ECE 650: Systems Programming and Engineering — Spring 2019

Class meeting time and location: TTh 11:45–1:05, FITZPATRICK SCHICIANO A 1464

• Yichuan (Ethan) Shi (ys205) — Head TA
• Zijie Wang (zw124) — Head Homework TA
• Rui Zhang (rz78) — Head Grading TA
• Zhimin Chang (zc86)
• Sifan Wang (sw360)

• M 3:50–5:50: Sifan and Zhimin
• T 4:30–6:30: Yichuan and Rui
• W 4–6: Sifan and Zijie
• Th 4:30–6:30: Yichuan and Rui

Course Description

Textbook and Other Course Material

Grading Policy

• Homeworks (55%): Five homeworks — long (start early!) — with the following tentative grade distribution:
  • Homework 1: 8%
  • Homework 2: 8%
  • Homework 3: 12%
  • Homework 4: 12%
  • Homework 5: 15%
• Exams (45%): Two exams where you will only be allowed to use one crib sheet (cheat sheet), front and back, no larger than 8.5" x 11":
  • Midterm exam: 15%
  • Final exam: 30%
• Late policy: Late submissions are not allowed unless you have a valid excuse. In that case, contact the Head TA (CC me) about it as soon as possible and wait for a decision (might involve a 20% penalty for up to one-day-late assignments and additional 10% penalties for every additional late day). Refer to this list of common but unacceptable excuses borrowed from Dr. Bletsch's webpage.
• Regrading policy: Regrade requests must be submitted no later than one week after the assignment grade is released.

Communication

All announcements are posted on Piazza. Make sure you get Piazza email notifications.

Contacting the instructor and the TAs:

• For questions that can be answered by any TA or the instructor: use Piazza
• To contact a specific TA or the instructor: use email (do not text, facebook, ...)
• To ask TAs about homework-related clarifications: email the Head Homework TA (Zijie)
• To ask TAs about grading: email the Head Grading TA (Rui)
• To ask TAs about other administrative issues: email the Head TA (Yichuan)

Misconduct

• Academic misconduct will not be tolerated and will be taken very seriously.
• You are expected to complete the assignments individually unless otherwise stated.
• Students are encouraged to share ideas, learn from each other, and learn from online sources, but cheating is not tolerated.
• Any borrowed design/code/etc. — if allowed to be borrowed — should be properly cited.
• Students suspected violating the Duke Community Standard will be reported to the Office of Student Conduct.
• In addition to the measures taken by the Office of Student Conduct, the affected assignment(s) will receive zero credit, or possibly -100% in extreme cases.
• If you are considering this course of action, please see me instead, and we can work something out! I want every student in my course to be successful.
• Note that programming submissions will be compared to one another and to previous semesters using Stanford's Measure of Software Similarity (MOSS) to detect signs of plagiarism.

Detailed Schedule