Important Announcements (most recent first)

* Last minute office hours: 12-16 office hour at 2pm is full -- extra office hours to be held from 3-4pm

* All judge feedback is now on the Project Feedback Forum

* V. 2 final projects due online by 11:59 p.m. CST on Dec 17

* This syllabus last changed on Tuesday, December 16

 Image Credits

From top: (1) Sonic the Hedgehog, from the game of the same name. Image from: http://www.sega.com/segascream/legacy/sonicstory.jhtml (visited Jan 10, 2003; no longer online). Sonic the Hedgehog is a trademark of Sega Corporation. (2) Artwork from the side panel of a Space Invaders arcade console, circa 1978. Photograph by Dirk Behlau, from: http://www.behlau.net/ (visited Jan 10, 2003; no longer online). Space Invaders is a trademark of Taito Japan. (3) Artist's illustration of a Sony Aibo Entertainment Robot by Jeff Mangiat, from the September, 2000 Popular Mechanics story "Robots" at: http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/robotics/2000/9/ai_robots/ (visited Jan 10, 2003; no longer online). Aibo is a trademark of Sony Electronics, Inc.

 Essentials

Course Meetings: 108 English Building,
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:00 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.

Instructor: Professor Christian Sandvig
Office: 133 Lincoln Hall
Office Hours: 2-3 Tuesdays and by appointment
Office Telephone: 265-6287 (use only during office hours)
Messages: 333-0282 (department office)
Mailbox: 202 Coordinated Science Laboratory
E-mail: csandvig@uiuc.edu

Emily Shaw (Teaching Assistant)
Office: Room 7, 2nd Floor, University YMCA (Wright St. & Chalmers)
Office Hours: 1-2 Thursdays and by appointment
Office Telephone: 265-0094
Email: efshaw2@uiuc.edu