Back to School Night 2004 information

• Computer Systems Research
  1. Syllabus
  2. Sample research areas
  3. Lab Requirements
  4. Outline for year
  5. Notebook and Web portfolio
  6. By quarter: First, Second, Third, Fourth
  7. Research links
  8. XP1, software design modeling: time, resources, scope, quality,
     an iterative model
  9. Preliminary proposal areas, Sept. 22

• Artificial Intelligence
  1. Syllabus
  2. Course Content
  3. AI Definitions
  4. Slides from Russell/Norvig text: Chap. 1, Chap. 2, Chap. 3
  5. Python/Lisp help
  6. Python warmup problems
  7. "Ghost" word game - whose program can't be beat?
  8. Mr. Torbert's AI site

• Introduction to Supercomputer Applications and High Performance computing
  1. Syllabus
  2. Outline
  3. Assignments 1st quarter
  4. Cray SV1:
     • Using the Cray SV1:
              The Cray SV1 System, Benchmarking guide (pdf),
              Benchmarking programs such as Linpack, NAS benchmark (in the Cray guide),
              Vector tuning for the SV1 (Giuliani), More links on vector programming,
               cray.com
     • Top 500 supercomputers, the list

• Lab tools

• Blackboard

• Randy Latimer, rdlatimer@fcps.edu, 703-750-5026