Announcements

This pages holds all the announcements presented at the start of lecture periods. Note that emails are intentionally removed, since this is a public page. You can find those emails on the Canvas landing page.

Lecture 14: Tuesday, October 13, 2026

• PS4 out, due tomorrow, October 14
• PA2 out, due Thursday, October 15
• PS5 coming later this week, due next Wednesday, October 21
• Divide and Conquer Quiz (Quiz 2) at CBTF next week (Wed-Fri, Oct 21-23, 2026)
  • Sign ups open this week on Prairietest.com
  • Will be discussed on Thursday

Lecture 13: Thursday, October 8, 2026

• PS4 out, due October 14
• PA2 out, due October 15
• Graphs Quiz at CBTF this week (Wed-Fri, Oct 7-9, 2026)
  • Sign up on Prairietest.com now if you haven’t already
• Divide and Conquer Quiz (Quiz 2) at CBTF in two weeks (Wed-Fri, Oct 21-23, 2026)

Lecture 12: Thursday, October 1, 2026

• PS4 out today, due October 14
• PA2 will be available this week, due October 15
• Graphs Quiz at CBTF next week (Wed-Fri, Oct 7-9, 2026)
  • Sign up on Prairietest.com now

Quiz 1: Graphs

• Four questions:
  • Big-Oh function classification
  • Multiple choice questions (T/F, select-one, select-many)
    • Likely around 8 (but that number may change)
  • Graph algorithms: using proof blocks, specify an algorithm we’ve seen
    • All graph algorithms we’ve seen are fair game here
  • Trace one graph algorithm (randomly selected):
    • Perform DFS and classify the edges
    • Perform Dijkstra’s Shortest Path
    • Determine the Strongly Connected Components

Lecture 11: Tuesday, September 29th

• PS3 out, due tomorrow
• PS4 will be available this week, due October 14, 2026
• PA2 will be available this week, due October 15, 2026
• Graphs Quiz at CBTF next week (Wed-Fri, Oct 7-9, 2026)
  • Sign up on Prairietest.com soon (more details when we have them)
• Reviewing Practice Quiz

Lecture 10: Thursday, September 24th

• PA1 due tonight, Thursday, September 24, 2026
• PS3 out, due Wednesday, September 30, 2026
• Office hours
  • TA office hours Mon-Wed 5-9pm, Sun&Thurs 5-7pm in Rice 442
  • Posted on Canvas landing page and website home page
• Quiz 1 (Graphs) coming after Fall Reading Days

Lecture 9: Tuesday, September 22th

• PS2 out, due Wednesday, September 23, 2026
• PA1 out, due Thursday, September 24, 2026
• PS3 out today, due Wednesday, Sept 30, 2026
• Office hours
  • TA office hours Mon-Wed 5-9pm, Sun&Thurs 5-7pm in Rice 442
  • Posted on Canvas landing page and website home page
• Quiz 1 (Graphs) coming after Fall Reading Days

Lecture 8: Thursday, September 17th

• PS2 out, due Wednesday, September 23, 2026
• PA1 out, due Thursday, September 24, 2026
• PS3 coming early next week, due Wednesday, Sept 30, 2026
• Office hours
  • TA office hours Mon-Wed 5-9pm, Sun&Thurs 5-7pm in Rice 442
  • Posted on Canvas landing page and website home page
• CBTF Practice Quiz this week (Wed-Fri)
  • Can’t make a reservation? Email <redacted> (scheduling)

Lecture 7: Tuesday, September 15th

• PS1 out, due Wednesday, September 16, 2026
• PS2 out, due Wednesday, September 23, 2026
• PA1 out, due Thursday, September 24, 2026
• Office hours
  • TA office hours Mon-Wed 5-9pm, Sun&Thurs 5-7pm in Rice 442
  • Posted on Canvas landing page and website home page
• CBTF Practice Quiz this week (Wed-Fri) – please schedule!

CBTF Practice Quiz: Logistics

• Make reservation on prairietest.com
  • Can’t make a reservation? Email <redacted> (scheduling)
• Location: Gilmer Hall 490A
• Do not be late! Be early!
  • Arrive early to check in
  • Test will automatically close a few minutes after the start time
• Practice quiz
  • Get a feel for the room, the environment, types of questions
  • No testing on content, so you won’t need to study for this one
  • Know things like: obvious UVA landmarks, opposite of True, runtime of insertion sort (it’s O(n^2))

CBTF Practice Quiz: Contents

• 6 questions, in a random order
  • Agreements and understanding question
    • Read through, click that you understand
  • Multiple choice, true/false questions
    • True/false, multiple choice select one, multiple choice select many
  • Symbolic input questions
    • Entering formulas such as “O(f(n))” or “E=m*c^2”
  • Proof blocks question
    • Given a series of steps for a proof (or algorithm) including incorrect steps, assemble the correct ones in the correct order
  • Array fill-in
    • Given a 1-D or 2-D array, fill in the correct values
  • Comments
    • List any comments you have (but must put something, at least “none”, for credit)

Lecture 6: Thursday, September 10th

• PS1 out, due Wednesday, September 16, 2026
• PS2 out next week, due Wednesday, September 23, 2026
• Office hours
  • TA office hours Mon-Wed 5-9pm, Sun&Thurs 5-7pm in Rice 442
  • Posted on Canvas landing page and website home page
• CBTF Practice Quiz next week (Wed-Fri) – please schedule!

Lecture 5: Tuesday, September 8th

• PS0 out, due September 8 tomorrow, September 9, 2026
• PS1 out, due Wednesday September 16, 2026
• Office hours
  • TA office hours Mon-Wed 5-9pm, Sun&Thurs 5-7pm in Rice 442
  • Posted on Canvas landing page and website home page
• CBTF Practice Quiz next week (Wed-Fri)

CBTF Practice Quiz next week (Wed-Fri)

• How to register:
  • Go to prairietest.com and accept the invitation to CS 3100
  • You will then be able to reserve a slot for the practice quiz
  • Don’t see an invitation?
    • If you added the course late, we will update this week
    • If you did NOT add the course late, email the course email!
• If you got an invitation from prairielearn.com, ignore that for now
• CBTF is in Gilmer Hall, room 490A
• The system automatically bans you from taking the quiz if you are late!
• Arrive a bit early!
• Details about the quiz itself will be out next Tuesday

Lecture 4: Thursday, September 3rd

• PS0 out in Canvas and course website, due September 8, 2026
• PS1 available tomorrow, due September 16, 2026 (Wednesday!)
• Course email: <redacted>
• Office hours
  • TA office hours changing slightly
    • Sun & Thurs 5-7pm, Mon-Wed 5-9pm in Rice 442
    • Sunday hours starting this weekend
  • Bloomfield hours W 10a-12p, Th 2-3p (Rice 402) – missing today
  • Hott hours Tu & Th 2:30-3:30p, W 3-4p (Rice 401)
  • Posted on Canvas landing page and website home page
• CBTF practice quiz in 2 weeks (details soon!)

Lecture 3: Tuesday, September 1st

• PS0 out in Canvas and course website, due September 8, 2026
• PS1 available later this week, due September 15, 2026
• Course email: <redacted>
• Office hours
  • TA office hours Mon-Thur 5-9pm in Rice 442
  • Bloomfield hours W 10a-12p, Th 2-3p (Rice 402)
  • Hott hours Tu & Th 2:30-3:30p, W 3-4p (Rice 401)
  • Posted on Canvas landing page and website home page
• Quiz 5 (Final Exam Time) Update:
  • Can take it during our exam time, Fri Dec 11 7-10pm; may have other times

Lecture 2: Thursday, August 27th

• PS0 out in Canvas and course website, due September 8, 2026
• PS1 available later next week, due September 15, 2026
• Textbook is linked from Canvas landing page
• Office hours coming soon (starting next week)
  • TA office hours targeting Mon-Thur 5-9pm in Rice 442 (details next week)
  • Profs office hours Bloomfield (Rice 402), Hott (Rice 401)
  • Will be posted on Canvas landing page
• Prof Hott Office Hours Today (Thursday), 2:30-3:30pm

Lecture 1: Tuesday, August 25th

As this was the first lecture, there were no announcements.