Complete Announcements - 6.001

Posted May 21, 2004: Course Grades and Final Exams

The Spring 2004 edition of 6.001 is over! Have an excellent summer.
If you have not already, please fill out the survey (PS 11) to help us improve 6.001.
Course grade: this should be available as of Friday afternoon, May 21.
The statistics for the final exam: mean 149.2, stddev. 34.3.
Starting Tuesday, May 25 you may view (but not remove from the room) your final exam in 39-567. Be prepared to show your MIT ID.

Posted May 27, 2004: Adventure Game Contest Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the object-oriented adventure game:

Rajiv Eranki -- Technical Prize
Ryan Hendrickson -- Technical Prize
Andrew Pinkham -- Technical/Creativity Prize
Hyeyoun Chung -- Creative Artistry Prize
Adam Donovan -- Creative Artistry Prize

Posted May 13, 2004: Etta Kappa Nu (HKN) Underground Guide Evaluation forms

The HKN people were very apologetic -- they simply did not bring nearly enough course evaluation forms to the last lecture. If you would like to fill one of these out, you can get a blank form at the Course 6 Undergraduate Office, 38-476. The input from these forms goes into the student-run Course 6 Underground Guide.
In addition, the 6.001 staff also has an online feedback form, which we would love for you to fill out. This has concrete questions on it that we can actually use to improve the subject for students in future terms. This is "Problem Set 11" (ungraded) on the online-tutor.

Posted May 11, 2004: Final Live Lecture on Thursday
The last lecture of the semester will be a live lecture on Thursday, May 13, at 10:00 am in 10-250. In addition to lecture material (which you will be responsible for on the final), we will distribute Project 4 prizes and complete course evaluations. See you there!

Posted May 3, 2004: Project 6 Corrections
There are minor corrections to the code in project 6. The files simulator.scm and analyze-sim.scm have been modified, and you should grab the corrected versions. In these files, search for "CHANGED May 3" to find the corrections.

Posted May 3, 2004: Final Exam Info
The Final Exam will be held on Thursday, May 20 from 9:00 am to Noon, in Johnson (upstairs).

Coverage is cumulative. Although material in the last third of the subject is likely to be emphasized, you are responsible for material from the beginning of the class through and including the last lecture (which will be a live lecture). The material in the
You may bring two 8 1/2" x 11" pieces of paper, with notes written or printed on both sides, to the final exam.
To help with your review, a library of 6.001 exams has been assembled by David Ziegler. This has a limited number of example final exams from past years. Note that the topics and coverage varies from term to term, and some of the technology (e.g. the object-oriented program system) has also changed.
There are no Lab Assistant organized review sessions for the final (the LA's have finals too!).
Conflicts are handled by the Registrar's Office. See http://web.mit.edu/registrar/www/schedules/exams.html

Posted April 30, 2004: Project 6
Project 6 -- register machines -- has been released, and is due on Friday, May 7 at 6:00 PM. See the "Projects and project information" link below.

Posted April 20, 2004: Project 5 REVISIONS
A revised Project 5 has been released, as of 5:30 pm on April 20. Note that both the project description and the code files have changed, so you should be sure to grab the new versions of both. Note: in Exercise 2, the evaluation of an empty "if" alternative already works. You can consider this a gift -- simply demonstrate that it already works and explain why.

Posted April 19, 2004: Project 5
Project 5 -- meta-circular evaluator -- has been released, and is due on Friday, April 30 at 6:00 PM. See the "Projects and project information" link below.

Posted April 15, 2004: Quiz 2 Results
Class average was 89.8, with standard deviation of 8.8. Approximate grade equivalents (and number of quiz scores in this range) are A: 93-100 (129), B: 82-92 (94), C: 70-82 (29), D: 50-69 (9). The quiz handout (pdf) is available, with solutions (pdf).

Updated posting April 8, 2004: Quiz Info
Quiz 2 will be held on Tuesday, April 13 from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm.

Coverage will be through the "OO Systems III" lecture and project 4. The quiz is cumulative (you are responsible for material since the start of the term), although material since the last quiz will be emphasized.
You may bring one 8 1/2" x 11" piece of paper, with notes written on both sides, to the quiz.
Students with last names beginning with P through S will take the exam in 4-270
Students with last names A through O, and T through Z, will take the exam in Walker Memorial 50-340.
If you have a conflict with this exam time, please email boning@mit.edu as soon as possible, and absolutely no later than Wednesday, April 7.
Review sessions will be Sunday, April 11, 5-7pm, Rm. 4-145, and Monday, April 12, 7-9pm, Rm. E25-111 (note: you may need an MIT ID card if the building is locked).
To help with your review a library of 6.001 quizes has been assembled by David Ziegler.

Posted April 6, 2004: Project 4 Corrections

In objsys.scm, you should add (define due-date project-due-date). This has been fixed in the latest objsys.scm file in the projects directory.

In Warmup Exercise 6, (define book (create-thing 'book the-floor)) should be (define book (create-mobile-thing 'book the-floor)).

Posted April 1, 2004: Project 4 Intermediate Deadlines
Please note that there are two intermediate deadlines associated with Project 4.

There are some warmup exercises you should be prepared to show in tutorial on Monday or Tuesday (April 5/6).
Also, you are asked to email your TA with your planned extensions to the adventure game world, by Wednesday, April 7.

(Thanks go to the recitation representatives, who suggested we warn people about these intermediate deadlines.)

Posted March 31, 2004: Project 4 Corrections
In Warmup Exercise 6, (define book (create-thing 'book the-floor)) should be (define book (create-mobile-thing 'book the-floor)).

Posted March 29, 2004: Project 4
Project 4 -- object-oriented adventure game -- has been released, and is due on Friday, April 9 at 6:00 PM. See the "Projects and project information" link below. Note that the project4 system will work on MIT Scheme, but not all parts of the project will work in other Scheme variants.

Posted March 18, 2004: Online Tutor Subtleties
There are some subtleties, limitations, and suggestions for using the 6.001 online tutor that you may need to or want to know about.

Posted March 15, 2004: Thursday Live Lecture
Reminder -- Lecture on Thursday, March 18 will be live in 10-250, at 10:00 am.

Posted March 14, 2004: Project 3 Updates

tables.scm -- tag-check? should be tag-check

Problems 14, 15, and 17 -- minor clarifications have been added

Posted March 9, 2004: Project 3
Project 3 -- relational databases -- has been released, and is due on Friday, March 19 at 6:00 PM. See the "Projects and project information" link below.

Posted March 4, 2004: Quiz 1
Class average was 70, with standard deviation of 16.4. The quiz handout (pdf) and solutions (pdf) are available.

Posted March 4, 2004: Lecture 9
Lecture 9 was a live lecture in Room 10-250, on Thurday, March 4, 10-11 am. Summary lecture slides are available through the tutor.

Posted March 3, 2004: Lecture 9
Lecture 9 will be a live lecture in Room 10-250, on Thurday, March 4, from 10 am to 11 am.

Posted February 28, 2004: Quiz 1 Review Sessions
The optional review sessions by the LAs will be held on Sunday, Feb. 29, 7-9pm, and Monday, March 1, 7-9pm, in Room 4-159.

Posted February 25, 2004: Quiz 1
Quiz 1 will be held on Tuesday, March 2 from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm.

Students with last names beginning with A through D will take the exam in 4-270
Students with last names E through Z will take the exam in Walker Memorial 50-340.
If you have a conflict with this exam time, please email boning@mit.edu as soon as possible, and absolutely no later than Thursday, February 26.
Review sessions are tentatively planned for Sunday, Feb. 29, 7-9pm, and Monday, March 1, 7-9pm. Location will be announced.

Posted February 24, 2004: Clarification on Project 2
A note and example has been added to the end of Problem 10 in Project 2, to help clarify and illustrate the intended goal of the history-summary data structure.

Posted February 13, 2004: Project 2
Project 2 -- the Prisoner's Dilemma -- has been released, and is due on Friday, February 27 at 6:00 PM. See the "Projects and project information" link below.

Posted February 6, 2004: Project 1
Project 1 has been released, and is due on Friday, February 13 at 6:00 PM. See the "Projects and project information" link below. Note that the banana.scm file has test case corrections as of Sat Feb 7 00:54:11 EST 2004.

Posted February 4, 2004: Project 0
Note that Project 0 has been released (in first lecture), and is due by 6pm this Friday, February 6. See the "Projects and project information" link below.

Posted February 3, 2004: Recitation Assignments

During lecture on February 3rd, we gathered information to assign recitation sections. These assignments are now posted. For Wednesday, February 4th please attend the recitation to which we assign you, not the one to which the registrar assigned you. If you have a conflict with our assignment and only if you have a conflict with that time then you should attend some other recitation that fits your schedule. Do not email the course secretary about section changes until after recitation on Wednesday. Thanks!

Posted January 22, 2004: Welcome to 6.001!

The first lecture of the course will be given live in 10-250 at 10:00am on Tuesday, February 3rd. Please note that the MIT class schedules listing and pre-registration printouts show the lecture as being in 34-101, which is WRONG. We are in fact in 10-250.

"Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs", the text for the course, is available online (link below), or at Quantam Books, for about $52.

During lecture on February 3rd, we will be gathering information which we will use to assign recitation sections. These assignments will be posted on the web later that day. For Wednesday, February 4th please attend the recitation to which we assign you, not the one to which the registrar assigned you. If you have a conflict with our assignment and only if you have a conflict with that time then you should attend some other recitation that fits your schedule. During recitation you will complete an informational form that will help us assign tutorials. Do not email the course secretary about section changes until after Friday. Thanks!

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