General Course Information COSC 6377 for Fall 1999
Instructor: Dr. Christoph F. Eick
office hours: MO 4-5 TH 10-11a
class meets: TU/TH 11:30a-1p
0) Exams & Projects Weight
Quiz 1: Th., Oct. 7 11%
Project 1: due on We., October 26 29%
Main Exam: Th., November 11 30%
Project 2: due on Fr., Dec. 3,11p 23%
Quiz 2: Tu, Dec. 7 7%
Program Demos: Tu., Dec. 7 [Fr. Dec. 10]
between 8:30a and 4p.
The listed weights are subject to change
1) LAST DAY OF CLASS: Th., Dec. 2.
CANCELLED CLASSES: Th., Dec. 2
MAKEUP CLASS: Tu., Dec. 7
2) There will be 2 course projects. The projects are due at
at the day specified. No late submissions are accepted; that is,
assignment submitted after the due date will not be graded. However,
you are allowed to submit one of the two projects five days late.
3) Each student has to have a weighted average of 74.0 or higher in the
exams of the course in order to receive a grade of "B-" or better
for the course. All exams of the course are "open textbook".
4) Checkout the links on the top of this www-page that guide you to
introductory reading material on genetic algorithms, evolutionary
programming, genetic programming, evolutionary computation,
artificial life, and knowledge discovery and data mining.
5) Only machine written reports are accepted (the only exception
to this point are figures and complex formulas) in the assignments.
6) Do not throw away returned assignments or tests.
7) Be aware of the fact that our only source of information is what you
have turned in. If we are not capable to understand your
solution, you will receive a low score.
8) Assignments are individual products. Copying of reports, programs or
parts of programs written by other students, stealing of program
listings, cheating at exams and other violations of the academic
honesty code will be penalized by dropping the involved students
from the course (with grade F) and possibly academic suspension;
moreover, we will try everything in our power to remove cheaters
from our degree program.
9) Translation number to letter grades:
A:100-90 A-:90-86 B+:86-82 B:82-78 B-:78-74 C+:74-70
C: 70-66 C-:66-62 D+:62-58 D:58-54 D-:54-50 F: 50-0
10) For more information go through the slide show whose link is given
in the top of this homepage.
