Course grade cut-offs

Even with our last warning, we've had some questions about the letter grade cut-offs for the overall course grades. Please direct any questions here, or see this link for further information. Cheers.

Final exam grades

Please do not, under any circumstances, email us asking what the curve is for the course (or the exam). We plan to submit overall grades tomorrow afternoon. The final exam grades, though, have just been released. The mean (and median) score was 79 (out of 125), with a standard deviation of 17.

Chess server grades released

The grades for your performance on the chess server are now released. Refer to the assignment documentation for the grading rubric. For computing the extra credit points, only students from this semester were considered, and only the best bot was considered from each partnership. If there is an error in the scoring, please let Jeff know by Tuesday at the very latest.

Cheat sheet policy

The cheat sheet policy for the final will be the same as the midterm (one 8.5 x 11 sheet of notes, double-sided).

Review session Saturday, 4 - 7 pm

The final exam review session is this Saturday, May 9th, from 4 - 7 pm in Wean 7500.

Office hours canceled

Sorry for the short notice, but my office hours today are canceled. I will instead have office hours tomorrow (Thursday) from 1 - 2 pm and Friday from 11 am - 1 pm. The TAs might be shifting their office hours this week, too. See the 15-211 calendar for details.

Office Hour Cancelled

I have to cancelled my office hour today due to an unexpected incident. Feel free to ask any question by email. I am very sorry for the inconvenience.

Remember to turn in your final submission

So that we can see that you have written your own code for the chess server portion of this assignment, please turn in your code to the "chess-final-handin" assignment entry on Frontdesk by May 1st at 11:59 PM.

Current Course Grades

An announcement I forgot to make in class: Early next week we plan to send each of you your current course grade, including quizzes, the midterm, and homeworks up to BaconBacon (but not including Chess).

Both endgame evaluators are now extra credit

It has been brought to our attention that there was a misprint in the starter code of the TestedEvaluator, which incorrectly labeled the EndgameEvaluator as extra credit. Because of this, both parts of the EndgameEvaluator (endgameEvaluatorTest0 and endgameEvaluatorExtraCreditTest) are now extra credit. The assignment docs will NOT be updated to reflect this due to Frontdesk limitations. I personally apologize for the misprint.

My office hour today(4/28) is moved

I'm moving my office hour today to 2:00-3:00 on this Thursday instead of the usual time. It will be still in the west wing cluster. Sorry for the inconvenience.

How to see your results vs. the bots

Use this link: http://www.link.cs.cmu.edu/211/chess-results.html This shows your bot vs. BachChoy and JackBach for the last 10 games played. A 1 denotes a win, a 0 denotes a loss, and a = denotes a tie.

Office Hour Canceled (4/27)

My office hours will be canceled on Monday 4/27. I broke my wrist and will be getting the cast put on that day. I will be available by appointment this week if necessary.

Office hour change 4/24

My office hour today (4/24) will be moved to 4:30 ~ 5:30 pm instead of the usual time

No Recitation April 15

There will be no recitation this week. Enjoy Carnival.

Office hour change 4/15

My office hour on Wednesday, April 15 will be from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (instead of the usual 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM).

Chess assignment released

The chess assignment is now released on FrontDesk. Please read the assignment documentation carefully before starting--consider printing a copy so that you can easily make notes. As mentioned in the docs, each student can register for a chess server account at http://www.link.cs.cmu.edu/211/sign-up.html. Please do NOT use a password that you use anywhere else, as the passwords are stored in plaintext.

Daegun's office hour on 4/14 is canceled

Due to an interview scheduled at the time, I'm canceling my office hour on next Tuesday. I'll be available via e-mail if you need any immediate help. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Recitation 11 (4/8/09)

Recitation 11 on 4/8/09 will be devoted to going over debugging tactics and a tutorial on the Eclipse debugger. You may benefit from bringing your laptops to class by gaining some hands-on experience.

Eric's Office Hour Cancelled.

My today's office hour is cancelled because I am not feeling well. Feel free to ask any question by email. I am very sorry for the inconvenience.