01/14/2000: CIS 736 has been moved to Room 152 Durland Hall to accomodate
the class.
01/14/2000: By unanimous decision, the meeting times of CIS 736 have been
changed to Wednesday/Friday 15:30-16:45 (3:30pm - 4:45pm). There will be
no lectures on Mondays.
01/19/2000: Due to a scheduling constraint for the video classrooms, the
class time has been changed a second and final time to Wednesday 15:30-16:20
(3:30pm - 4:20pm), Friday 15:30-17:10 (3:30pm - 5:10pm). This change is
effective immediately.
02/05/2000: Please see the note in the CIS 736 class
web board regarding submission of requests for online materials.
02/06/2000: Note - Mesa 3.1 is now available on Goodland
(N128). Please refer to the file list for more
details.
02/06/2000: Please check the instructor's online schedule for up-to-date office hours and to request appointments on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
02/08/2000: Note - Mesa 3.1 is now available on all the Linux systems in N128. Please refer to the file list for more details. There is also a sample Makefile you can refer to for Homework 2 and future OpenGL machine problems.
02/10/2000: Note - Some useful links for OpenGL are now online under
Resources on the Web.
02/11/2000: Note - Past CIS 736 lecture notes are now online.
02/13/2000: Your proposal due date is extended to Wednesday, 02/16/2000. Please see the notes "IMPORTANT: Project proposals" and "Team projects: (individual) proposals" in the class web board.
02/17/2000: CIS 736 term project proposals are past due. Send them immediately to cis736ta@ringil.cis.ksu.edu if you have not already done so (unless you've been granted a specific extension until midnight on Thursday, 02/17/2000).
02/17/2000: DCE students - please see the note on applying for CIS accounts in the class web board. Note: for DCE students only, the regular due date on HW2 is Monday, 02/21/2000, and the extended due date (given upon e-mail request) is Wednesday, 02/23/2000.
02/18/2000: The due date of your revised project proposals has been extended (for a second and final time) to midnight on Monday, 02/21/2000. This is a one-time extension, and is intended to give you a chance to incorporate the instructor's comments. Make sure you adhere to the guidelines in the lecture notes and the in-class discussion (which will be summarized on the class web board). Note: Your most recent submission to cis736ta@ringil.cis.ksu.edu as of midnight on Monday will be the one that is graded.
02/23/2000: Because the papers for student reviews in CIS736 have not yet been assigned, the due date of the first paper is postponed until Wednesday, 03/01/2000. Note the instructor's policy (announced in the class web board on requesting materials online. All students should submit such requests through the TA.
02/27/2000: Another survey question (on Homework 2) has been posted on the class web board. You are encouraged to report your experiences by posting a reply.
03/04/2000: As announced in class, the chapters of Foley et al to be covered on the midterm are: 1-6, 11-13, and 15 (no additional material from Chapter 14 or 16 will be covered).
03/08/2000: The remaining 3 homework assignments will be handed out on Monday, March 27, 2000; Monday, April, 10, 2000; and Monday, April 24, 2000.
03/12/2000: Midterm statistics are as follows: possible 150 (100%), min 74 (49.3%), max 153 (102.0%), mean 118.1 (78.7%), stdev 19.0 (12.6%)
03/21/2000: Kinetix3D Studio Max R2 and 3D Character Studio 2 have been installed on Goodland in Room 128 Nichols Hall (the Linux lab) and N126CisLab1 in Room 126 Nichols Hall (the NT workstation lab). You are encouraged to make use of them, as appropriate, in your course projects, and will use them in Homework 4. As always, cite your sources and tools.
03/28/2000: Silicon Graphics, Incorporated (SGI) will be holding a seminar on high-performance Linux clusters and software technologies for any faculty, staff, and students who are interested. The 2 presentations will be held from 10:30am - 11:30am on Friday, March 31, 2000, in Room 206 of the K-State Union.
03/31/2000: Accounts and scratch directories have been created for CIS 736 students on the KDD Linux cluster. You may log into Topeka and Salina using ssh. If you have trouble logging in or accessing the scratch directory (/cis/topeka/scratch/cis736/yourlogin), send e-mail to Robert Illing, the KDD student system administrator. Be sure to include your login name and explain your access problem (e.g., how you are trying to log in).
03/31/2000: Mesa has been set up on the KDD Linux cluster.
04/03/2000: There will be no make-up class on Tuesday, April 4, 2000 (the Durland Hall video classroom facilities are unavailable). The re-scheduled class time will be announced here.
04/04/2000: You may respond, with your opinion, to the proposed change to the homework schedule in the class web board.
04/06/2000: There will be only 5 homeworks; the total weight will be 25% (6% each plus 1% for class participation) and the lowest score will be dropped.
05/02/2000: Project reports are due by 15:30 (3:30pm) Friday, May 5, 2000. E-mail them directly to the instructor (one submission per group). The review assignments will be announced in class on Friday (each student in each group will review the joint report for one other group). Final reports will be posted online before midnight on Friday. Project reviews are due Friday, May 12, 2000, also by e-mail.
05/04/2000: Important: The CIS 736 final exam (open-book, open-notes) will be held on Friday, May 12, 2000, from 16:10 - 18:10 (4:10pm - 6:10pm).
05/06/2000: Project reports are now online. All of the files are mail folders containing MS Word or PDF attachments, which you can extract using a mail program such as Pine. All attachments have been tested; notify the instructor ASAP if you still have trouble opening them.If your report file is missing and you have already submitted it, please notify the instructor immediately; otherwise submit your report immediately to avoid being given a 0!
05/29/2000: Final grades, posted by pseudonym, are now online. Check your e-mail for your randomly generated pseudonym if you never submitted one.
05/29/2000: The mean term project score is 192 out of 250.
05/29/2000: Statistics for the overall score are as follows: mean 785.2, stdev 108.7, min 456, max 939.
05/29/2000: Final exam statistics, based upon 30 nonzero scores (29 on campus, 1 DCE as of 05/12/2000), are as follows: possible 200 (100%), min 65 (32.5%), max 172 (86.0%), mean 114.7 (57.4%), stdev 28.9 (14.5%).
05/29/2000: Statistics for the overall score, based upon 30 scores (all on campus, including 1 incomplete grade), are as follows: possible 1000 (100%), min 456 (45.6%), max 939 (93.9%), mean 785.2 (78.5%), stdev 108.7 (10.9%).
