1. CSCI 5240 Combinatorial Search and Optimization with Constraints
First of all, I would like to welcome you to the first lecture of CSCI5240: combinatorial search and optimization with constraints.
At the same time, I must apologize for not being able to give you a face to face lecture since I am attending a conference in France now.
In any case, I think it’s timely for you to try video lectures since we plan to do something new in this semester
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2. CSCI 5240 When Traditional Classroom Lectures Meet MOOCs
Some of you might have read an from me about 2 weeks ago. Yes, this course will be taught, in addition to traditional classroom lectures, with the help of MOOCs, which stands for Massive Open Online Courses. I’ll explain the details of how this course is going to be run in the following.
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3. Administrative Tidbits
Instructor: Jimmy Lee, SHB 1009, x38426,
Tutor: Isaac Huang, SHB 1005, x38422,
Course information dissemination and discussion: <piazza.com/cuhk.edu.hk/fall2016/csci5240> and homepage <course.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/~csci5240>
Evaluation criteria: assignments (60%) and final (40%)
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4. The MOOCs Two courses consisting of modules of short videos
Course 1: 4 modules
Course 2: 5 modules
8 module summaries, workshops and programming assignments
Self-learn: C1M1 and C2M1
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5. Each Module Video lectures Module summary Workshop Assignment
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6. Blended Learning I teach lectures, and videos are for revision
You watch the summaries and do the workshops (and watch the solution videos)
The TA will discuss the workshops appropriately
The assignments are for assessment
Some purely MOOCs
Some I teach, but you can watch the MOOC to revise
First half about modeling, so that you can solve problems without knowing how
Second half is about the technologies under the hood
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7. Things to do … Finish all videos in Module 1
Download and Install MiniZinc
Work on Workshops 0 & 1, and watch the solution videos
Work on Assignment 1
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8. Miscellaneous Assignments due on Sundays 11:59pm
Linux version of MiniZinc?
Tutorial timeslot?
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