29 September 2015Birkbeck College, U. London1 Introduction to Computer Systems Department of Computer Science and Information Systems Autumn 2015 Preliminary Information Lecturer: Steve Maybank
29 October 2015Birkbeck College, U. London2 Lecturer Steve Maybank Tel: Room 158, main building
29 September 2015Birkbeck College, U. London3 Essential Reading Computer Science, an overview, G. Brookshear and D. Brylow, Twelfth Edition, Pearson, 2012.
29 September 2015Birkbeck College, U. London4 Module Arrangements Revision seminar on Boolean operations and floating point arithmetic, 27 th October In class test, 3 rd November Mock examination, 1 st December Revision class, 8 th December Two hour examination in summer 2016 Total mark = (2*test+8*exam)/10 Module passed if total mark >= 40%.
Teaching Materials Lecture slides Useful web pages (e.g. on arithmetic) Mathematics revision slides Videos (Boolean operations) Past in class tests Past examination papers Available on Moodle or 0to%20computer%20systems.html 29 September 2015Birkbeck College, U. London5
29 September 2015Birkbeck College, U. London6 Mathematics Workshops Mathematics Learning Coordinator: Eva Szatmari, MAL 707, Sat , , Binary 1, MAL B29 Mon , Boolean Algebra (BSc ISM), GOR 124 Thu , Boolean Algebra (BSc Computing), GOR B07 Sat , , Binary 2, MAL B18
Videos of Mathematics Tutorials Binary numbers Two’s complement notation Excess notation Boolean operations and truth tables See 29 September 2015Birkbeck College, U. London7