Welcome to the Fall 2017 CMSC 303 course webpage!

Course Info

• Lectures: 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm, Tuesdays and Thursdays.
  Location: Engineering East Hall 3229.
  Textbook: Sipser, Introduction to the Theory of Computation, 3rd edition (2nd edition is also fine).
• Midterm exam: Tuesday, Oct 24, 2017, in class.
  Final exam: Tuesday, Dec 12, 2017, from 1:00 - 3:50 pm, in class.
  
• Instructor: Dr. Sevag Gharibian
  Email: sgharibian at vcu dot edu
  Twitter: @sevag_gharibian
  Webpage: www.people.vcu.edu/~sgharibian/
  Office: E4240
  Office Hours: Tues/Thurs 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm
  
• Teaching Assistants:
  
  Mohammadbagher Fotouhi
  Email: fotouhimb at vcu dot edu
  Office: E4221
  Office Hours: Mon 9:00 am to 11:00 am
  
  Seyran Saeedi
  Email: saeedis at vcu dot edu
  Office: E4228
  Office Hours: Wed 11:00 pm to 1:00 pm
  
  

Announcements

• November 28, 2017
  As discussed in class, in the interest of allowing you to focus on A7, the course mini-project has been cancelled and all students will receive a credit for it.
• November 27, 2017
  A minor typo has been corrected in question 1 on A6.
• November 13, 2017
  A6 has been posted and is due in just over a week on Tuesday, Nov 21 in class.
• October 26, 2017
  The due date for A5 has been postponed to Thurs, Nov 2, 2017.
• October 18, 2017
  A5 has been posted, and is due Tues, Oct 31 in class.
• October 17, 2017
  A4 solutions and midterm practice questions have been posted to Blackboard. Don't forget there's no class Thursday due to Reading Days.
• September 28, 2017
  The midterm date has been decided, as per popular vote in class, and will be Tues Oct 24 in class. A4 has been posted, and a LaTeX template is available on Blackboard.
• September 14, 2017
  A3 has been posted to to the course website. Solutions for A2 have been posted to Blackboard.
• September 7, 2017
  Solutions for A1 have been posted to Blackboard.
• September 5, 2017
  Typo in Assignment 2 has been corrected, please download the latest version. Also, TA office hours for Seyran have been shifted to 11-1 pm on Wed.
• September 1, 2017
  Assignment 2 has been posted, and is due Thursday, September 15, in-class at the start of class.
• August 21, 2017
  Welcome to CMSC 303! At the top of this page, you'll find links to pages for announcements, the course syllabus and suggested reading for each class, Blackboard, and the VCU Quantum Computing Lab.
  
  Second, Assignment 1 has been posted, and is due Thursday, August 31, in-class at the start of class.