DPST1092 Notices

Consultation Hour Today and Exam Instructions for Tomorrow

Posted by Angela Finlayson Tuesday 11 August 2020, 11:22:45 AM.

Hi everyone. Hope your exams and study week are going well.

Don't forget we have a consultation hour today from 3-5pm on collaborate.

For tomorrow's exam please log into the Moodle Exam site by 9:10am

https://moodle.telt.unsw.edu.au/course/view.php?id=54964

I have also attached some exam instructions. Make sure you read these before your exam tomorrow

https://webcms3.cse.unsw.edu.au/DPST1092/20T2/reso...

Assignment 2 Marks and Extra Practice Exam

Posted by Angela Finlayson Sunday 09 August 2020, 03:29:23 PM.

Hi everyone. You should be able to collect your marked assignment 2 now. Please also check all your lab marks and ClassMark and let me know if there are any issues

I have released one more sample exam. It is the past paper from COMP1521 in 18s1

https://cgi.cse.unsw.edu.au/~dp1092/20T2/exams/18s1final/index.php

Sample Exam Solutions, Week 12 Revision Solutions and Kahoots

Posted by Angela Finlayson Tuesday 04 August 2020, 01:39:19 PM.

Should all be accessible now. Please email me if there are any issues.

Revision Lecture and Kahoot Quiz about to start now

Posted by Angela Finlayson Tuesday 04 August 2020, 10:59:59 AM.

And a consultation is on at 12. You MUST get any unmarked labs marked!!! You can do this in the consultation today

Quiz 5 due tonight

Posted by Angela Finlayson Monday 03 August 2020, 04:54:55 PM.

Don't forget

Revision Lecture and Consultation

Posted by Angela Finlayson Friday 31 July 2020, 05:19:17 PM.

Hi Everyone.

Don't forget that next week in our normal Tuesday 11am timeslot, we will have a revision lecture, including a Kahoot theory quiz.

And at 12pm we will have a consultation. Please check your marks and if you have any ? for your labs, you must attend the consultation to get marks for them, otherwise you will receive 0. Please email me if you have any questions about your marks.

Consultation Now

Posted by Angela Finlayson Friday 31 July 2020, 03:20:59 PM.

Hello everyone.

There is a consultation on now until 4pm. Please come along if you need help with the assignment or labs or need labs marked!

Lab Today

Posted by Angela Finlayson Thursday 30 July 2020, 11:15:31 AM.

Hello everyone. Don't forget to come to the lab today (that is on right now) to make sure you get all your work marked and get help with the assignment if you need it.

Revision Lecture Thursday and Consultation Friday 3pm

Posted by Angela Finlayson Wednesday 29 July 2020, 06:11:35 PM.

Hi everyone.

Tomorrow's lecture will be a revision lecture, covering these questions

https://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~dp1092/lectures/week12/exercises/1.questions.txt

And of course any additional questions you may have.

On Friday we have an extra consultation from 3pm-4pm on collaborate.

Pre-recorded Lecture Videos for Week 11

Posted by Angela Finlayson Thursday 23 July 2020, 05:36:05 PM.

The pre-recorded lecture video for this week is available: https://moodle.telt.unsw.edu.au/mod/resource/view....

The slides and the code for all the lectures can be found :

https://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~dp1092/lectures/week11/slide029.html

https://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~dp1092/lectures/week11/exercises/index.html

We will continue with the topic completely in lectures on Monday

Assignment 1 marks have been released

Posted by Angela Finlayson Friday 17 July 2020, 07:46:22 PM.

Hi everyone. Well done on your hard work. Even if you did not get it completely working, by putting in the effort yourself, you would have improved your MIPS coding and debugging skills. Please collect your assignment and read the feedback and please let me know if you have any questions.

Pre-recorded Lecture Videos for Week 10 and Quiz 4

Posted by Angela Finlayson Thursday 16 July 2020, 09:42:05 PM.

Hello everyone. Don't forget Quiz 4 is out and due Sunday midnight.

Today I forgot to press record in the lecture until half way through. So here is a pre-recorded video of the same lecture content where we build a network client. You do not need to watch this if you attended the lecture (unless you wish to revise).

Networks Lecture Video 1 Smaller File

And a short lecture video that continues on with new content and writes a simple server:

Networks Lecture Video 2 Smaller File

The slides and the code for all the lectures can be found :

https://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~dp1092/lectures/week10/slide032.html

https://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~dp1092/lectures/week10/exercises/index.html

Tomorrow's Lab is on Zoom

Posted by Angela Finlayson Wednesday 15 July 2020, 06:19:46 PM.

Tomorrow we are running the lab, which is a practice prac exam on zoom.

Please log into Moodle to find the zoom link.

Please be ready to put your camera on too and have your student id available.

There are no Pre-Recorded Lectures for Week 9

Posted by Angela Finlayson Thursday 09 July 2020, 07:50:39 PM.

This week was a bit of a chance to revise and introduce the second assignment.

We will start a new topic (Networks) next week on Monday.

Assignment 2 is out

Posted by Angela Finlayson Monday 06 July 2020, 07:48:53 PM.

And we will introduce it in the lecture tomorrow!!!

Pre-recorded Lecture for Week 8

Posted by Angela Finlayson Thursday 02 July 2020, 06:04:54 PM.

The pre-recorded lectures for this week are available: Process Lecture Video

This continues from where we were up to in lectures from this slide: https://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~dp1092/lectures/week08/slide033.html

The sample code for the videos can be found here: https://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~dp1092/lectures/week08/exercises/

Quiz 3

Posted by Angela Finlayson Wednesday 01 July 2020, 09:07:37 PM.

Hi everyone. I have extended the deadline of Quiz 3 by one day, so it is not due the same night as assignment 1.

Pre-recorded Lecture for Week 7

Posted by Angela Finlayson Thursday 25 June 2020, 07:39:07 PM.

The pre-recorded lectures for this week are available:

Virtual Memory Lecture Video: This continues from where we were up to in lectures from this slide : https://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~dp1092/lectures/week07/slide029.html

The sample code for the videos can be found here: week 7 lecture material sample code

Tutorial on Collaborate at 12 midday

Posted by Angela Finlayson Wednesday 24 June 2020, 11:46:23 AM.

Don't forget we are going back to collaborate for tutorials. See you soon

Consultation Hour on Now in Collaborate

Posted by Angela Finlayson Tuesday 23 June 2020, 12:18:10 PM.

Need help with a lab or the assignment? Go the consultation that is on now. It finishes at 1pm.

Tutorials and Recording of today's zoom tutorial

Posted by Angela Finlayson Monday 22 June 2020, 12:35:28 PM.

The recording of today's tutorial can be found on the Moodle course site. Please email me if you can't access the recording.

Also we are going back to Collaborate for all classes due to a bit of a class vote today and due to my own preference for Collaborate too.

Quiz 2

Posted by Angela Finlayson Sunday 21 June 2020, 11:02:51 AM.

Just a reminder that Quiz 2 is due tonight at 23:59:59

Pre-recorded Lecture for Week 6

Posted by Angela Finlayson Thursday 18 June 2020, 02:08:16 PM.

The pre-recorded lectures for this week are available:

There are 2 videos:

System Calls and Files Lecture Video: This continues from where we were up to in lectures from this slide : https://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~dp1092/lectures/week06/slide040.html

Buffered IO Lecture Video: This continues on from where the previous video finishes.

Note: we will finish the last topic from the week 6 lecture slides, on structured data, on monday in the live lecture.

The sample code for the videos can be found here: week 6 lecture material sample code

In the live lectures next week, we will also discuss ways to test your assignment 1 code.

Lab: Recursive Factorial

Posted by Angela Finlayson Saturday 13 June 2020, 09:05:49 PM.

Hi everyone.

If you are struggling with fac3.s, have a look at the recursive example of sumToR.s from lecture exercises. The code was missing from the directory. I just added it now.

https://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~dp1092/lectures/week04/exercises/functions/sumToR.s

Note that this code was explained in the pre-recorded lecture video for functions in MIPS part 2.

Next week's timetable and Pre-recorded Videos

Posted by Angela Finlayson Friday 12 June 2020, 10:34:07 AM.

Hi everyone.

Please see the changes to next week's timetable tutorial classes have been merged and there is both a lecture and a consultation on tuesday mornings now. Click Here to See Timetable

Pre-recorded lectures for this week are available:

Exercise 3: Recursive Function to Sum Values in an array Video This runs through the exercise on the following slide Exercise 3: Recursive Function to Sum Values in an array slide

2d Arrays(Part 2), Structs, argv in MIPS Lecture Video

This follows on from where we left of in live lectures from the following slide from week 5 lecture material

The sample code for the videos can be found here: week 5 lecture material sample code

Don't forget tomorrow's classes

Posted by Angela Finlayson Monday 08 June 2020, 08:31:37 PM.

10am Live Lecture

11am Tutorial (for all CP1521 students)

12pm Consultation hour

Code Review make_a_float

Posted by Angela Finlayson Monday 08 June 2020, 04:06:54 PM.

Hi everyone. I am looking for a volunteer to present their code for make_a_float in the wednesday tutorial this week.Ideally I would like someone who used bit shifting in their implementation.

Don't miss your chance to get a bonus mark for doing a code review!!! There are only a limited number of weeks to do it.

Please email if you would like to volunteer. The first one to reply will be chosen.

Assignment 1 is out

Posted by Angela Finlayson Monday 08 June 2020, 02:25:43 PM.

Assignment 1 has been released. You can find the specification by clicking on the Assignments Menu Item.

We will discuss the assignment in the lecture and/or tutorial tomorrow

Pre-recorded Lectures

Posted by Angela Finlayson Saturday 06 June 2020, 10:26:17 AM.

Both pre-recorded lectures for this week are available for your viewing pleasure:

Functions in MIPS Part 1

AND NOW ALSO

Functions in MIPS Part 2

As always lecture slides and associated code can be found here:

Control Structures and Functions in MIPS

Functions in MIPS (some extra code has been added to here today)

These videos will need to be watched before tuesday's classes.

Pre-recorded Lecture

Posted by Angela Finlayson Friday 05 June 2020, 12:41:49 PM.

The first pre-recorded lecture for this week is available for your viewing pleasure:

Functions in MIPS Part 1

As always lecture slides and associated code can be found here:

Control Structures and Functions in MIPS

Functions in MIPS

There will be another video coming to make up for missing class on monday. These videos will need to be watched before tuesday's classes.

Timetable for next week

Posted by Angela Finlayson Thursday 04 June 2020, 08:51:42 PM.

There are no classes on Monday as it is a public holiday. So here is the timetable for next week. Note: The 5-6pm tuesday tutorial has been permanently cancelled and merged with the wednesday 12-1pm class.

lab04

Posted by Angela Finlayson Thursday 04 June 2020, 08:26:30 PM.

For lab04 the condition in the weather.s program is meant to be >=40 not >40. I have modified the lab instructions. Hope this has not caused too much confusion.

Consultation Hour today from 4:30-5:30

Posted by Angela Finlayson Monday 01 June 2020, 12:19:10 PM.

Consultation Hour today from 4:30-5:30

Quiz 1

Posted by Angela Finlayson Sunday 31 May 2020, 03:47:34 PM.

Don't forget Quiz 1 is due tonight by 23:59:59

Quiz 1 and Pre-recorded Lectures

Posted by Angela Finlayson Thursday 28 May 2020, 07:26:43 PM.

Your first quiz is out and is due by Sunday 23:59:59

The pre-recorded lecture videos for week 3 are available in the Moodle course site and at the following links:

Introduction to MIPS Part 1 Lecture Video

Introduction to MIPS Part 2 Lecture Video

The associated slides and code (lecture exercises) can be found under the lecture section for Week03 on WebCMS3 and can also be accessed by the following links:

Introduction to MIPS Slides

Introduction to MIPS examples and code

Please watch these videos before Monday otherwise you won't be able to follow upcoming lectures, tutorials and labs.

Consultation Hours today 4:30 - 5:30

Posted by Angela Finlayson Monday 25 May 2020, 12:50:58 PM.

Drop in if you need help with lab02. It is in our normal live streamed classroom.

Pre-recorded Lectures

Posted by Angela Finlayson Thursday 21 May 2020, 07:11:32 PM.

The pre-recorded lecture videos for week 2 are available in the Moodle course site and at the following links:

Character Representation Lecture Video

Floating Point Representation Lecture Video

The associated slides and code (lecture exercises) can be found under the lecture section for Week02 on WebCMS3 and can also be accessed by the following links:

Character Representation and Floating Point Representation Slides

Character Representation examples and code

Floating Point Representation examples

Please watch these videos before Monday.

Pre-recorded Lectures

Posted by Angela Finlayson Thursday 14 May 2020, 01:04:31 PM.

Hi everyone.

The pre-recorded lecture videos for week 1 are available in the Moodle course site. The associated slides and code (lecture exercises) can be found under the lecture section for Week01 on webcms.

Please watch these videos before monday.