction

    Posted by Michael Schofield Thursday 23 March 2023, 11:10:36 AM.

    An error has been identified in the solutions of Q3 of the week 5 problem set, which had a minor effect on Q2 of the week 5 quiz. Consequently, the option "A connected graph with degree sequence 0,2,2,2 and clique number 3" has now been zeroed - meaning that neither selecting nor not selecting the option will incur a penalty. The changes have been made in Moodle and the grades recalculated. Please let us know if there are still any issues.

  • Mid-Session Test

    Posted by Michael Schofield Tuesday 21 March 2023, 11:40:50 AM.

    The MST is scheduled to run at 10:30am on Friday. The test will be visible in Moodle on Thursday morning for students to read the instructions. Students are reminded of the UNSW Academic Integrity policy and the UNSW Fit to Sit policy .

    Mark has scheduled an extra consultation session for Wednesday morning from 8:30am to 10:00am. You can attend in person or via Zoom.

    Room: G07 in the Law Library
    Zoom: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/9832217002?pwd=WmlFUFlHakgvM1lna212TFAveC8vdz09 .
    Meeting ID: 983 221 7002
    Passcode: 9XMafE

    Good luck!

  • Comp9020 Update

    Posted by Michael Schofield Monday 20 March 2023, 05:28:42 PM.

    Prof Thielscher will not be available for the next two weeks. No lectures are scheduled for week 6 and Dr Paul Hunter will be the guest lecturer for week 7.

    Please address any administrative emails to michael.schofield@unsw.edu.au .

    Help Sessions will be running as usual this week (week 6), in-person with Mark at 5pm Tuesday in Ainsworth 202 and on-line with Kevin at 8pm Tuesday (delayed by 1 hour).There are no Help Sessions scheduled for week 7.

    Private consultations are not available for the next two weeks. If you have an urgent issue then contact michael.schofield@unsw.edu.au .

    The Mid-Session Test is scheduled for 10:30am Friday. A practice test is available in Moodle.

  • Welcome to COMP9020: Foundations of Computer Science

    Posted by Michael Thielscher Friday 10 February 2023, 01:08:05 PM.

    Dear COMP9020 Student,

    Welcome to this year's course.

    This is a reminder that the course will begin in week 1 on Wednesday (February 15) from 10am-12noon in Ainsworth G03 (Building K-J17).

    Meanwhile, have a look at the course webpage webcms3.cse.unsw.edu.au/COMP9020/23T1/ . Read through the "Course Outline" to learn more about the contents of the course, the assessment and recommended textbook.

    See you next week,

    Michael


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