Although attendance is not taken, I urge everyone to come to class regularly. You will be responsible for all material that has been mentioned in class. The handouts cover most of it, but the class period should be valued as an excellent forum for questions that you may have. Please ask whenever you are unclear about certain aspects of the material. Chances are that you won't be alone. I'd like to maintain a lively student-teacher interaction in the lecture.
 

    Labs are handed out in class and are due at midnight on the dates listed in the course schedule. Submits will be done on Stony Brook Brightspace. It is your responsibility to check whether the upload was sucessful and you received a proper grade for your lab work. The grades will be posted in a timely fashion on Brightspace or via other means..

    Late penalties (10% per each late day) are imposed precisely at midnight on the day the lab is due. There are no extensions given to individuals unless its an extreme case of a proven emergency. There is plenty of time to do the labs, especially if you start on them right away. If you wait, you may run out of time, and this is your responsibility. I will, however, give extensions to the class in case of general equipment failure or other, universal, uncontrollable, devastating circumstances.
 

    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. Faculty is required to report any suspected instances of academic dishonesty to the Academic Judiciary. Faculty in the Health Sciences Center (School of Health Professions, Nursing, Social Welfare, Dental Medicine) and School of Medicine are required to follow their school-specific procedures. For more comprehensive information on academic integrity, including categories of academic dishonesty please refer to the academic judiciary website.
   Near duplicate assignments or extensive duplications of materials found on the web will be considered cheating unless the assignment was restrictive enough to justify such similarities in independent work. The use of standard libraries and commonly used templates and code snippets is OK as long as you understand what they do and how they work. Just think of it that way: Cheating impedes learning and having fun. The labs are meant to give you an opportunity to really understand the class material. If you don't do the lab yourself, you are likely to fail the exams. Please also note that opportunity encourages thieves: It is your responsibility to protect your work and to ensure that it is not turned in by anyone else. No excuses!