Course Info
Last updated: Tue, 14 Feb 2023 17:08:30 -0500
This page lists basic information about the course such as people and times.
(All emails are UMB addresses)
1 Staff
Instructor: Stephen Chang (email: Stephen.Chang)
TA: Woody (email: wancheng.lin001)
TA: Richard (email: richard.chang002)
2 Lecture
Times
Lectures meet Mondays and Wednesdays at the following times:
Section 1: 2:30-3:45pm
Section 2: 4:00-5:15pm
Here’s a Google Calendar with class times, iCal format (requires UMB login).
First Lecture: Monday, January 23, 2023
Last Lecture: Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Location: McCormack M03-0430
See also Lecture Policy.
3 Office Hours
To accommodate different needs, we will have both in-person and virtual office hours.
Office hours will be held weekly in-person, in McCormack, 3rd Floor, at these times:
Wed 12:30-2:00pm EST (Prof Chang), room 0201-03
Fri 2:00-3:30pm EST (Richard), room 0139
Tue 4:00-5:30pm EST (Woody), room 0139
Office hours will be held weekly via Zoom during these times:
Fri 12:30-2:00pm EST (Prof Chang) (see Blackboard for Zoom link)
Drop-ins are fine, but emailing in advance if you can would be helpful.
These will usually be group meetings, but one-on-ones are available upon request.
4 Textbook
Material from the course will be drawn from the the following textbooks:
Michael Sipser. Introduction to the Theory of Computation, 3rd edition. 2012, Cengage.
Hopcroft, Motwani, Ullman. Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation (link to archive.org), 3rd edition. 2007, Pearson.
In general, the lectures and slides are self-contained, but for reference I list book chapters to accompany each lecture.
In past courses, students that read the textbook chapters learn more from lecture and earn higher grades in the course.
5 Homework
Homework will be assigned weekly.
We will usually follow this schedule:
Homework out: Mondays 12:00 am EST
Homework due: Sundays 11:59 pm EST
But the schedule may change due to holidays or other circumstances.
See also Homework Submission Policy.
6 Exams
There are no exams for this course this semester.