Computer Science 690A:
Research Methods in Computer Science I (Fall 2017)

Instructor	Office	Office Hours	Lectures
Todd Wareham harold@mun.ca	EN-2034 864-4601	TBA	Tue, 2:15-3:25pm Thu, 2:15-3:25pm Room EN-1004

• Course outline
• Course diary
• Assignments
• Course marks (as of 1:15pm, Nov 29, 2017)

• Home pages for previous offerings of this course:
  • Fall 2016
  • Fall 2015

• On-line resources:
  • Software tools
    • LaTeX
      • The LaTeX Project Home Page
      • Beginning LaTeX: A Tutorial (Cornell University)
      • Help with LaTeX (NASA)
      • LaTeX mathematics symbols
      • TeXworks: A TeX development environment
    • Image creation
      • PGF image maker (Manual)
  • Graduate thesis templates
    • Official MUN graduate thesis guidelines
    • Unofficial MUN graduate thesis LaTeX template
  • Graduate student life
    • PhD Comics
    • Life in Hell: Grad School (Matt Groening)
    • School is Hell: The 9 Types of College Teachers (Matt Groening)
  • Research life
    • Materials for Nurturing Scientists (Uri Alon)
    • Best abstract ever!
    • Annals of Improbable Research: The Ig Nobel Prizes
    • Annals of Improbable Research: The Magazine
    • Annals of Improbable Research: The Blog
    • Scientific Peer Review, ca. 1945 (YouTube)
  • Suggested Viewing (Films/Documentaries)
    • A Brief History of Time (1991) [IMDB]
    • The PhD Movie (2012)
    • Proof (2005) [IMDB]
    • Real Genius (1985) [IMDB]
    • The Small Back Room (1949) [IMDB]

Notices:

• November 14, 10:15am
  
  • It's Course Evaluation Questionnaire (CEQ) time again! Please fill in your online CEQ for this course by Sunday, December 3, by following the intructions and links here. Remember: If you can't be kind, be constructive. (10:15am)
  • The original provided file "assign2a_template.tex" was for last year's Assignment #2. This has now been fixed, and the new file "assign2a_template.tex" is what you should use to do Assignment #2. (1:20pm)
  • Class Exam #2 notes posted here. (2:30pm)

• November 7, 3:40pm
  
  • Assignment #2 due date shifted to Tuesday, November 21.
  • Class Exam #2 date shifted to Tuesday, November 28.

• October 25
  
  • Assignment #2 posted. (1:45pm)
  • Class Exam #1 notes posted here. (2:00pm)

• August 28, 12:50pm
  Assignment #1 posted.

• April 11, 9:45am
  Open for business!

Created: April 11, 2017
Last Modified: November 29, 2017