LEARNING OUTCOMES
Upon successfully completing the course a student
(i) understands the essential functional structure of a programmable computer and its operation during program execution,
(ii) understands the physical limitations and possibilities of computers, including the main computational resources (time, space, parallelism, etc) and how to put these into use,
(iii) can determine/measure the performance of a computer program in practice, in simple cases by inspecting only the structure of the program,
(iv) understands what is meant by an abstract interface and its implementation, including the possibility of alternative implementations with different performance characteristics,
(v) understands the concept of recursion and can write programs that employ recursion and operate on recursive data structures, and
(vi) knows the basics of algorithm design and analysis, including selected designs for fundamental combinatorial tasks (searching, sorting, etc).
Credits: 5
Schedule: 28.02.2022 - 27.05.2022
Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Lukas Ahrenberg
Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):
CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):
Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):
Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English
CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD
Content
valid for whole curriculum period:
Introduction to computer architecture and program execution from gate level to high-level programming languages. Programming abstractions and analysis of program performance. Aspects of functional programming, e.g. recursive definitions and recursion. Introduction to computer science and problem-solving with algorithms.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
valid for whole curriculum period:
Programming assignments and an exam
Workload
valid for whole curriculum period:
Lectures: 24 h. Work in small groups / exercise sessions: 36 h; Independent work: 72 h, Exam: 3 h. Total 135 h [5 cr]
DETAILS
Study Material
valid for whole curriculum period:
Lecture notes, articles, and programming assignments
Substitutes for Courses
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Prerequisites
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FURTHER INFORMATION
Further Information
valid for whole curriculum period:
Teaching Period:
2020-2021 Spring IV-V
2021-2022 Spring IV-V
Course Homepage: https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=CS-A1120
Registration for Courses: In the academic year 2021-2022, registration for courses will take place on Sisu (sisu.aalto.fi) instead of WebOodi.