Notices

  • Final exam on 6 Dec 2022

    Posted by Chun Tung Chou Monday 05 December 2022, 01:00:11 PM, last modified Monday 05 December 2022, 01:00:31 PM.

    Here is the link for the exam portal:

    https://cgi.cse.unsw.edu.au/~en1811/22T3/view/main.cgi/exam/

    All students, both onshore and offshore, are required to log onto the exam portal to accept the exam conditions. Onshore students will see this message when they start the browser in the lab so the above link will be available to them.

    All onshore students were sent an email in Week 10 on their lab and seat allocation. If you need to view your allocation, you can check it out at this site (note: login required).

    Information on how the exam will be run can be found in Week 10's lecture. There are a few changes:

    • If there are corrections to the exam questions, we will email the changes to the offshore students. We won't be announcing it on the course website because the site has been lagging lately. For onshore students, the arrangement is still that the exam invigilators will announce changes in the labs.
    • For onshore students, you are not allowed to leave early.

    If you have questions, you can ask on the forum but please try to avoid last minute questions.

    Finally, it is important that you submit your program file once you have completed a question, please do not leave all the submissions at the end.

    All the best with your exam tomorrow.

  • Assignment 2 marks are available

    Posted by Chun Tung Chou Thursday 01 December 2022, 04:30:36 PM, last modified Thursday 01 December 2022, 04:31:20 PM.

    Assignment 2 results are now available. The class did very well for this assignment.

    You can check your mark and collect a report on your work.

    To check your mark, go to the course website and click on the bar-chart-like icon next to your name. Note that the system admin has changed to way to view the marks, please follow the prompt provided.

    To collect the report, go to the Assignment 2 page and click on the "Collect Submission" tab.

    If you have questions about your mark and feedback in the report, please speak with your tutor.

    There is a web page which contains some general feedback on the assignment. The page will cover how we tested your code as well as my solution. Please note that my solution should only be used as guide as there are many methods to write the code. You will find the link to that page near the top of the Assignment 2 page.

    Note that we are yet to perform plagiarism check on the assignment submissions so the results may change after we have gone through the checks. I want to stress that, if your submitted work is your own, there is nothing to worry about.




  • Solution to sample exam / Pre-exam consultation

    Posted by Chun Tung Chou Monday 28 November 2022, 09:18:48 AM.

    The solution to the sample exam is now available. You can obtain it from the sample exam page on the course website.

    If you have questions, you can attend one of the following pre-exam consultations. These are one-to-one consultation run by the lecturer. You can join these consultations by using the same Zoom link for the online lecture. The consultation times are:

    • Thur 1 Dec, 3-4pm
    • Mon 5 Dec, 12noon-1pm

    You can also continue to ask questions on the forum.

  • Marks for Self-directed Lab 2 are now available

    Posted by Chun Tung Chou Monday 28 November 2022, 07:47:16 AM.

    The marks for Self-directed Lab 2 are now available. You can view them from the course website. To check your mark, go to the course website and click on the bar-chart-like icon to the right of your name.

  • Exam info and sample exam / MyExperience

    Posted by Chun Tung Chou Wednesday 16 November 2022, 03:25:48 PM.

    You can find information on the exam in the lecture slides for Week 10. I went through the information in the lecture earlier today. There is a separate recording for the exam info.

    I've also released a sample exam. You will find a link on the menu on the course website. A solution will be released in Week 12.

    Please do complete the MyExperience survey to provide us with your feedback.

  • Lab10 has been posted

    Posted by Chun Tung Chou Monday 14 November 2022, 08:53:31 PM.

    Please note that Lab 10 has been posted a moment ago. For this lab, you will be given two Python programming problems to solve. After that, the tutors will discuss the solution and mark your work. Note that there are no online multiple choice questions for this week.

    We have attempted to set up Lab 10 to imitate most of the setup that you will see and use in the exam. We had to iron out some technical issues and to check that the set up did work, that's why we could only release it just now. For the preparation of this lab, I ask you to have a read of what Lab 10 beforehand to understand what the expectations are.

    If you have questions on Lab 10, you can ask on the forum.

  • Assignment 1 marks are now available

    Posted by Chun Tung Chou Friday 11 November 2022, 04:54:02 PM.

    Assignment 1 results are now available. The class did very well for the assignment.

    You can check your mark and collect a report on your work.

    To check your mark, go to the course website and click on the bar-chart-like icon next to your name. Your assignment mark is under a field called "ass1_mark".

    To collect the report, go to the Assignment 1 page and click on the "Collect Submission" tab.

    If you have questions about your mark and feedback in the report, please speak with your tutor.

    I will be providing a web page which contains some general feedback on the assignment. The page will cover how we tested your code, and the test cases for the function process_vibration_signal(), as well as my solution. Please note that my solution should only be used as guide as there are many methods to write the code. The page will be added tonight and you will find the link to that page near the top of the Assignment 1 page.

    Note that some students are alleged to have committed plagiarism. Those students have already been contacted. I want to stress that the work that you submit must be your own. If you need help with your Assignment 2, please attend a Help Session or get help on the forum.

  • Week 10

    Posted by Chun Tung Chou Friday 11 November 2022, 01:25:42 PM.

    The purpose of this message is to let you know how the course will be run in Week 10 (next week).

    • Labs : Labs are still on in Week 10. The aim for the lab is revision. You will be given two Python programming problems to solve. After that, the tutors will mark your work and discuss the solution with you. There are no online assessment questions this week. The lab page is not available yet but it will be available next week.
    • Lectures : On Wednesday, I will finish the topic of machine learning. After that, I will round up the course and provide you with information on the exam. Wednesday will be our last lecture. There will not be a lecture on Friday.
    • Live Coding Session : Will be run as usual. Monday 5-6pm.

    I will also be providing you with a sample exam in Week 10.

    I will release Assignment 1 marks later today. I will send out a notice once the marks are out.

    Lastly, a reminder that Assignment 2 is due on Friday of Week 10 at 5pm and Self-directed Lab 2 is due on Monday of Week 11 at 5pm. Note also that the deadline for the Self-directed Lab 2 is strict and no late submissions will be accepted.

  • Marks for Self-directed Lab 1 is now available

    Posted by Chun Tung Chou Friday 11 November 2022, 10:08:29 AM.

    The results for Self-directed Lab 1 are now available. The class did very well for this lab.

    You can check your mark and collect a report on your work.

    To check your mark, go to the course website and click on the bar-chart-like icon next to your name.

    To collect the report, go to the Self-directed Lab 1 page and click on the "Collect Submission" tab.

    If you have questions about your mark or feedback in the report, you can email me at <c.t.chou@unsw.edu.au>

  • Assignment 2

    Posted by Chun Tung Chou Friday 28 October 2022, 05:01:56 PM, last modified Friday 28 October 2022, 05:12:51 PM.

    Assignment 2 has been released. To view it, go to the course website and look for the Assignment 2 link on the menu.

    I briefly spoke about Assignment 2 in the lecture this morning. That segment starts at about 1:37:50 in the recording.

  • Online module on Matlab and Self-directed Lab #2

    Posted by Chun Tung Chou Wednesday 26 October 2022, 03:22:51 PM.

    The second online module on the topic of Matlab has been released. The module has been filed under Labs (under Week 7's entry) on the course website.

    There is an assessable lab (Self-directed lab 2) associated with this module. This self-directed lab is hosted on the Matlab Grader platform. You will soon be receiving an email invitation for you to enrol in Matlab Grader.

    Please note that the submission deadline for Self-directed Lab 2 is 5 pm, Monday 21 Nov 2022 (i.e. Monday of Week 11). This is a hard deadline.

  • Online module on spreadsheets

    Posted by Chun Tung Chou Monday 10 October 2022, 09:04:48 AM, last modified Monday 10 October 2022, 09:04:54 AM.

    ENGG1811 has two online modules. Each online module consists of a number of video lectures for self-learning and an assessable lab.

    The first online module on the topic of spreadsheets has been released. The module has been filed under Labs (under Week 5's entry) on the course website. The web page for the module has a link that will take you to the assessable lab, which we call Self-directed Lab 1.

    Please note that the submission deadline for Self-directed Lab 1 is 5 pm, Fri 4 Nov 2022 .

  • Help sessions

    Posted by Chun Tung Chou Sunday 09 October 2022, 11:20:43 PM, last modified Sunday 09 October 2022, 11:21:21 PM.

    The Help Sessions will start from Week 5. The schedule is here or under the "Help Sessions" menu item on the course website.

    You can attend these sessions to get one-on-one help for this course, especially for the assignment.

  • Assignment 1 / Live Coding Session in Week 4

    Posted by Chun Tung Chou Friday 30 September 2022, 02:44:39 PM, last modified Friday 30 September 2022, 02:45:05 PM.

    Assignment 1 has been released. To view it, go to the course website and look for the Assignment 1 link on the menu.

    Because of the public holiday on Monday of Week 4, the Live Coding Session for Week 4 will take place on Tuesday 4 Oct at 11am-12noon. It will return to its normal time in Week 5.

  • ENGG1811 final exam

    Posted by Chun Tung Chou Tuesday 27 September 2022, 03:44:58 PM.

    I understand that you were sent a message from the Student Hub yesterday which includes the following statement:

    If your course has an in-person final exam, on-campus attendance is a mandatory requirement for this exam. If you cannot come to campus to attend an in-person exam during the T3 exam period, we recommend you drop that course before census on Sunday 9 October.

    Please note that the recommendation of dropping the course does not apply to ENGG1811.

    Although ENGG1811 will have an in-person final exam on campus, we will offer the offshore students (i.e., those students who are stuck overseas for their entire 22T3) an alternative online exam.

  • Recording of the live coding session

    Posted by Chun Tung Chou Monday 19 September 2022, 06:26:39 PM, last modified Monday 19 September 2022, 06:27:28 PM.

    The recording for today's (= Week 2's) live coding session is now available on the course web site . Click on "Lectures" and you will find the recording under Week 2. Future recordings will be organised in a similar way.

  • Live coding session / course forum

    Posted by Chun Tung Chou Monday 19 September 2022, 08:52:58 AM.

    I'd like to encourage you to attend the weekly Live Coding Sessions which take place on Mondays 5-6pm. Students in the past have found these sessions very helpful for them to learn how to solve coding problems. These sessions are online and you can use the Zoom link for lectures to join these sessions. These sessions will be recorded.

    I would also like to encourage you to log onto the course forum to attempt the weekly coding exercises.

    Some of you encountered problems in the lecture on Friday when you tried to run a piece of code that has input() in it. Unfortunately, a bug in Spyder caused that problem. If you log onto the forum and search for a post with title "input() causes internal error on Spyder", you can see how you can fix the problem.

  • Final version of the code for Week 1 / Exercises on the forum

    Posted by Chun Tung Chou Friday 16 September 2022, 02:34:17 PM.

    I've just posted the final version of the code that we have worked on in the lecture this week. You can find them under Lectures, Week 1.

    We will be using the same modus operandi for the rest of the course. Preliminary version of the code will be posted before the lecture and final version will be posted after the last lecture of the week.

    As I mentioned in the lecture this morning, I have posted some exercises on the course forum. If you go to the course forum, click on the "Exercises" link on the left, you will find them. Exercises will be posted each week in the same way. Programming is a practical task, the more you work on it, the better you become.

  • Lecture recording

    Posted by Chun Tung Chou Wednesday 14 September 2022, 02:54:02 PM, last modified Wednesday 14 September 2022, 02:54:21 PM.

    The lecture recording for today's lecture is now available. If you go to the course web site and click on the menu item "Lectures", you will find the recording under Week 1. Future lecture recordings will be organised in a similar way.

  • Lecture materials for Week 1

    Posted by Chun Tung Chou Monday 12 September 2022, 03:16:23 PM, last modified Monday 12 September 2022, 03:17:13 PM.

    The lecture materials for Week 1 are now available at the course website under the menu item "Lectures". I've also included a zip file (code_prelim.zip) which includes some Python code. I will show you how we will be using them in Friday's lecture. Please note that you need to log-in to see the materials.

    A reminder to install the software package Anaconda before your first lecture or first lab, whichever is earlier. Instructions for installing Anaconda can be found at the "Getting Started" link on the course website.

    See you tomorrow (Wed) online at noon for the first lecture. Zoom link available at the course website under "Lectures".

  • Welcome to ENGG1811!

    Posted by Chun Tung Chou Friday 09 September 2022, 02:05:19 PM, last modified Friday 09 September 2022, 02:13:31 PM.

    Welcome to ENGG1811!

    I hope you are ready to learn some computing with us for this term. My name is Chun Tung Chou and I am the lecturer for this course. There are a number of important points that I would like to let you know.

    • The main course website for ENGG1811 is located at: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~en1811 . We ask you to bookmark the page. Please note that you will need to login using your zID and zPass.
    • The course outline is available at the course website.
    • You will be learning to write computer programs in the Python programming language in ENGG1811. We do not expect any prior experience in programming and will start from scratch.
    • You will need a free software called Anaconda . Please install it on your computer before the first lecture or first lab, whichever is earlier. You will need Anaconda for your lectures, labs, assignments etc. Instructions for installing Anaconda can be found at the "Getting Started" link on the course website.
    • Lecture materials for Week 1 will be posted on the course website this coming Monday. Instructions for joining the online lectures are available at the "Lectures" link on the course website.
    • Labs will start in Week 1 . The lab exercises for Week 1 has already been posted on the course website. You can find the exercises and information on attending the labs at the "Labs" link on the course website.
    • If you have questions, you can ask on the course forum. Click on the "Course forum" link on the website for more information.


    I look forward to seeing you online on Wed at noon for the first lecture. And, please do get Anaconda installed before that.


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