1. 1 ECE 102 Engineering Computation Chapter 1 The Instructor and You Dr. Herbert G. Mayer, PSU Status 9/2/2015 For use at CCUT Fall 2015

2. 2 Who is Your New Instructor? Instructor is a German immigrant to the USA, who has worked in the US computer industry and academia Instructor is a German immigrant to the USA, who has worked in the US computer industry and academia Worked at CCUT Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 Worked at CCUT Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 Immigrated to the US, due to marriage with US citizen in Berlin; yes she is beautiful Immigrated to the US, due to marriage with US citizen in Berlin; yes she is beautiful Became naturalized US citizen in 1995 Became naturalized US citizen in 1995 MS EECS (electrical engineering an computer science) UCSD 1983; beautiful beach & campus! MS EECS (electrical engineering an computer science) UCSD 1983; beautiful beach & campus! PhD CS (informatik) TU Berlin 1995; awesome city, now united! PhD CS (informatik) TU Berlin 1995; awesome city, now united! Professional focus at Intel on compiler optimization, alias analysis, programming languages, VLIW Professional focus at Intel on compiler optimization, alias analysis, programming languages, VLIW

3. 3 Who is Your Instructor? PhD Thesis on automatic generation of MP-object code via alias analysis PhD Thesis on automatic generation of MP-object code via alias analysis Retired from Intel Corp. in 2011 after 24 years Retired from Intel Corp. in 2011 after 24 years Managed compiler development for systolic array architecture 1980s Managed Intel CPU tuning lab & CPU validation of new Intel processors Teaching computer science since 1983 at SDSU San Diego, and since 1987 PSU Teaching computer science since 1983 at SDSU San Diego, and since 1987 PSU Teaching experience 2004 in Shanghai, at IIIST Teaching experience 2004 in Shanghai, at IIIST Loved China and teaching in China so much that I volunteered to participate in the CCUT + PSU cooperation for CS and ECE Loved China and teaching in China so much that I volunteered to participate in the CCUT + PSU cooperation for CS and ECE Back at CCUT this academic year 2015-2016 for ECE Back at CCUT this academic year 2015-2016 for ECE

4. 4 Goals of ECE 102 Improve CCUT students’ command of English in preparation for your possible studies in the US Lightly acquaint CCUT students with the American culture, to reduce culture-shock in case of studies in Portland, OR Review elements of electrical engineer’s tool box, such problem solving skills, mathematical rules and formulae, electric circuits Develop algorithms for solving simple electrical engineering problems

5. 5 Goals of ECE 102 Write short programs Apply computational engineering software tools Present technical content Briefly introduce Matlab But expects that CCUT’s main teacher covers Matlab during the rest of ECE 102 Also brief coverage only of LabJack

6. 6 Conventions for ECE 102 At start of class, we discuss key English language terms used in the near future: vocabulary intro Being a non-native English speaker I experienced how important language is for communication Vocabulary intro limited to a few minutes You should ask question in class, every time an idea is not understood; this way you are always “in synch” with the instructor This may not be a typical custom in Chinese academia, but will help you ease into the American life at a university

7. 7 Grading, Homework, Tentative Acquire up to 200 points total = 100% Acquire up to 200 points total = 100% Upper and lower 15% yield a + or – grade variation Upper and lower 15% yield a + or – grade variation 2 homeworks at 100 points each = 200 points 2 homeworks at 100 points each = 200 points Homework to be emailed before the start of class on the due date to your regular Chinese teacher, but you must copy herb Homework to be emailed before the start of class on the due date to your regular Chinese teacher, but you must copy herb Homework emails should use the subject line “ECE 102 HW x”, where ‘x’ is the homework number Homework emails should use the subject line “ECE 102 HW x”, where ‘x’ is the homework number

8. 8 Credit for Class Material A complete course for ECE 102 at PSU was developed by professor Phillip Wong Some of the material used is these lecture notes is taken verbatim from prof. Wong, with his gracious permission Other parts are derived from his ideas from word documents and PowerPoint presentations that prof. Wong shared with me Only a small portion of the overall material was put together originally by me for this 6 week assignment here at CCUT

9. 9 Extra Credit for Students Extra Credit: is a way to improve your grade by up to a half grade, i.e. up to a maximum of 50 points total Extra Credit is granted for good ideas expressed in class, constructive questions and contributions in class, identifying errors in class material Volunteers may present the HW or select topics in class, 10 min. each for a few extra credit points Any error in class material, even the slightest typo – but only pointed out the first time– is worth some extra credit Presenting smart homework solutions in class can deserves extra credit; you need to volunteer for such presentations proactively Each time you catch and correct an error made by the instructor you receive extra credit

10. 10 Overall CCUT Context My portion of ECE 102 is only a small part of your 28- or 16-week long semester at CCUT My portion of ECE 102 is only a small part of your 28- or 16-week long semester at CCUT Hence this portion is only one part for your final grade, to be assigned by your class teacher Hence this portion is only one part for your final grade, to be assigned by your class teacher Yet the ECE 102 portion will be part of your final grade, but the detail and weight is to be decided jointly with the semester’s professor Yet the ECE 102 portion will be part of your final grade, but the detail and weight is to be decided jointly with the semester’s professor Hopefully, you learn a lot and enjoy my personal delivery method, refined by me in a quarter century of teaching Computer Science Hopefully, you learn a lot and enjoy my personal delivery method, refined by me in a quarter century of teaching Computer Science

11. 11 Who are You? Share briefly, even if we have worked together last year at CCUT About 3-5 students volunteer to articulate in class, explaining: Your name, Chinese and English, if you have Your field of study and current progress Why do you take ECE 102? What is your expectation of this class? What is your minimal goal for this class? Which is your ideal learning goal? Have you worked in the computer industry? Which computer subjects are you interested in? Anything else relevant to this course