Teaching
Final Exam Announcement
Please do not worry that you will need to take the Intro. to Algorithms final today. We will announce a modification to the final exam and grading plans once the network is restored.
4:20 pm on 5/7/2021
Jianxi Gao
Dear Rensselaer Students,
As you are likely aware, suspension of access to the Rensselaer network has impacted final exams, research, and other academic activities. We are writing to communicate that all final exams and submissions (e.g., term papers, project reports) scheduled or due for Monday (May 10th) and Tuesday (May 11th) are canceled. Modifications to grading policies designed to accommodate this disruption are being developed and will be communicated in due time. Grading modifications will also apply to any exam that was disrupted on Friday (May 7th after 11:00 AM). Information about exams scheduled for Wednesday (May 12th) will be forthcoming.
You can find the official announcement at https://sites.google.com/view/rpi-csci/.
5/9/2021
Dear Intro to Algo sect5-8,
If you have any questions, you can send to my new course email: algorithm.rpi.cs@gmail.com
5/10/2021
The New Policy
CSCI 2300 INTRODUCTION TO ALGORITHMS: Your final course grade will be calculated as 60% for your exam average and 40% for your assignment average. This replaces the original grading scheme where the final average is the minimum of the assignment average and the exam average because assignment averages are so much higher. To compute your exam average, count each midterm exam as 50%; no extra credit will apply to exams. Specifics for computing the assignment average differ by section and are as follows:
Sections 01-04: To compute your assignment average, count the homeworks as 60%, the recitations as 20%, and the quizzes as 20%.
Sections 05-08: To compute your assignment average, count the homeworks as 90% and office hours attendance as 10%; The 2 lowest homework grades and office hour attendance grades will be dropped.
5/11/2021
Check Your Final Score
Your final score is likely to be ready by 6 pm today. Send an email to algorithm.rpi.cs@gmail.com to check your final score. If you have any questions, please contact us by 9 am tomorrow.
5/13/2021
Introduction to Algorithms (CSCI2300)
Introduction to Algorithms (CSCI2300,sections 5-8)
This class will be online for the entire semester, and live class videos will be using webex link below.
Instructor Information:
Jianxi Gao
Assistant professor
Phone: 857-205-8958
Office Hours: Mon 2pm - 3pm; Thu 3pm - 4pm
Office hour link: https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/gaoj8
Webex Lectures: Webex Link
Class Hours: 10:10AM-12:00PM Mon/Thurs
Syllabus: CSCI2300 Syllabus
Online Forum and Submission Links
Submitty : https://submitty.cs.rpi.edu/courses/s21/csci2300sec5to8
TA and Mentors
TA and Mentor office hours are by sections below:
Section05, Wed 12:20pm-2:10pm: Webex Link. TA: Mohammed Shahid Modi, modim2@rpi.edu; Liangbin Zhu zhul8@rpi.edu. Mentors: Yanyi Huo, huoy2@rpi.edu; Jackie Kim, kims32@rpi.edu; Trevor Tocchet, toccht@rpi.edu.
Section06, Wed 2:30pm-4:20pm: Webex Link. TA: Daniel Tabin, tabind@rpi.edu, Mentors: Samuel Katzman, katzms3@rpi.edu; Zach Orris, orrisz@rpi.edu; Heqiong Xi, xih@rpi.edu.
Section07, Wed 10:10am-12:00pm: Webex Link. TA: Mohammed Shahid Modi, modim2@rpi.edu. Mentors: Bill Han, hanb4@rpi.edu; Luke Lyons, lyonsl2@rpi.edu; Gwyneth Yuen, yueng@rpi.edu
Section08, Wed 4:45pm-6:35pm: Webex Link. TA: Daniel Tabin, tabind@rpi.edu, Mentors: Yinda Du, duy4@rpi.edu; Thomas, Su, sut2@rpi.edu.
Class Schedule: Lectures
Tentative course schedule is given below. The topics are subject to change, but the dates for the Exams are fixed.
Office Schedule
We will have more office hours from TA and Mentors. You can access the WebEx meeting through the RCS.-userid.