Objective
Introduce basic concepts and techniques for developing sequential and concurrent computer programs.

Pre-requisite
Basic experience with the Java programming language (e.g., one semester at the high school level); honors standing preferred.

Instructors:
Tim Korb
Aditya Mathur
Barry Wittman

Teaching Assistant:
Daniel Tang

Course description

Introduction to computers and software, primitive types, strings, input, output, flow of control, classes, objects, methods, arrays, inheritance, exception handling, threads, recursion, abstract data types, collections framework, streams and file I/O, reuseable software, event-driven programming, and multi-threaded programming. When appropriate, topics will be introduced with a focus on use in parallel and concurrent computing. The programming language used is Java.

Lecture/Lab/Project Schedule

Office Hours:

Aditya Mathur: Wednesday 2:30-3:30 LWSN 1177

Evaluation

Course grading will be relative. The new letter grading scheme will be used. This scheme allows finer divisions of grades from A+ to F.

Textbooks

Sequential Programming:
Java: Introduction to Problem Solving and Programming (5th Edition) by Walter Savitch and Frank M. Carrano (Paperback - Jun 9, 2008).

Concurrent Programming:
Bary Wittman: Class notes to be provided.