I400/590: Topics in Informatics - Games and Gossip (3CR)

Spring Semester 2005

Instructor: Marco Janssen

Tentative grading

Class Participation	20%
Assignments	20%
Project	30%
Final Exam	30%
Extra credits for class experiments	0-10%

Class policy

• The main communication medium outside of class is the Oncourse discussion board. Students are expected to post their questions on the board, answer other students' questions, post pointers to relevant news (do NOT copy and paste news articles!), and check the board daily for announcements. Postings must be signed in order to get participation credit. Email is to be used only for confidential matters.
• Students are responsible for making backups of all of their work! This includes any assignment and other materials you produce.
• Students are responsible for the safe and ethical use of class accounts on shared servers, according to university policy and copyright law, and for the sole purpose of carrying out class assignments. Accounts will be monitored and any abuse will be reflected in the grades.
• Students are responsible for assigned readings PRIOR to class discussions.
• Students are expected to attend class in order to do well in the course.
• If you miss class, it is your responsibility to find out about any announcements or assignments you may have missed.
• Missed deadlines cannot be made up.
• Extenuating circumstances will normally include only serious emergencies or illnesses documented with a doctor's note.
• Grades will be given out via Post'Em only.
• The instructor may take into account class trends in the assignment of final grades, but only to increase grades.

Academic integrity

The principles of academic honesty and professional ethics will be vigorously enforced in this course, following the IU Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities, and Conduct, and the School of Informatics Academic Regulations.

This includes the usual standards on acknowledgment of help, contributions and joint work, even when you are encouraged to build on libraries and other software written by other people. Cases of academic misconduct (including cheating, fabrication, plagiarism, interference, or facilitating academic dishonesty) will be reported to the Office of Student Ethics, a branch of the Office of the Dean of Students.

Your submission of work to be graded in this class implies acknowledgement of this policy. If you need clarification or have any questions, please see the instructor during office hours.

Final remarks

We would like to hear from anyone who has a disability that may require some modifications of seating, or other class requirements so that appropriate arrangements can be made. Please see the instructor after class or during office hours.

We would like to know early in the semester of any possible conflicts between course requirements/deadlines and religious holy days or holydays, so that accommodations can be made. Please see the instructor after class or during office hours.

We welcome feedback on the class organization, material, lectures, assignments and exams. You can provide us with constructive criticism via the discussion forum. Please share your comments and suggestions so that we can improve the class.