Fall 2011 Course Site
August 16th, 2011 by adminThe web site for the Fall 2011 version of the course is now available. Please visit http://www.cs.virginia.edu/evans/cs1120-f11/ for the latest information on the course.
from Ada and Euclid to Quantum Computing and the World Wide Web
The web site for the Fall 2011 version of the course is now available. Please visit http://www.cs.virginia.edu/evans/cs1120-f11/ for the latest information on the course.
We’ve increased the enrollment limit to 60. If you tried to register before this when the course was listed as “Closed”, please try again, or contact me (evans@cs.virginia.edu) if you have problems.
The website here is from the Fall 2009 Course. The current (Spring 2011) version of cs1120 is here; (taught by Paul Reynolds). The Fall 2011 course will be similar in most ways to this course, so you can get an idea of what to expect here.
Materials include:
You may also want to see my ratemyprofessors.com ratings or my teaching philosophy. If you have questions about the course or want help deciding if this is the right course for you, feel free to contact me (David Evans, evans@cs.virginia.edu).
Please submit a Course Improvement Survey. This is anonymous, but I really appreciate your taking the time to do this and providing useful feedback to improve future course offerings.
Thanks much!
The final exam is here: [PDF, Word template]
The exam is due before 5:00pm Friday. You should turn your exam in on paper at my office.
Schedule of the project presentations Monday
Each team will get up to 4 minutes to present your project. You should have enough time to explain the purpose of your site and demonstrate some of its functionality.
Two of our assistant coaches, Ethan Fast and Rachel Lathbury, have won 2010 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Research Awards. This is a very prestigious national recognition that is given to about 60 students nationwide. If you see Ethan or Rachel, congratulate them and ask them about their research.
Here’s info on the Math club talk mentioned in class today about quantum computing:
Friday, December 4th at 4:00pm in Kerchof Hall 317 (pizza arrives at 3:45)
Speaker: Prof. Paul Fendley (UVa Department of Physics)
Title: How quantum computers may destroy commerce on the webAbstract: Encryption algorithms for encoding internet traffic rely on the fact that it is essentially impossible for a conventional computer to prime-factorize large numbers. However, if one could build a computer exploiting the laws of quantum mechanics, one could prime-factorize in polynomial time. I will explain how this works, and how errors threaten the whole idea. I then will discuss a proposal for a topological quantum computer, which would use topological invariants to avoid errors.
Some links from today’s class: