Department of Computer Science, University of Miami
CSC405 - Computer Science Seminars
Fall 2013

CSC405 Computer Science Seminars - Description

The course requires students to attend at least 12 seminars hosted by the Department of Computer Science. The topics of the seminars vary, depending on the speakers. By attending these seminars students are exposed to, and learn about (at least the existence of) a broad range of topics in Computer Science research and application. For at least five of the seminars the students must write a 500 word report, explaining what they learnt from the seminar, and commenting on the presentation and content of the seminar. Students may complete further reports, and the satisfactory completion of eight reports will earn a student a writing credit.

Instructor

Dr Geoff Sutcliffe. Contact details are on the WWW at http://www.cs.miami.edu/~geoff. The WWW page gives office hours when students are welcome, and students are encouraged to ask questions by email at all times.

Contact Hours

Each week there is one meeting: Seminar reports must be submitted as PDF within 36 hours of the seminar, i.e., for the regular Wednesday seminar reports must be submitted by 6am Friday morning. The report will be reviewed and returned that day (unless something weird happens), and a final submission can be made within 72 hours, i.e., for reports returned on a Friday, the final report is due 6pm the following Monday.

Assessment

50% Attendance at the seminars
50% The best five reports

Late submissions will not be accepted. Extensions of the due date will be granted if supporting documentary evidence is supplied (e.g., a doctor's certificate). Application for an extension must be made to the instructor before the due date (if possible).

Assessment items must be completed individually. While general interaction between students is encouraged, plagiarism is a breach of the Honor code. It is ok to talk to other students about general solution techniques for assignments, but it is not ok to copy solutions in part or as a whole. Plagiarism will result in a loss of marks for all guilty students involved.