• There will be two kinds of homeworks: assignments (asg) and tests (TEST).
  
  
• Against every lecture, I'll list either an asg or a TEST.
  
  
• Each asg will contain starred ``(*)'' and non-starred problems.
  
  
• You must do the starred problems completely (as you do with any homework). For the non-starred problems, all you need to turn in is a self-assessment summary (see below).
  
  
• If you lose points in the ``*'' problems, you can re-submit those parts after our solutions are posted, taking advantage of our solutions. We will post our solutions soon after the assignment deadline.
  
  
• Each asg thus solved (full solution to starred and self-assessment for non-starred) have to be turned in one week from the assigned date.
  
  
• We will grade the starred problems in-depth.
  
  
• We will grade the self-assessment of the non-starred problems cursorily.
  
  
• The asg are designed to help you learn the material. They will account for 5% of the course grades.
  
  
• The TESTs will be take-home exams consisting of paper reading assignments, paper and pencil problems, and perhaps computer assignments. They will account for most of your course grades (90%). There are about five of them.
  
  
• Class participation (attendance and general involvement) will be 5%.
  
  
• The assignments and tests are numbered sequentially using the convention ``asgN'' where N is the lecture on which asgN is given out (basically the Nth assignment). They may be turned in as hardcopy solutions (often more natural for theoretical ``paper and pencil'' problems) or or electronically through handin. Please submit them as ``asgN'' for the Nth assignment.
  
  
• A self-assessment summary containing the following is required for all non-''(*)'' assignment problems:

  Difficulty:

  Write Easy / Medium / Hard, as the case may be. Here, ``Easy'' means ``don't bother helping me; I get it, and I don't want to say anything more.'' ``Hard'' means: ``I am clueless, and hence not writing much.'' ``Medium'' means: I could make some progress.

  New concepts learned:

  If you answered ``Medium'' above, describe what concepts you are missing and what you have no problems with.

  
  
  
• Deadlines and late policies: Nothing is allowed to be late, unless pre-negotiated. For tests, the submission deadline will typically be the next day. For assignments, the deadline is a week from when they are assigned (so each Tue's is due the next Tue, and likewise for each Thu's).
  
  
• The slides I have kept against print are the ones to print. In case I forget to create this link, please do not print the slide deck directly, as it has many incrementally filled slides (unless you remove \pause and rerun latex).

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