1. CSCI 1730: C++ and System Programming
Instructor: Maria Hybinette
Office: Barrow 217D
Wonderful to be here!
This is work led by me in collaboration with my graduate students at CMU
I am going to focus on work begun over the last year that I plan to continue in the future
General -- collaborations

2. Course Objectives Know and understand C++ and UNIX System Programming
Just showed you a robotic example of agents interacting with agents
we want to develop CS to observe and model multiagent systems
we need an example system
Collaboration
Ant algorithms
network routing
robot navigation
scheduling
Interested in application to CS and biology
Veloso modeling soccer agents for a while
Observing ants just began recently
Biologists currently use pencil and paper
Maria Hybinette
Computer Science
CSCI 1730

3. Your Responsibility
(Under Construction)
Read and understand class policies
Work independently on both projects and homework,
list: will set up
Maria Hybinette
Computer Science
CSCI 1730

4. How we’re going to do it Read Program
C++ How to Program, Deitel and Deitel
UNIX System programming, Haviland, Gray, Salama
Program
10-12 programming assignments
Talk and think in class, and outside!
Our hypothesis is that these algorithms will apply to the study of any multiagent system.
Work in progress
Give you a picture of our intermediate results and where we want to go
Multidisciplinary
Multi-disciplinary
vision
agent
Maria Hybinette
Computer Science
CSCI 1730

5. Evaluation Theory 35% Practice 60% Participation 5% Grading
2 Exams (10% each) + Final 15% = 35%
Practice 60%
10-12 programming assignments
Participation 5%
100% attendance will raise your final grade
Grading A B C D
Brief, short
Maria Hybinette
Computer Science
CSCI 1730

6. Policy on Collaboration
Assignments:
Purpose: familiarization of concepts and details of C++ and UNIX systems programming.
Work on project independently:
No Direct Sharing of code
No line-by-line assistant
No exchange of code
You are encouraged to ask questions of one another, and to respond to other student's questions.
Exams:
Closed-book. No outside assistance is permitted. No additional materials may be used.
No make-up tests unless absence is due to serious illness. Doctor’s diagnostic note is required. The final grade will be scaled accordingly.
Maria Hybinette
Computer Science
CSCI 1730

7. Schedule of Topics See Handout – Subject to Change Maria Hybinette
Computer Science
CSCI 1730