Tue 2:30-3:30, DC 3621
Thu 2:30-3:30, DC 3621

Daniel Ivan, divan@cs.uwaterloo.ca

Somayeh Moazeni, smoazeni@math.uwaterloo.ca

• General Information
• Course Grading
• Schedule of Topics
• Assignments
• Collaboration and Academic Integrity

General Information

• The main source for course information is UW-ACE (http://uwace.uwaterloo.ca).
  
  
• Course Notes: CS 370 Course Notes are available from Campus Copy in the Davis Centre, DC 1820B (approx. $15).
  
  
• Optional Text: Timothy Sauer, Numerical Analysis, Addison Wesley, 2006.
  
  
• Optional Text: Cleve Moler, Numerical Computing with MATLAB, SIAM, 2004. (Also available online through The MathWorks at www.mathworks.com/moler/).

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Course Grading

Assignments	28% (five of them, worth 4%, 6%, 6%, 6%, 6%)
Midterm	24%
Final exam	48%
There will be 5 assignments, all worth 6% except for the first one worth 4%. To pass the course, your combined exam mark (for the midterm and final) must be at least 36 (out of 72). Otherwise, your final grade will be your combined exam mark. If you are unable to write the midterm for well-documented reasons, then the final examination is weighted at 72% of the final mark.

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Schedule of Topics

Sep 8 - Sep 17: Floating Point Arithmetic

Sep 19 - Oct 6: Interpolation and Parametric Curves

Oct 8 - Oct 27: Fourier Transforms

Oct 29 - Nov 12: Linear Algebra and Least Squares Problems

Nov 14 - Dec 1: Differential Equations

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Assignments

Procedures for assignments
Unclaimed assignments can be picked up from the boxes outside the SciCom lab, DC 3594.

Midterm and Assignment Dates

Thu Sep 25: Assignment 1 due 5:00 pm

Thu Oct 9: Assignment 2 due 5:00 pm

Tue Oct 21: Midterm Test, 7:00-9:00 pm

Thu Oct 30: Assignment 3 due 5:00 pm

Thu Nov 13: Assignment 4 due 5:00 pm

Mon Dec 1: Assignment 5 due 5:00 pm

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Collaboration and Academic Integrity

You are encouraged to discuss assignments with other individuals in the class.

Submitted assignments should be your own work.

Academic Integrity: In order to maintain a culture of academic integrity, members of the University of Waterloo community are expected to promote honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility. All members of the UW community are expected to hold to the highest standard of academic integrity in their studies, teaching, and research. The Office of Academic Integrity's website (www.uwaterloo.ca/academicintegrity) contains detailed information on UW policy for students and faculty. This site explains why academic integrity is important and how students can avoid academic misconduct. It also identifies resources available on campus for students and faculty to help achieve academic integrity in — and out — of the classroom.

Grievance:  A student who believes that a decision affecting some aspect of his/her university life has been unfair or unreasonable may have grounds for initiating a grievance. Read Policy 70 - Student Petitions and Grievances, Section 4, http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infosec/Policies/policy70.htm

Discipline: A student is expected to know what constitutes academic integrity, to avoid committing academic offenses, and to take responsibility for his/her actions. A student who is unsure whether an action constitutes an offense, or who needs help in learning how to avoid offenses (e.g., plagiarism, cheating) or about “rules” for group work/collaboration should seek guidance from the course professor, academic advisor, or the Undergraduate Associate Dean. When misconduct has been found to have occurred, disciplinary penalties will be imposed under Policy 71 – Student Discipline. For information on categories of offenses and types of penalties, students should refer to Policy 71 - Student Discipline, http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infosec/Policies/policy71.htm

Avoiding Academic Offenses:  Most students are unaware of the line between acceptable and unacceptable academic behaviour, especially when discussing assignments with classmates and using the work of other students.  For information on commonly misunderstood academic offenses and how to avoid them, students should refer to the Faculty of Mathematics Cheating and Student Academic Discipline Policy, http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/navigation/Current/cheating_policy.shtml

Appeals: A student may appeal the finding and/or penalty in a decision made under Policy 70 - Student Petitions and Grievances (other than regarding a petition) or Policy 71 - Student Discipline if a ground for an appeal can be established. Read Policy 72 - Student Appeals, http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infosec/Policies/policy72.htm