15-211 Spring '96 Home Page

Welcome to the WWW homepage for CMU 15-211, ``Fundamental Structures of Computer Science I.'' The course is being taught by Professor Avrim Blum, Professor Bruce Maggs , and Professor Daniel Sleator. The TA's for the course are Doug Baker, Carl Burch, and Robert Driskill. The course secretary is Dorothy Zaborowski.

You are encouraged to use a Web browser such as Mosaic or Netscape to easily access much of the course information. For more information on using Mosaic, click here.

How to access the course staff:

Prof. Avrim Blum: avrim+@cs.cmu.edu, 4107 Wean Hall, Office hour: Wed 11:00 - 12:00
Prof. Bruce Maggs: bmm+@cs.cmu.edu, 4123 Wean Hall, Office hour: Wed 4:30 - 5:30
Prof. Daniel Sleator: sleator+@cs.cmu.edu, 4128 Wean Hall, Office hour: Mon 4:00-5:00
Doug Baker, TA: ldbapp+@cs.cmu.edu, 8102 Wean Hall, Office hour: Mon 3:00-4:00
Carl Burch, TA: cburch+@cs.cmu.edu, 7203 Wean Hall, Office hour: Fri 9:00-10:00
Robert Driskill, TA: robd+@cs.cmu.edu, 3502 Wean Hall, Office hour: Mon 1:00-2:00
Dorothy Zaborowski, Course Secretary: x8-3779, 4116 Wean Hall.

Newsgroups:

You should read the class newsgroups regularly. If following addresses are not accessible, use "messages" or "batmail" to read the newsgroups.

cmu.cs.class.cs211.announce (for announcements by course staff).
cmu.cs.class.cs211.discuss (for general discussion).

We ask that students please refrain from insulting anyone on the bulletin boards.

Important documents and handouts in HTML format:

Note: sometimes parts of documents can get mangled when converting to html, so the PostScript versions should be treated as "official".

15-211 Course Information guide, including
Objectcenter tutorial
C++ programming style guidelines
Assignment 1
C++ language basics I
C++ language basics II
Assignment 2
Assignment 3
Last year's midterm and solutions: Postscript only.
Assignment 4: Postscript only.
Assignment 5
Last year's Quiz 2: Postscript only.
Connect 4 tournament!
Assignment 6: Postscript only.
Last year's quiz3: Postscript only.
Assignment 7
Last year's final: Postscript only.

Handouts in PostScript format: (these require appropriate permissions)

You can view each handout by clicking on the link below: A PostScript previewer will preview the document for you on the screen. (Be patient, as it may take the preview program a little while to start up.)

15-211 Course Information guide
Objectcenter tutorial
C++ programming style guidelines
Assignment 1
C++ language basics I
C++ language basics II
Assignment 2
Assignment 3
Last year's midterm and solutions.
Assignment 4
Assignment 5
Last year's quiz 2
Connect 4 tournament: html format only.
Assignment 6
Last year's quiz 3 (Notes about the quiz)
Assignment 7
Last year's final.

Also, you can go directly to the directory /afs/andrew/scs/cs/15-211/handouts to print (lpr) the postscript files or view (gv) them.

Outlines for the lectures and recitations:

Here are some lecture and recitation outlines for your convenience. Note: these are our own notes we use in preparing for lectures/recitations. They may have syntax errors or whatever. No warranties. We are providing them for any students interested.

Relevant information sources:

Here is a file of answers to Objectcenter and C++ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), that we will be adding to throughout the term.
FTP site for Standish, "Data Structures, Algorithms, and Software Principles in C" including errata and source code.
Helpful newsgroups:
C++ Virtual Library