Introduction to Computers (II)

Instructor:

殷堂凱, Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering
Office hours: Thursday 5
Office: 理工二 305
Phone: 07-5919515
Email: tkyin@nuk.edu.tw

TA:

Time:

Lectures: Tuesday 2-4

Location:

Labs: 理工第一實驗大樓 112 (Tuesday 2)

Lectures: 理工第一實驗大樓 104 (Tuesday 3, 4)

Objectives:

1. Understanding how the computers operate and writing programs to solve problems.

2. Learning C language in structured program developments

3. Exercising debugging and testing in developing programs

Lecture content:

1. Basic Concepts: hardware, OS, evolution of computer systems, multitasking, multithreads, multiple CPUs, running environments, computer networks

2. C programming language: variable names, scopes, control procedure, data types, subroutines

Lecture syllabus:  

　

Lecture	Date	Subject	C Programming	Note
1	2/21		C Pointers
2	2/28	228, no class
3	3/7	Number systems	C Pointers	HW1 due
4	3/14	The Computing Processes in Computers	C Pointers	HW2 due
5	3/21		C Characters and Strings	HW3 due
6	3/28		C Characters and Strings	HW4 due
7	4/4		C Formatted Input/Output	HW5 due
8	4/11		C Formatted Input/Output	Project 1 due
9	4/18	Midterm exam
10	4/25	Storage in Computers	C Structures, Unions, Bit Manipulations and Enumerations
11	5/2	Internet	C File Processing	HW6 due
12	5/9		C File Processing	HW7 due
13	5/16		C Data Structures	HW8 due
14	5/23		C Data Structures	HW9 due
15	5/30		C Data Structures	HW10 due
16	6/6		C Preprocessor	Project 2 due
17	6/13		Other C Topics
18	6/20	Final exam

Grade:

• Midterm (25%)
• Final (30%)
• 2 Projects (20%)
• 10 Homework assignments (25%)
• Class attendance (-10% ~ +10%)

Textbook:

C How To Program, Fourth Edition, by H. M. Deitel and P. J. Deitel, Pearson, 2004. 全華代理

References:

•  Understanding Computers: Today and Tomorrow, 10th Edition, by Deborah Morley and Charles S. Parker, 2004.
•  Computers, Information Technology in Perspective, Twelfth Edition, by Larry Long and Nancy Long, Pearson, 2005.