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General Questions

If you indicated a new book is needed, what should that book be like?

It should focus more on the version of Lisp that the class actually uses.

should have an appendix with a list of frequently used procedures and what they do

I though that we didn't use too much of the book, maybe something that combines GEB & SICP or a book more like the compilation of your guides

I felt that we didn't use it much and it was not directed at what we were learning, a much broader view of computer science.

More practical - more directions; More examples. I felt we learned theory and were expected to extract the practical. I feel I may have learned better if first taught the practical (programming code) and run extracted the theory myself or had a subsequent course on it.

It seems like a packet of reading could cover what we used in the textbook and it would be less expensive

12. There should be:

More, shorter problem sets: 8

Simlar number and size as this year: 8

Fewer, longer problem sets: 1

13. There should be:

Less content, slower pace: 5

About the same: 11

More content, faster pace: 1

14. Which one of these topics should be cut to make room for new material or slower pacing (check as many as you want to remove):

5___ BNF Grammars
5___ Environment Diagrams
1___ Quicksort
0___ Complexity Classes
2___ Halting Problem
6___ Lambda Calculus
2___ Networking
4___ Public-Key Cryptography

all seem important now

lambda calculus - once I understood this I thought it was kind of cool

Problem Sets

Others

No (11 times)

Nope, but I am not easily offended.

No. I rather enjoyed the political commentary and the connection between CS theory and DNA etc

It was interesting, I hope to remember.

I expect to remember the purpose of high schoool/college lecture, and complexity/decidability. Also, I will probably remember things about public-key cryptography, distributed processing, and Google.

Networking, dynamic web pages

The high school lecture, basics of programming/general knowledge. Also general knowledge of problem complexities, concepts of computer languages and intelligence

I think it will be hard to forget the P=NP problem since it really gave me a new impression that computer science is much more powerful and has many more applications than I had originally thought before taking the class.

Since I will probably be working with this stuff in 5 years, I would hope so. I enjoyed using Scheme and hope to remember it. I think a lot of the major stuff I learned in 216, but general principles and though process should stick around.

Yes

networking, security, cryptography

P and NP

Sure, ideas of quantum computing, biological computing, what can and can't be done with computers. The last one has to do with NP problems and complexity. I think the idea of computing is no longer a black box for me.

twinkiesproject is a great website; also, I'mm never forget how to program recursively

Making websites is more complicated than it looks

Yes - that CS is a liberal art. And that a woman was considered the first computer scientist.

Our silly notions of fast and powerful processing. most of the materialsI hope.

I will remember hot to go about learning a new language - by focusing on the grammar rules and such. And, I will remember about universal computing, NP complete and new computing methods like quantum/DNA computers

What assignment and recursion are; principles behind abstraction and evaluation; what computer language is

Good guys.

I didn't make use of them much, but the guy with the red hair was very helpful on PS6 durring staffed lab hours.

No, they were good.

very helpful - I guess try not to do too much for students but sometimes it seems inevitable - we are often very lost.

The assistants were really helpful at the labs and they never got impatient no matter what questions I had. Their review sessions were helpful as well.

very helpful, prompt

They were knowledgable, but I found a hard time getting their attention away from certain groups and individuals. I have no problem queuing up, but they appeared to have a default recipient of their help. Perhaps the people needed it more.

incredibly helpful - couldn't have done it without them :)

both were very helpful during lab hours

Both were extremely patient and nice and smart! I would give both an A if they received grades.

final meeting was super helpful for ps8. Never really interacted much outside of that.

They were very available and helpful.

I only consulted the ACs for PS8 (probably not the best decision). I went to lab hours on Tuesday and no one was there. Whenever I emailed Dan, however, he quickly responded and gave detailed answers to my questions.

You're fine. Learned more in CS150 than I did in CS302.

Have the survey to schedule the staffed lab hours a little bit later in the year. I accidentally picked times that didn't work with my schedule, because I wasn't aware of my schedule yet.

More focus on theoretical/conceptual aspect i.e. GEB ideas. (even though programming is useful)

No

problem sets are incredibly time consuming - not abnormal to spend over 10 hours on them. This seemed like overkill. Also - with the dynamic website at the end of the semester, I spent way too much time learning SQL, Python, and HTML - you can't just say screw it when you're in a group. But, this is the worst time of the semester to spend lots of time learning 3 languages instead of studying for other finals/papers. more guidance for making website

Thanx for all the food!

Better chairs?

Smaller room; more in-class groupwork