Mon., Wed., Fri. 9:35am -- 10:30am
Earth and Space Sciences 079
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The class on Wed. (Sep 2) will be held as scheduled; and I will be back for the Friday's class (Sep 4) as well.
Most complex software systems are not monolithic; they are programmable using special-purpose languages. An understanding of the language translation process thus plays an important role in the design of real-life systems.
An important side benefit of this course would be that you will gain significant experience in OO-programming with C++.
In the class, we will discuss the theoretical aspects of designing a compiler. In the homework assignments, you will then apply the theory you have learned in the class (directly and indirectly) to develop a complete compiler for a high-level language. The problem of language translation is traditionally decomposed into many phases. Most common are:
Advanced topics such as program optimization, machine code generation and storage management will be discussed in the lectures.
Aho, Lam, Sethi, Ullman. Compiler Design: Principles, Techniques, and Tools (Wddison Wesley, 2nd Edition). ISBN: 978-0321486813.
| Homework Assignments: | 20% |
| Project Presentation: | 5% |
| 2 Mid-Term Exams: | 2 x 25% = 50% |
| Final Exam: | 25% |
You must turn the homeworks in on the day they are due (i.e. by midnight at the end of that day, if you must). Since the homeworks will include programming exercises, students are urged to plan ahead to avoid congestion of the computer facilities at the last minute. If your program is incomplete or is not working by the due date, turn in whatever you have. Late homeworks may not be graded. If some sort of emergency prevents you from submitting your homework on time, supplying us with suitable documentation might influence our choice. Programming assignments will be handed in electronically using the Blackboard system.
A note on project presentations: Near the end of the semester, each student will make a presentation of a particular portion of his/her homework to the instructor. The portion of homework to be presented will be determined by the instructor; the student is expected to come prepared on all aspects of his/her code. The motivation for the presentation is to guage the understanding and insight the student had obtained by performing the homework.
There will be 6 homework assignments in all. Students may work in pairs (i.e. teams of 2) on the assignments. The best 5 scores out of the 6 assignments will be used for the final grade.
You are advised to start working on the assignments at the earliest possible time even if the deadlines are far away. The date the assignments are due will be clearly specified in the homework handout, on the web; any changes in deadlines will be posted on the course homepages and the discussion board (all on Blackboard).
Assignments are due by 11:59pm on the specified date.
Students who require assistance during emergency evacuation are encouraged to discuss their needs with their professors and Disability Support Services. For procedures and information go to the following web site: http://www.ehs.sunysb.edu and search Fire Safety and Evacuation and Disabilities.
You may discuss the homework problems in this course with other students, as long as you are willing to post the material on the class discussion board. However each student's submission, including written material and coding, must be their own work, and only their own work. Remember that there are many different ways to solve the same problem; even solutions with the same central idea can be formulated in many different ways. Therefore, suspiciously similar homework solutions will be considered as evidence of disallowed collaboration or copying. Any evidence that written homework submissions or source code have been copied, shared, or transmitted in any way between students (this includes using source code downloaded from the Internet or written by others in previous semesters!) will be regarded as evidence of academic dishonesty.
Copying an assignment from another student in this class or obtaining a solution from some other source will lead to an automatic F for this course and to a disciplinary action. Allowing another student to copy one's work will be treated as an act of academic dishonesty, leading to the same penalty as copying.
You should learn how to protect your data. Failure to do so is also unprofessional and it may expose you to the danger that someone will copy your homework and will submit it as his or her own (see above).
The College of Engineering and Applied Sciences regards academic dishonesty as a very serious matter, and provides for substantial penalties in such cases, such as receiving an 'F' grade, or expulsion from the University. For more information, obtain a copy of the CEAS guidelines on academic dishonesty from the CEAS office.
Be advised that any evidence of academic dishonesty will be treated with utmost seriousness. Those involved will be prosecuted to the fullest extent permitted by the University and College laws.
The following statement about academic dishonesty, adopted by the Undergraduate Council on September 12, 2006, is required to be included in syllabi for all undergraduate courses:
"Each student must pursue his or her academic goals honestly and be personally accountable for all submitted work. Representing another person's work as your own is always wrong. Any suspected instance of academic dishonesty will be reported to the Academic Judiciary. For more comprehensive information on academic integrity, including categories of academic dishonesty, please refer to the academic judiciary website."