Assignment 1: An Introduction - warm up 25 pts

Assignment Day               Thursday, August 15, 2013
Due Date               Monday, August 19, 2013 (midnight)
Format email to maria AT cs.uga.edu

 

  1. Send a message to the mailing list introducing yourself, address of the list is below:
    CS-MODEL@listserv.uga.edu, you should received an automatic invitation at the address you have listed in your UGA records (CAVEAT: the email list was requested 08/15/2013, it may take a couple of days from the request until you receive your invitation).

  2. Email a .JPG picture of yourself (send it via an email attachment to maria AT cs.uga.edu).
    (500x800 pixels is a good image size)
    Name image file:
    Lastname,FirstName.JPG (comma ',' between firstname and lastname, and please use capital letter for the first letter of Lastname, and first letter of FirstName, all other letters should be in lower case)
    Example Name: Hybinette,Maria.JPG
    FYI: We will also bring a camera to class on Friday, August 23rd, please prepare a name tag that we will use to identify you in the picture (note if you want a 'nondescript' name use that for your name tag. See example name tags depicted on the class web site (follow the link "People" which has images from a previous class taught by the instructor).

  3. a) Let me know if we can display the image (Q2), or not on the website. If you prefer not to be on the web-site, you will need to send an additional image depicting something you like (e.g., a pet or a screen shot of your favorite game), b) How do you want to be identified on the web site? (First Name, Last Name, or do you prefer a fictitious name (please indicate it in this question below). Note this name should be different from the name below).
  4. What do you want your 'code' / secret name to look up your grade - this name will be displayed as a key to lookup your grade. This grade should be different from the 'fictitious' name in "3".
  5. Toss a quarter 200 times, recored "H" for head and "T" for tail. Record the result in a column in excel. Save the excel file as comma separated values (.csv) file (email as attachment).

Grade 25 points total
05 points for message sent to class list
05 points for emailing image , correct image format (JPG format), and naming of file
05 points for question 3 (image restriction indication)
05 points for question 4 (grade code name)
05 points for question 5 (200 tosses).
 


Acknowledgments

This semester, this course is inspired by Mark Guzdial's Freakonomics course, and other similar courses .