COMP9024 Notices

Mock Up Exam

Posted by Tim Arney Thursday 30 April 2026, 07:19:25 PM.

A mock exam is now available via the course Moodle .

Please note that while the mock exam is Inspera-based, it does not require Safe Exam Browser (SEB). The final exam will require SEB, so please refer to Helen’s previous announcement to ensure you are exam-ready.

Good luck with all of your exam preparations!

Make sure you are exam-ready!

Posted by Helen Paik Thursday 30 April 2026, 04:44:55 PM.

Make sure you are exam -ready!

• You need your UNSW student ID card to sit your final exam s on campus. Electronic IDs will not be accepted. Your UNSW student ID card will be scanned at the exam venue as part of a new attendance checking process.
  • If you are unable to provide your UNSW student ID card, you may not be able to sit your final exam . You can go to the Student Hub and get a new or replacement student ID card. New ID cards and replacements for expired cards are free; the cost of a replacement student card is $25. The Student Hub is NOT open on Saturdays.
• Prepare for your Inspera exam on campus:
  Student info invigilated exam s PDF
• Ensure you know when and where your exam is:
  Understanding your exam timetable PDF
• And most importantly, ensure that you have the correct SEB versions (these are different from last Term): SEB for Mac (version 3.5.4)
  SEB for Windows (version 3.10.0) *

* For Windows – Your device can only have one correct SEB version installed. You will need to uninstall the incorrect SEB version prior to the exam .

During the Term 1 2026 final exam session, an onsite IT Helpdesk will be available to support students from Friday 1 May to Thursday 14 May. Find it in the John Niland Scientia Building Foyer, G19 on the Campus Map. No booking required!

Operating Hours:

• General queries: Monday to Saturday, 10am - 12pm and 2pm - 4pm
• Students sitting an exam only: Monday to Saturday, 8.30am - 10am and 1pm - 2pm

Week 9 Lectures

Posted by Helen Paik Wednesday 15 April 2026, 05:11:28 PM.

Hello everyone,

This is at least one message channel I know will reach the entire class!

Unfortunately, our Week 9 Monday lecture was disrupted due to a safety incident at the lecture building, and access to the venue was restricted for several hours. As it is not feasible to reschedule a replacement lecture, I have uploaded a video recording of the String Algorithms – Part 1 lecture from a previous term.

On Thursday (tomorrow) , Dr John Shepherd will be guest lecturing. He will briefly review Part 1 and then complete the second half of the String Algorithms content.

I will return in Week 10 , and rest assured that we will cover all final exam information then.

Kind regards,
Helen

Welcome to COMP9024 26T1

Posted by Helen Paik Sunday 15 February 2026, 09:16:35 PM.

Hello class,

Welcome to COMP9024 26T1. Hope you are ready to start and a little excited about learning algorithms and C!

Week 1 includes lectures on Monday and Thursday , as well as your first practice exercise . Please make sure you attend the lectures and attempt the practice questions — they are designed to ease you into the material and help you check your understanding early.

While most regular activities will properly ramp up from Week 2, Week 1 is not a “quiet” week. Use it to set up your development environment, review the course outline, and make sure everything is working as expected.

Starting early will save you headaches later. Future you will be grateful.

Sign up for Discourse Forum for course forum activities.

and bookmark this course homepage (http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~cs9024)

Looking forward to meeting you all in person.

PS: Just one little note to students who are enrolled in "WEB" stream of the course - There is no separate online/Web course for COMP9024. The lectures are automatically recorded and uploaded onto Echo360 which you can watch anytime that suits you.