CMSC 451 Automata Theory and Formal Languages Fall 1998

WWW access http://www.cs.umbc.edu/~squire

Textbook: Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation

by Hopcroft and Ullman ISBN 0-201-02988-X Copyright 1979 by Addison-Wesley. Reading and homework assignments are from this book.

Fall 1998 grades HERE

Grading Policy 

 Distribution                       Course grade

 Final Exam    20%                  A 90% - 100%
 Quiz 1        15%                  B 80% - 89.9%
 Quiz 2        15%                  C 70% - 79.9%
 Project       10%                  D 60% - 69.9%
 Homework      40%
                            
 Partial credit is given on homework and project.
 No partial credit on multiple choice, true-false, single answer exam questions.

Computer usage 

 All students must have an account on the UMBC gl machines.
 The project and some homework will use the "submit" mechanism.
 All students must be able to access the WWW to get assignments.
 Modem and telnet connections are available for remote use.

Jon Squire, Lecturer, office hours: 

  Tuesday, Thursday 5:30pm to 6:30pm.  Wednesday 4:00-5:15,  ECS 219.

Yibin Zhang, TA, office hours:

Tuesday. Thursday 2:00-3:00 ECS 334, homework questions and grading

Last updated 11/25/98