322 117: Computer Programming I (Spring 2011)

Course Description:
Introduction to computer programming: flowcharting, pseudocode, data types, variables, control structure, array, function, input/output, basic computer program language

Prerequisite: None

Instructor: Chakchai So-In, Ph.D., chakso AT kku.ac.th
Office: SC 6706
Office Hours: Wednesday 08.30am to 10.30pm (or email me for appointment)
Class homepage: http://web.kku.ac.th/chakso/322117_Spring11/
Teaching Assistant:

Nutnicha Weeramongkonlert nattyjang42 AT gmail.com, Friday 05.00pm to 07.00pm @6706

Comdet Phaudphut listzone AT hotmail.com, Thursday 5.00pm to 07.00pm @Project Year 3 level 2

Location:
Section I: - the class meets on Wednesday at room 8504 from 03.00pm to 05.00pm for lecture; and from 05.00pm to 07.00pm for labA.
Section II+III+IV: - the class meets on Tuesday at room 1101 from 12.30pm to 02.30pm for lecture;
- from 05.00pm to 07.00pm for labB (Section II)
- from 05.00pm to 07.00pm for labC (Section III)
- on Wednesday from 10.30am to 12.30pm for labC (Section IV)
Facebook Group: Facebook Group
Class Email: cs322117 AT gmail.com

Textbook/Supplementary
*´Ã. ¨Ñ¡ÃªÑÂ âÊÍÔ¹·Ãì, "Computer Programming in C (Thai Edition)," 2011. Book_Cover
1. ¸ÕÃÇÑ²¹ì »ÃÐ¡Íº¼Å, “¤ÙèÁ×Í¡ÒÃà¢ÕÂ¹â»Ãá¡ÃÁ ÀÒÉÒ C” ÊÓ¹Ñ¡¾ÔÁ¾ì «ÔÁ¾ÅÔ¿ÅÒÂ, 2010.
2. ¹ÇÅÇÃÃ³ ÊØ¹·ÃÀÔÉÑª áÅÐ¤³Ð, “¤ÍÁ¾ÔÇàµÍÃì : ¡ÒÃà¢ÕÂ¹â»Ãá¡ÃÁ¤ÍÁ¾ÔÇàµÍÃì ÀÒÉÒ«Õ” ÊÓ¹Ñ¡¾ÔÁ¾ì ÊÇÍ¹, 2009.
3. Yaowarat Sirisathitkul, “Structure Programming” School of Informatics, Walailak University, 2008.
4. ¤³Ò¨ÒÃÂìÀÒ¤ÇÔªÒÇÔÈÇ¡ÃÃÁ¤ÍÁ¾ÔÇàµÍÃì ÁËÒÇÔ·ÂÒÅÑÂÊ§¢ÅÒ¹¤ÃÔ¹·Ãì, “Introduction to Computer Programming” 2007.
5. Website http://www.programming.in.th/
6. Other C programming books or wiki (go search)
Option (download Thai C book here) and here is an example of C code

Example SciWeek Project

News

08/31/2011: Homework #6 is available.
08/23/2011: Homework #5 is available.
08/09/2011: Make up class Wednesday 10.30-12.30 (Sci Week) -> Tuesday 17.00-19.00 08/16/2011 LabB and LabC
08/09/2011: Make up class Wednesday 15.00-17.00 (Sci Week) -> Monday 08.00-10.00 08/15/2011 LabA
08/09/2011: Make up class Wednesday 17.00-19.00 (Sci Week) -> Tuesday 17.00-19.00 08/16/2011 LabB and LabC
08/06/2011: Lecture #9 and #10 are available.
08/06/2011: Homework #4 is available.
08/06/2011: Lecture #7 and #8 are available.
07/15/2011: Lab Midterm Exam 9.00-11.30 Lab A,B,C LabCS
07/15/2011: Lecture #6 is available.
07/15/2011: Lab8, Lab9 and Lab10 are available.
07/12/2011: Homework #3 is available.
07/10/2011: Lab6 and Lab7 are available.
07/04/2011: Updated Robot Labs' Schedule and Final Competition (Maze solver and Line Detector Robots)
07/02/2011: Lab5, Lecture #5 and Homework #2 are available.
06/25/2011: Lab4 and Lecture #4 are available.
06/19/2011: Lab3 and Lecture #3 are available.
06/10/2011: Lab2 and Homework 1 are available.
06/10/2011: Lecture #2 is available.
06/02/2011: Updated Lab1 is available. (Using mingw)
06/02/2011: Download Manual (Robot)
06/02/2011: Download Robot Software USBDriver; Robot Programming Tool; Updated Robot SoftwareIC430axV2.exe
05/24/2011: Download Homework/Lab cover letter here
05/24/2011: Tutorial on how to use CodeBlock
05/20/2011: Download evaluation form here
05/20/2011: Lecture #1 is available.
05/20/2011: Web site created.

Lecture Schedule: (Tentative Subject to Change)

Class	Day	Date	Topic
1	Tuesday	05/31/2011	Course Overview
2	Tuesday	06/07/2011	Introduction to Computer System
3	Tuesday	06/14/2011	Flowchart and psudocode
4	Tuesday	06/21/2011	Introduction to C Programming
5	Tuesday	06/28/2011	Control Structure
6	Tuesday	07/05/2011	(Cont.) and Encoragement
7	Tuesday	07/12/2011	Function + Dhamma #1
8	Tuesday	07/19/2011	Review for midterm
9	Tuesday	07/26/2011	Mid-Term Exam (week 07/25-29)
10	Tuesday	08/02/2011	Array
11	Tuesday	08/09/2011	(Cont.)
12	Tuesday	08/16/2011	Structure
13	Tuesday	08/23/2011	File
14	Tuesday	08/30/2011	(Cont.)
15	Tuesday	09/06/2011	Pointer
16	Tuesday	09/13/2011	Review for Final
17	Tuesday	09/20/2011	Final Exam (week 09/19-10/06)

Note: For Section II; date+2 say Tuesday 08/02 = Wednesday 08/04

Lab Schedule: Tentative (Subject to change)

Labs	Date	Title	Due Date
1	Tuesday	05/31/2011	Overview: Labs
2	Tuesday	06/07/2011	Lab1 - CodeBlock
3	Tuesday	06/14/2011	Lab2 - Flowchart
4	Tuesday	06/21/2011	Lab3 - C programming
5	Tuesday	06/28/2011	Lab4 - Operation
6	Tuesday	07/05/2011	Lab5 - Selection
7	Tuesday	07/12/2011	Lab6 - Loop
8	Tuesday	07/19/2011	Lab7 - Function
9	Tuesday	08/02/2011	Midterm Lab Exam + Robot Project Progress
10	Tuesday	08/09/2011	Robot Project Progress (Show completion of all robot labs - Lab1-Lab7)
11	Tuesday	08/16/2011	First Robot Exam (Robot Maze) @Sciweek
12	Tuesday	08/23/2011	Lab8 - String
13	Tuesday	08/30/2011	Lab9 - Array
14	Tuesday	09/6/2011	Lab10 - Structure
15	Tuesday	09/13/2011	Second Robot Exam (Rat vs. Cat) + Final Lab Exam

Note:
There is no Internet conneciton during the lab. Each lab will be issued every Sunday.
The lab MUST be turned during class in order to gain extra credits.
You MUST zip all file into StudentID_LabZ.zip such that Z is Lab number.

Assignments (Spring 2011 schedule) (Subject to Change)
Four or six homeworks will be assigned throughout the course. All assignment MUST be turned in as both HARDCOPY and SOFTCOPY (during class or in my mail box). All submission MUST be turned in 7 mins before class. For all reasons, late penalty will be applied. Late homework will be assessed a 30% penalty. No homework will be accepted more than one day late. You have to email me to cs322117@gmail.com including title prefix = "322117_Spring2011_XX:HWY" such that XX is your section number and Y is your homework number. You MUST zip all file into StudentID_HWZ.zip such that Z is homework number.

Homework	Description	Out Date	Due Date
#1	Flowchart	06/14/2011	06/28/2011
#2	Control Structure	06/28/2011	07/12/2011
#3	Function	07/12/2011	07/26/2011
#4	Array	08/09/2011	08/23/2011
#5	Structure	08/23/2011	09/06/2011
#6	File	08/31/2011	09/14/2011

Note:For homework and lab assignment; you MUST include the cover letter with students' signature AND embeded into the beginning of the ".c" program OTHERWISE they WILL NOT be graded.

Two Exams (Midterm and Final)
Lecture:
Allow: calculator (talks to the department for specific models)
Allow: One A4 piece of paper (both front and back)
The final exam material will be after the mid-term; however, all related contents will be also covered.
The exam includes 1. True/False (+1, -1, and 0), 2. Multiple Choices, 3. Fill in the blank, and 4. Write C program
Also, the final exam material will be after the mid-term; however, all related contents will be also covered.

Lab (3-4 questions):
Allow: open book BUT no Internet Connection!
1 = similar to lab/homework questions
2-3 = Advanced C programming questions
4 = Challenge problem (Check out Computer Olympic Questions)
Mostly, some exams' ideas will be posted a few day before exams.

Project

Members: 4-8 teams

Scenario: Set up Robot walking in mesh competing with each other to find the golden egg; who is faster and within time limit. (Tentative OR maybe firefighter robot/ walking along the line robot)

Robot: Interactive C Board AX-11

Detailed C programming: I and II

Inex Cops (deatiled ROBOT): http:/www.inexglobal.com/; Interactive C Manual

More information about sensor (optional); Bluetooth, Xbee, Motion, Light Thermo/Humidity Sensor, Compass, Color, Accelerometer, Sound Dectector, GPS, Remote Infrared

Robot@youtube: Overall Sensing, Line Detector, Gripper Robotic, Firefighther, Maze Solver I and II

Links for electronic component (Thailand): WARF; THAIEASYELEC

Links to Robot Info: shoprobot, robots-dream

Robot Lab	Description	Out Date
#1	Robot Hello World	06/14/2011
#2	Robot Move	06/21/2011
#3	Robot Attack	06/28/2011
#4	Robot: Walking within 2 lines	07/05/2011
#5	Robot: Walking Along the line	07/12/2011
#6	Robot: Infrared Sensor	07/19/2011
#7	Robot: Color Detection	08/02/2011
#8	Robot: 3-eye Infrared Sensor	08/09/2011
#9	First Robot Exam (Robot Maze) @SciWeek	08/18/2011
#10-14	Optimized your Robot for final competition (Maze solver and/or Line Detector Robots)	08/25/2011-09/14/2011
#15	Second Robot Exam (Rat vs. Cat)	09/20/2011

Note:Robot Exam: Randomly choose group memebers to do particular task and grade

Academic Integrity
Students at Khon Khan University are engaged in the first step for their professional career with the highest standards. Please follow the academic integrity guideline at Cheating and Plagiarism [@CMU]. All these rules are enforced for the entire course.

Grading:

Mid-Term Exam (Lecture + Lab)	25%
Final Exam (Lecture + Lab)	25%
Lab (issued every Sunday) + Homework + Quiz	30%
C Robot Project	15%
Class Participation	5%

The final grade will be curved based on the overall performance of the whole class (also scale based on the standard, say, A = 80).
Note: Extra Credits +5% 1st round competition; ++5% Final round competition; +++10% = winner for ACM/ICPC
There are also bonus questions often given (upto 15%).

Other related computer programming research links

Programming Research Laboratory, Northeastern University, http://www.ccs.neu.edu/research/prl/
Programming Language and Compiler Research Groups, CMU, http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mleone/language/projects.html
Concurrent Programming Research Laboratory, IIT, http://www.iit.edu/csl/cs/research/concurrent_programming.shtml
Programming Research Laboratory, Seoul National University, http://ropas.snu.ac.kr/
Cambridge Programming Research Group, University of Cambridge, http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/cprg/
Principles of Programming Research Group, NUI Maynooth, http://www.cs.nuim.ie/research/pop/
System Programming Research Group, University of Rome, http://www.sprg.uniroma2.it/index_e.html

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