Tentative Schedule

Here is a preliminary schedule, but it will change over the course of the Semester, check everyday.

--- Subject to Change ---

(projects will be similar to another iteration of class.

Wk
Tue Topics PDF Notes/Assignment
1 08/18
  1. Syllabus & Policies
  2. Summaries & Technical Talks
    & How to read a paper.
  3. Soccer Simulator Discussion


    Movie Thursday:    Trillion Dollar Bet (50 minutes) The Midas Formula
 [PDF]
[PDF]

 

2015-2016 Academic Calendar

Last UG & Grad drop/add day (Fri, Aug 21)

HW 1: An Introduction

Project 1: Soccer Server

Please also write a message introducing yourself to the class listserv (see HW 1 an introduction)
       CS-SIM@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
  Serial/Sequential Discrete Event Simulation Preliminaries & Optimistic Simulation
2   08/25
  1. Tue: Discrete Event Simulation
  2. We/Th: Event Oriented View
  3. Wed Class Photo
    • group/class picture
  4. Th: Soccer Simulator discussion & progress graded in class, on both days bring laptop,run java soccer server (we will spend 20-25 minutes on this task).
 [PDF]
[PDF]

HW look at presentation page, check out some of the papers, vounteer next week for a paper.
  Parallel Discrete Event Simulation Preliminaries & Optimistic Simulation
3
09/01
  1. Tuesday: Present & Vote on Class Soccer Server
  2. Wednesday -
    • Assign first few week of presentations (at least 2 presentations per week starting next week).
    • Server Discussion
    • Discrete Event Simulation
  3. Soccer Tournament Part 1 (Th)
    • Demonstrate class server on your laptop on the class server. with a Team that is better than Brute Force
    • Process Oriented Simulation
    • HW over weekend work on a killer team (possibly refining teh team you developed today) submit a .class file (not code) on the listserv, and to nike via submit command (more info on this coming).
    • Due Monday Evening (be prepared for more instructions on this)
 [PDF]

Project 2: Soccer Teams
4
09/08
  1. Tue: Final Soccer Tournament
  2. We: Parallel & Distributed Simulation Begin (Chapter 3)
  3. Th: 1 set of Presentations (weekly from here and forward)
    1. Presentations 1,2 - see link in menu bar above the schedule.
    2. Turn in Summary by midnight
    3. Hardcopy before class
    4. Presenters please send slides to the list.
  


You should have read the entire first two chapters (and part of Chapter 3 specifically 3.1, 3.2) in the textbook by the end of this week.

  • example1.doc
  • example2.doc


    • Note that although example2 is a nice write-up overall, the critique of the speaker (last paragraph) is 2/5 - as it did not mention or convey the coverage of particular concepts.

     

     
    5
    		09/15
    1. Conservative Simulation & Null Messages (Chapter 3)
    		 [PDF]

     

     
    6
    		09/22
    1. Time Warp: Introduction to Local Control
    		[PDF]

    Project 3: The Path to Pong (updated)

    Python Tutorial: [PDF]

    Project 1: GRADES (updated 9/28 6PM)

    Summaries: GRADES (updated 9/28 6PM)

    HW1: GRADES (new)
    6
    		09/22
    1. Time Warp: Introduction to Local Control
    		[PDF]

    Project 3: The Path to Pong (check on Wednesday)
    7
    		09/29
    1. Global Virtual Time 1
    		 [PDF] [PDF]

    Project 4: Walking Ants: From Pong to real Paths
    8
    		10/06
    1. GVT: Mattern's Algorithm
    		 [PDF] [PDF] Midterm October 6th, 2015
    9
    		10/13
    1. We: Practice Quiz
    2. Exam 1 (Thusday 10/13)
    		  



    10
    		10/20
    1. Tue: Go over answers of exam, rubric and criteria
    2. We: Distribute Tests/Grades ( repeat some of the grade criteria/rubric form Tue, but only briefly)
    3. Th: Resume Presentations
    		  

    Exam 1: Not including re-do paper question

    P4 - Exam1-REDO.txt :

    Survey Monkey for the exam 1: P4 REDO here (slight difference since you have 2 days, good luck). Due Thu at midnigth.
    https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/9F8G8HNf

    Also if you feel you have any grade issue that have not been resolved, please list them in this Survey Monkey:
    https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/gradeissues

    P1 - regrade: here
    P2 - teams: here
    P3 - pong (TA still working on submission) here
    dfsd

    Grade Sheet (low project grades are concerning)

    Withdrawal Deadline Th Oct 22, 5:00 PM
    11
    		10/27
    1. Odds and Ends Optimistic Simulation
    		  

    Fall Break Oct 30
    12
    		11/03
    1. Tu: Finish Optimistic Simulation
    2. We: Market Simulation Video
    3. Th: Market Simulation Discussion
    		  

    Project 5: Will be assigned this Thursday. We will use an intro project from Georgia Tech for our project 5, but will only work on Part 1 (see here). You will have X days for this Project. Due Tue 11/17 before class.

    videos

    Fr: Final Project: Term Project.
    13
    		11/10
    1. Market Simulation
    		  

     
    14
    		11/17
    1. Tu: Hand out Final Term Project List
    2. We: Portfolio Assignment, One Paragraph Final Term Project Due.
    3. Th: Check Market Simulator.
    		  

    WE: 1 paragraph proposals of final projects due, list handed out Tu.
    15   11/24
    *******
    		   Thanksgiving Break
    16   12/01
    1. Tue: Exam 2 Possibly or Quiz or
    2. Time Parallel Simulation
    3. We: 3-5 Slide progress reports, sends slides & report to instructor's mac address.
    4. Odds and Ends - grade concerns will also be addressed here.
    		[PDF]

     

    P3-Pong Grades ( here )
    P4-Ant Grades ( here )

    Grade Sheet Nov 30 ( here )
    Grade Sheet Dec 03 ( here ) [P4, P5, and last quiz not included, and final not included)

    Most Current Version of SASSY ( here )

    Documenttion of SASSY and traffic simulator running on SASSY ( here ). Please don't use the SASSY source from that page use the zip file linked above.

    Last week of our class.

    P5-MarketSim Grades ( here )
    17   12/08
    1. Tu: No Class
    2. We: Reading Day (No Class)
    		  

    No Class. This Tuesday Counts as a Friday Class
    12/08 Counts as a Friday Class

    12/09 Wednesday: Reading Day
               
    18
    		12/15
    1. Last Week of Finals
    2. Tue: 12/15 Our Final Exam or Project Presentations
      12:00 - 3:00 pm
    3. We: 12/16 Last Day of Finals (we are not meeting here).
    4. Fri: Dec 18 Graduation
    		  

    Contest Results: ( see here ) late penalty is not applied on these.

    Grade Before Final ( see here ) Contests applied.

    Graduation Friday Dec 18, 2015
    19
    		12/22
    		  Monday, Dec 21, 5 PM, Grades Due
               

     

    Other


    Acknowledgements

    The course may use materials from previous simulation programming courses taught at other universities.