CSCI 442/542 Home Page

CSCI 442/542
Expert Systems
Fall, 2006

COURSE PAGE
www.stcloudstate.edu/~julstrom/cs442/home-f06.html

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Instructor: Bryant Julstrom

Office: ECC 246
Office hours:
- Monday: 10:00 - 11:50 and 2:00 - 2:50
- Tuesday: 10:00 - 11:50
- Wednesday: 11:00 - 11:50 and 2:00 - 2:50
- Thursday: 2:00 - 2:50
- Friday: 1:00 - 2:50
and by appointment. My schedule.
Phone: 308-2027
E-mail: julstrom@eeyore.stcloudstate.edu
Web page: web.stcloudstate.edu/bajulstrom/

Time and place: 12:30 - 1:45 Tuesday and Thursday in ECC-135.

Text: Joseph C. Giarratano and Gary D. Riley: Expert Systems - Principles and Programming, Third Edition. Brooks/Cole, 1998.

Assignments and projects are due at the beginning of class on their due dates. Work handed in late will be penalized.

Assignment 1, due Thursday, September 14.
Assignment 2, due Thursday, September 28.
Assignment 3, due Thursday, October 12.
Assignment 4, due Thursday, October 26.
Project proposal, due Thursday, November 2.
Paper due for reviews, Thursday, November 30.
Reviews due, Tuesday, December 5.
Revised paper due, Tuesday, December 12.
Presentations: Tuesday, December 12.

For this course's projects and in general, it is important to write clearly and effectively. There are many resources that you can use to improve your writing. Among them, the Write Place on campus offers both on-line and in-person help. Note that the Write Place will not copy-edit your work; that is your responsibility.

Exams: There will be a mid-term exam and a comprehensive final exam. The exam dates are:

Mid-term exam - Tuesday, October 17.
Final exam - Tuesday, December 19.

Exams will be based on the notes. Calculators will be neither necessary nor allowed. Make-up exams will be given only for documented emergencies and with prior notice. Rides home, airplane flights, and wedding rehearsals do not constitute emergencies. Plan ahead.

Grading: Grades will be based on your projects and exams in these proportions:

Projects	40%
Mid-term exam	20%
Final exam	40%

Attendance: You are responsible for knowing what happens at each class meeting, and that is most easily and efficiently accomplished by being there. The instructor will NOT repeat a presentation just for you.

Decorum: Conduct yourself so as not to distract others. In particular:

Arrive for class on time, and be ready to begin. If you must be late, be quiet.
If you are early, sit toward the middle of a row.
Do not engage in distracting activities like reading a newspaper or sleeping.
Turn off all cell phones and similar devices.
Do not start packing up before class ends.

Academic honesty: Using other people's words or ideas as if they were your own in written work, including programs, is theft, known in this case as plagiarism. Do not do it. Getting other people's answers for exams is cheating. Do not do it. Both are very serious, and will result in a grade of zero on the work in question, probably an F in the course, and possibly other disciplinary actions.

If anyone has a disability that may require modification of seating, testing, or some other feature of the course, please see Dr. Julstrom after class or during his office hours.
Please bring any complaints to Dr. Julstrom.

DESCRIPTION SYLLABUS CALENDAR EXAMPLES RELATED MATERIALS SOME ADVICE

DESCRIPTION
SYLLABUS
CALENDAR
EXAMPLES
RELATED MATERIALS
SOME ADVICE