1. 29 September 2015Birkbeck College, U. London1 Introduction to Computer Systems Department of Computer Science and Information Systems Autumn 2015 Preliminary Information Lecturer: Steve Maybank

2. 29 October 2015Birkbeck College, U. London2 Lecturer Steve Maybank http://www.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/~sjmaybank/ Email: sjmaybank@dcs.bbk.ac.uksjmaybank@dcs.bbk.ac.uk Tel: 020 7631 6446 Room 158, main building

3. 29 September 2015Birkbeck College, U. London3 Essential Reading Computer Science, an overview, G. Brookshear and D. Brylow, Twelfth Edition, Pearson, 2012.

4. 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%.

5. 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 http://www.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/~sjmaybank/introduction%2 0to%20computer%20systems.html 29 September 2015Birkbeck College, U. London5

6. 29 September 2015Birkbeck College, U. London6 Mathematics Workshops Mathematics Learning Coordinator: Eva Szatmari, MAL 707, e.szatmari@bbk.ac.uk e.szatmari@bbk.ac.uk Sat 17.10.15, 10.00-12.00, Binary 1, MAL B29 Mon 19.10.15, 6.00-8.00 Boolean Algebra (BSc ISM), GOR 124 Thu 22.10.15, 6.00-8.00 Boolean Algebra (BSc Computing), GOR B07 Sat 24.10.15, 2.00-4.00, Binary 2, MAL B18

7. Videos of Mathematics Tutorials Binary numbers Two’s complement notation Excess notation Boolean operations and truth tables See http://bbk.libguides.com/computerscience/mathstutorials 29 September 2015Birkbeck College, U. London7