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Hugh C. Lauer Adjunct Professor

(Slides include materials from The C Programming Language, 2nd edition, by Kernighan and Ritchie and from C: How to Program, 5th and 6th editions, by Deitel and Deitel)

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Names and Faces

It is in your own interest that I know who you are. Students who speak up in class usually get more favorable grades than those who dont When speaking in class, please identify yourselves
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Ground Rule #1
There are no stupid questions. It is a waste of your time and the classs time to proceed when you dont understand the basic terms.

If you dont understand it, someone else probably doesnt it, either.
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Ground Rule #2
Help each other! Even when a project or assignment is specified as individual, ask your friends or classmates about stuff you dont understand. It is a waste of your time try to figure out some obscure detail on your own when there are lots of resources around. When you have the answer, write it in your own words (or own coding style).
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Discussion Board
Use the class e-mail list as a Discussion Board
Technical and administrative questions

Answer questions to the list

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WPI Academic Honesty Policy

It is a violation of the WPI Academic Honesty Policy to submit someone elses work as your own. It is not a violation of WPIs Academic Honesty Policy to ask for help!
Classmates, TAs, friends, mentors, Explanations of things you dont understand
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Many Resources
Web, previous instances of this course, other courses Friends, classmates, mentors, etc.

Cite Your Sources

Explain in your own words
So that I can see that you actually understand it

Write in your own coding style

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No Copying!

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Questions?

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Instructor Hugh C. Lauer

Adjunct Professor
Ph. D. Carnegie-Mellon, 1972-73
Dissertation Correctness in Operating Systems

Lecturer: University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Approximately 30 years in industry in USA Research topics
Operating Systems Proofs of Correctness Computer Architecture Networks and Distributed Computing Real-time networking 3D Volume Rendering Surgical Simulation and Navigation
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Systems and Programming Experience

IBM Corporation University of Newcastle Systems Development Corporation Xerox Corporation (Palo Alto) Software Arts, Inc. Apollo Computer Eastman Kodak Company Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs (MERL) Real-Time Visualization
Founded and spun out from MERL Acquired by TeraRecon, Inc.

SensAble Technologies, Inc. Dimensions Imaging, Inc. (new start-up)

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Experience (continued)
CTO, Chief Architect of VolumePro 1000
Worlds first interactive 3D rendering engine for CT, MRI, seismic scans for PC-class computers Designed entirely 7.5-million gate, high-performance ASIC in C++ 9 illuminated graphical samples per second 10

Two seminal contributions to computer science

Duality hypothesis for operating systems (w/Roger Needham) First realization of opaque types in type-safe languages (with Edwin Satterthwaite)

21 US patents issued
Computer architecture Software reliability Networks Computer graphics & volume rendering
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Continuing Where We Left Off Yesterday

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