CIS 511, Spring 2009
Introduction to The Theory of Computation

Course Information
January 22, 2009

** Welcome to CIS511 **

Coordinates:

Towne 313, Tuesday-Thursday, 12:00-1:30pm

Instructor:

Jean H. Gallier, GRW 476, 8-4405, jean@cis.upenn.edu

Office Hours:

Th 4:30-6:00pm, Th 4:30-6:00pm

TA/Graders:

Anduo Wang, anduo@cis.upenn.edu

Office Hours:

Wed-Fri, 4:00-5:00pm, Levine 6th floor Lounge

Newsgroup:

upenn.cis.cis511

Textbook (required):

Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages and Computation , J.E. Hopcroft, R. Motwani, and J.D. Ullman, Addison Wesley, third edition (July 8, 2006). The second edition is also fine.

Also recommended:

Elements of the Theory of Computation, H. Lewis and C. Papadimitriou, Prentice Hall

Latex Tutorial (Especially Section 11):

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A Word of Advice :

Expect to be held to high standards, and conversely! In addition to transparencies, I will distribute lecture notes. Please, read the course notes regularly, and start working early on the problems sets. They will be hard! Take pride in your work. Be clear, rigorous, neat, and concise. Preferably, use a good text processor, such as LATEX, to write up your solutions.

Due to the difficulty of the homework problems and in order to give you an opportunity to learn how to collaborate more effectively (I do not mean "copy"), I will allow you to work in small groups. A group consists of AT MOST THREE students.

You are allowed to collaborate with the same person(s) an unrestricted number of times.
Only one homework submission per group. All members of a group will get the SAME grade on a homework or a project (please, list all names in a group).

It is forbidden to use solutions of problems posted on the internet. If you use resources other than the textbook (or the recommended textbooks) or the class notes, you must cite these references.

Plagiarism Policy

I assume that you are all responsible adults.
Copying old solutions verbatim or blatantly isomorphic solutions are easily detectable.
DO NOT copy solutions from old solution sheets, from books, from solutions posted on the internet, or from friend!
Either credit will be split among the perpetrators, or worse!

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