Schedule, Spring 2024 Semester

Academic Courses

• Spring 2024 Semester
  • CMPS 144 (Computer Science II)
    
  • CMPS 144L (Computer Science II Lab)
    
  • CMPS 260 (Theoretical Foundations of Computer Science)
    
  • SE 504 (Formal Methods and Models)
    
• Intersession 2024
  • CMPS 144 (Computer Science 2)
    
• Fall 2023 Term    
  • CMPS 134 (Computer Science 1)
    
  • CMPS 144 (Computer Science 2)
    
  • CMPS 144L (Computer Science 2 Lab)
    
  • SE 500 (Math for Software Engineering)
    
  • HINF 545 Database Principles and Applications

U of Scranton Links

• CS Dept. Web Mail
• University of Scranton home page
• Computing Sciences Department home page
• Links to department-relevant pages in U of S catalogs
• University of Scranton Academic Calendar
• U of S Library homepage
• Undergraduate catalog
• U of S course schedule search
• U of S Compressed schedule (for inclement weather)
• U of S Calendar of Events
• AP credit guidelines
• U of S Men's Basketball Schedule
• U of S Women's Basketball Schedule
• Employee Directory
• final exam schedule
• Online forms (fillable pdf)
• Advising Form
• Engage LMS (Wiley, HINF)

General Computer Science Links

• Edsger W. Dijkstra (1930-2002)
  • obituaries: U of Texas   ACM   by Krzysztof Apt   New York Times
  • E.W. Dijkstra Archives
  • Wikipedia biography
  • Similar Wikipedia biography
  • Some of Dijkstra's most memorable quotes.
• Digital Libraries
  • ACM Digital Library (via U of S Library)
  • ACM Digital Library (direct)
  • IEEE/IET Electronic Library (IEL)
  • IEEE Computer Science Digital Library
  • The Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies
  • Computer and Information Science Papers CiteSeer Publications ResearchIndex
  • Directory of Open Access Journals
• Computer Science Teachers Association (concerned with K-12 CS education)
• Best of the Web (Computer Science)
• Computer Science Online
• specific programming languages/tools
  • Ada95
  • COBOL
  • jGrasp
• EHR Go

Computer Programming Contests

• University of Scranton Annual High School Programming Contest
• Sites with good programming problems:
  • Kattis
  • LeetCode
  • ACM-ICPC Live Archive (click on "Browse Problems" under "Online Judge")
  • University of Valladolid Online Judge (After establishing an account, you can submit solutions to any of hundreds of problems and have them judged.)
  • ACM-ICPC Live Archive (After establishing an account, you can submit solutions to any of hundreds of problems and have them judged.)
  • Problem Set Archive of ACM Int'l Programming Contest European Division (but includes links to problems from contests held outside Europe)
  • Ed's Programming Contest Problem Archive
  • Problems from Past ACM World Finals Contests (Click on the Past Problems button on the left margin)
  • Some past ACM Mid-Atlantic Contest problem sets
    • 1991   1992   1993   1994   1995   2013   2014
    • Links to problem sets for ACM Mid-Atlantic Regional contest, 2002-2010
    • Mid-Atlantic Regional Archive 1998-2008 (team standings, judges' comments, etc.)
  • Past World Finals problems
  • U of S Programming Contest (November 2000)
    
  • American Computer Science League
  • USA Computing Olympiad

Research

• Publications

Political Commentary

• Speak Up For Education (to fight against indoctrination, cancel culture, and the teaching of critical race theory in schools)
• George Will
  • recent
  • old columns
• Charles Krauthammer
• Thomas Sowell   Sowell's home page   Quotes from Thomas Sowell
• Cal Thomas
• Heather Mac Donald: Manhattan Institute   National Review
• Shelby Steele
• Kim Strassel

English

• Capital Community College Guide to Grammar & Writing   (including my favorite part: sentence diagramming)
• University of Ottawa HyperGrammar
• Grammar Check"

Humor

• My rant regarding golf carts
• Gorn links
  • Arena episode of Star Trek
  • Gorn Home Page
  • Hear Gorn speak!
• The Annoying Only

Golf

• PGA Tour
• LPGA Tour
• Anthracite Golf Association

WWW bookstores

• Bookfinder.com
• Hamiltonbook.com
• BookPool
• Chegg
• textbooks.org
• Valore Books
• amazon.com