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ECE 110 Announcements

Interested in ECE 445?

Were you interested in Prof. Carney's presentation of ECE 445 (senior design projects)? No clue what you will do later in ECE? Attend some of the presentations!! To register for a presentation, go to https://my.ece.illinois.edu/ece445/index.asp

Published Date: November 20, 2009


Exam 3 results

In Mallard, you now have access to scores on Exam 3, to statistics on Exam 3, and to an estimate of your current letter grade for the course. The estimate is based on the three hour exams and homework so far. See the course syllabus for the full policy on course grades.

Exams will be returned to you on Wednesday, November 18.


Regrade Policy: To request reconsideration of the grading of one or more problems on the exam, please staple a sheet to the front of the exam, with your name, and write a full explanation and your reasoning; "please regrade" is not sufficient. Regrade requests will be accepted in class on Wednesday November 18, and Friday, November 20; requests after the break will not be considered. Please write neatly.

Solutions will be posted after Friday. Meanwhile, do go to office hours (posted on the Web site) if you have questions about exam problems.

Published Date: November 17, 2009


Final exam

The Combined final exam for ECE 110 is Monday Dec 14, 7-10pm. There is a conflict exam Tuesday Dec 15, 1:30-4:30pm. To take the conflict, you must qualify AND register by filling out the form at http://courses.ece.illinois.edu/ece110/ConflictRequest.pdf

Published Date: November 17, 2009


Monday & Week

No lab Monday (will be postponed). there is an optional review session as planned for the exam3.

As a result of the strike, some of the (TAs only) office hours may not be covered. We are trying to cover those for which we (instructors) are free.

Published Date: November 16, 2009


Thank you

Thank you for your feedback. I changed the missing link for the lab, and I added an hint in Practice exam #1 of Hour exam #3, for Question #4.

Published Date: November 16, 2009


Anonymous

Dear Anonymous Student.

I am sorry to be forced to post the following, but there is abuse on the anonymous feedback.

The anonymous feature on the website is conveniently provided for all to send constructive feedback to the ECE 110 team, not to spam our mailboxes with requests that we cannot accommodate (since we do NOT know who you are), and upset emails. If you have issues that we can help you with, it will be best addressed by coming forward in a non anonymous way! If you do not stop sending email that way, we will be forced to remove a privilege that the class quite enjoys.

I am happy to sign this post. Please stop sending useless emails.

Prof Brunet

Published Date: November 13, 2009


RA paper review and team evaluation

You may start reviewing your four papers, and evaluate your team today (11/12) in RAMSES at 5pm. Remember that you must "submit", and submissions are final. You will earn 5% for each paper reviewed, and 10% for the team evaluation. The criteria lists are conveniently available in RAMSES for help. Enjoy reading your papers! Also, remember that HW3 is mandatory. If you do not complete it (even late), a 20% penalty will be applied to your RA score. HW3 will be unavailable on D4 (12/1, 5pm).

Published Date: November 12, 2009


ROOMS&ASSIGNMENTS HAVE BEEN CHANGED!

Check the UPDATED post regarding the exam 3! For safety reasons, and for students not to feel threatened regarding the recent Crime-Alert, we requested a change of rooms (from Everitt Lab to others).

Published Date: November 11, 2009


HKN Review for Exam 3

HKN Student Services will be hosting a review session this coming Sunday from 6-8 PM at 165 Everitt Lab for the ECE110 Exam 3.

Published Date: November 11, 2009


Exam 3, RA portfolios, and HW17

Even if there is a strike by the GEO on Monday, November 16, we will still administer Exam 3 on Monday evening, as previously announced. The RA team portfolios will still be due on Wednesday, November 18. Mallard homework HW17 will still be due on Saturday morning, November 21.

Published Date: November 10, 2009


Third Exam

The third exam is Monday November 16, 7-8:15 pm. Rooms are as follows:
Last Names A-Cha: Digital Computer Lab 1310 (no longer A-C, and Everitt Lab 269)
Last Names Che-Ke: Roger Adams Lab 116 (no longer D-Ke, and Everitt Lab 151)
Last Names Kh-Pa: Digital Computer Lab 1320
Last Names Pe-Z: Siebel 1404

The topics covered are from Lectures 23 to 33 (check schedule), homework 12 to 16 (i.e. NOT Encryption). You will be asked to SHOW YOUR WORK (i.e. all steps you are taking to provide your answer). Answers without work will be graded zero. Check website with past exams solutions to see what it means (examples). This will allow us to give you partial credit if applicable, and allow you to recheck your work before giving your test back.

You are allowed to bring one standard size sheet of personal notes (writing on both sides ok), a palm-size calculator (graphic ok). You must use pencils on your exam.  You will be given the decimal/binary/hexadecimal table, the flip-flop Characteristic tables, the ASCII, Morse, USPS tables, and the log2 numbers and properties.

If you have a conflict, we will accommodate you (we can give a make-up after 8:30pm, right after the exam); You must inform Prof. Brunet asap - we need to reserve a room, and  if you are registered in DRES and need accommodation, let us know asap. Notify instructor by Wed. November 11 at 5 pm.

There are practice exams (actual past exams) in Mallard and others on the ECE 110 website (under Exams). HKN (243 EL) sells past exams packages.

Monday November 16 lecture will be replaced by a (non-mandatory) Q&A session.

Published Date: November 9, 2009


Noise in 3:00 lectures

The amount of noise in my 3:00 lecture is the worst I have ever experienced in my 29 years of teaching here. Students who talk while I am speaking are preventing other students from learning. Further, I have difficulty determining who is talking because my hearing ability has declined. Because the management of the classroom is a responsibility that all of us share, I request that students who are bothered by others' conversations kindly and respectfully ask them to stop. -- Michael Loui

Published Date: November 4, 2009


Paper Originality check in Turnitin

See instructions in Create an Account on RA website. * You must turn your paper for originality check in Turnitin before you upload it in RAMSES (Class Id & Enrollment Password are posted (in instructions document) * You must follow the Step 7 (instructions) to create your Turnitin account (name is NOT your name, but related to your teams name and number). 30 % penalty on RA paper if Step 7 not followed (if we have to look for your submission). * You must submit once in the Final Check (for a Grade) category to count for a grade, even if your paper passed the trial ones (revision1, revision2). We will NOT check your trials; we will not count them. A 40% penalty will be applied on RA paper if instructions are not followed.

Published Date: November 2, 2009


Exam 2 scores posted

In Mallard, you now have access to scores on Exam 2, to statistics on Exam 2, and to an estimate of your current letter grade for the course. The estimate is based on the two hour exams and homework so far. See the course syllabus for the full policy on course grades.

Exams will be returned to you on Wednesday, October 21. Students who participate in supervised study sessions may review the exam at the sessions on October 25.

Regrade Policy: To request reconsideration of the grading of one or more problems on the exam, please staple a sheet to the front of the exam, with your name, and write a full explanation and your reasoning; "please regrade" is not sufficient. Regrade requests will be accepted in class on Friday, October 23, and on Monday, October 26; requests after Monday will not be considered. Please write neatly.

Solutions will be posted early next week. Meanwhile, do go to office hours (posted on the Web site) if you have questions about exam problems.

Published Date: October 20, 2009


Review Session Sunday!

HKN will be hosting a review session this Sunday from 6-PM at Everitt 165 for the Exam 2 of ECE110.

Published Date: October 16, 2009