LOTS TO DO!

Been busy. Cut my thumb peeling potatoes and it's still slowly healing.
Going to go to dinner now.
Lots to do!
LOTS TO DO!

- a lab for robots due Friday the 4th
- a lab for bobs class due Monday the 7th
- a 15 minute presentation Wednesday the 9th on Kismet
- a 30 minute presentation Wednesday the 9th on constraint handling rules
- a final project in robotics due later
- a final paper in Jewishness due sometime later
and of course, final exams, quizzes, and hebrew homework

Oh yes, and I got the best grade on the last Hebrew test we had. (last week)
So my Hebrew teacher is even MORE sad to see me go.


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Ah thanksgiving, a great holiday. Had a lot of fun, nice week.
Busy busy

No Hebrew

Well, it looks like Hebrew won't work next semester. The rabbi can't move the class because it would conflict with someone else's schedule. Oh well. It's too bad.

On the other hand, I'm looking forward to coming home tomorrow! Yay! Horray!

Ivrit

It looks like Algorithms won't be taught again any time while I'm at bard, so I have to take it next semester. On the bright side, the Rabbi will poll the class and see if he can re-schedule the class so that I can take it again. I don't know if it will work though, I think everyone has different schedules :(

Classes

Well, it's that time of year again. The time I choose my courses for next semester.
Here is what I'm most likely going to take:

11241

CMSC 301 Algorithms

Robert McGrail

. T . Th .

1:00 -2:20 pm

RKC 100

MATC

Cross-listed: Cognitive Science The course discusses design and analysis of correct and efficient computer algorithms. Topics include sorting, greedy algorithms, divide-and-conquer algorithms, dynamic programming algorithms, and graph algorithms. Advanced topics in algorithms may be selected from specialized areas of the mathematical and empirical sciences. Prerequisites: Computer Science 142 and Mathematics 231/235

11472

CMSC 325 Advanced Hardware: Multiprocessor Computer Architecture

Rebecca Thomas

. T . Th .

10:00 - 12:00 pm

RKC 107

MATC

Modern desktop computers typically contain multiple microprocessors. In order to take full advantage of these new machines, one must understand a number of interlocking hardware and software issues, including instruction-level and thread-level parallelism, architectures for shared memory, and dynamic scheduling. This course will combine principles of computer organization as applied to multiprocessor systems with case studies of several extant multicore architectures. Prerequisite: CMSC 201.

11470

CMSC 233 Mobile Applications and Interfaces

Sven Anderson

. . W . .

7:00 -9:00 pm

RKC 100

MATC

(2 credits) This course provides a hands-on introduction to the design of applications on hand-held mobile devices characterized by limited computational and interface resources. Particular emphasis will be placed on developing software interface designs that incorporate the specialized input-output capabilities of these devices such as wireless communication, spoken interfaces, and image capture. Students will be assigned to small teams that work together to develop applications for this platform. Prerequisite: CMSC 201.

11361

LIT 230 Innovative Novellas and Short Stories

Justus Rosenberg

M . W . .

10:30 - 11:50 am

OLIN 303

ELIT

An in-depth study of the difference between the short story, built on figurative techniques closely allied to those employed in poetry which allows the writer to achieve remarkable intimacy and depth of meaning in the space of a few pages and the novella that demands the economy and exactness of a short work while at the same time allowing a fuller concentration and development of both character and plot. We explore the range and scale of the artistic accomplishments of such masters in these genres as Voltaire, de Maupassant, Leo Tolstoy, Checkhov, Sholem Aleichem, Thomas Mann, Isaac Babel, A. France, Camus, Kafka, Collette, and Borges. In addition to writing several analytical papers, students are asked to present a short story or novella of their own by the end of the semester.

11225

ECON 291 Foundations of Finance and Investments

Tsu-Yu Tsao

M . W . .

3:00 -4:20 pm

ALBEE 106

SSCI

Cross-listed: Economics & Finance This course explores the foundations of the pricing of financial instruments and the structure and organization of financial markets. Methods will be developed to analyze and measure financial performance, price stocks and bonds, evaluate portfolios and understand financial derivatives as these relate to financial data. Additional topics include the investment decision-making process; trading practices; risk assessment and diversification. This course involves a substantial amount of statistical analysis and calculation, but no prior knowledge of statistics is required.

Weekend

My weekend was okay. Noah came and on Friday night we went to a l.a.s.o. party. That is the latin american students organization. We only went for the free food, it was pretty good. The next night we went to the international students organization show, which was pretty cool. Basically all the international students did a dance or sang a song. There were lots of Chinese, a Vietnamese girl who looked like she was 10 and sang a song about the clouds and stars and moon very sweetly in Vietnamese, there was a Peruvian jazz band, Nepalese people, Indian bollywood stuff, a Tibetan dance, Greek wedding dance, a Slavic dance by four Russian girls, a salsa rumba dance, Caribbean dance. it was pretty entertaining.

Nothing else exciting, I'm just really glad that I'm more than halfway done with college. I can imagine another dreadful year and half of this. I see a light at the end of the tunnel, and I can't wait to finish.

Ibm

Looks like IBM might not be offering their summer internship opportunity program this year, probably due to lack of funding.

Update: I emailed the person in charge of the program and asked to verify the status of the program, when I hear back I'll add more to this post.

UPDATE:
Hi Bella,

Yes, now it is up to date. This opportunity will be offered in summer 2010. I look forward to reading your application, and good luck to you.

Best regards,

Barbara

Nothing new

Well, there is nothing particularly new going on. My grandparents are visiting from Israel for a month, which is pretty awesome. I've come home for 2 weekends to see them, and this weekend I'm staying at Bard because they are going up to Rochester to visit some crazy relatives.

Every day is kind of the same. Cathy and I hang out after classes which is fun. Today I am tutoring a girl I've been tutoring, and tomorrow I'm tutoring this new guy named "Sheppard Pepper". I know, what a crazy name. Apparently he's french, and from what I hear he's an asshole. But we'll see.

Hmm what else, what else. Not much else.

I'll leave you with 2 cute photos.