Announcements

Announcements

• Review discussion topics and OH slots are updated on the website calendar.
  • Project party (Monday, 7-9pm) and HW Party (Friday, 7-9pm) are cancelled.
• Please fill out the course evaluations, as it helps us keep improving the course! If we hit an 80% response rate, everyone will get 1 EC point on the final exam.
• You can complete the practice final exam for 1 EC point on the final exam.
• HW7 and HW8 solutions are available.

Reminders

• Finals week will have limited OH, and no discussion sections.
• The final will be Friday, May 12 11:30am-2:30pm. Logistics.
  • If you need to change your exam time/location, fill out the exam logistics form by Monday, May 1, 11:59 PM PT.
• As the end of the semester is coming up, due dates including extensions and slip days will be limited to be due at the latest:
  • HW Part 2 (and anything manually graded): Friday, May 5 11:59 PM PT.
  • HW Part 1 and Projects: Sunday, May 7 11:59 PM PT.
• Attendance Errors form: https://forms.gle/W7x6LTmo2H2tyGcj6

Announcements

• Joy’s 12-1:30 extended discussion is moved to online this week again, due to a rooming conflict.
• Niklas’ 3-4 regular discussion is canceled; feel free to swing by by Andrew’s 2-3 or Shivana’s 3-4 discussion.
• Final exam logistics are up on the website, including the accommodations form.
  • The final will be Friday, May 12 11:30am-2:30pm.
  • If you need an alternate time, remote exam, DSP accommodations, etc., please fill out the logistics form by Monday, May 1, 11:59 PM PT.
• RRR Week (more details will be announced next week):
  • Will have most regular OH slots.
  • Will have review sections by topic in the normal time slots.
• Finals week will have limited OH, and no discussion sections.

Assignments

• HW 10 Part 1 and Part 2 are due Friday, April 28 11:59 PM PT.
• Project 6 due Friday, April 28 11:59 PM PT.

Reminders

• As the end of the semester is coming up, due dates including extensions and slip days will be limited to be due at the latest:
  • HW Part 2 (and anything manually graded): Friday, May 5 11:59 PM PT.
  • HW Part 1 and Projects: Sunday, May 7 11:59 PM PT.
• Attendance Errors form: https://forms.gle/W7x6LTmo2H2tyGcj6

Announcements

• Joy’s 12-1:30 extended discussion is moved to online, for this week only, due to a rooming conflict.
• As the end of the semester is coming up, due dates including extensions and slip days will be limited to be due at the latest:
  • HW Part 2 (and anything manually graded): Friday, May 5 11:59 PM PT.
  • HW Part 1 and Projects: Sunday, May 7 11:59 PM PT.
• Attendance Errors form: https://forms.gle/W7x6LTmo2H2tyGcj6

Assignments

• HW 4 and HW 5 regrade requests are due Tuesday, April 18 11:59 PM PT.
• HW 9 Part 1 and Part 2 are due Friday, April 21 11:59 PM PT.
• Project 6 due Friday, April 28 11:59 PM PT.
  • This due date is extended from the old due date of Tuesday, April 25 due to lectures being a little behind.
  • This is due same day as HW 10 Part 1 and Part 2.
  • Approved extensions and/ or using slip days will move the due date into the weekend/ RRR week, so please plan accordingly.

Announcements

• Discussion attendance tracking is up on Gradescope.
  • Submit a file named email.txt with just your @berkeley.edu email in it.
  • Per week, can get 1 credit for regular and 1 credit for exam. For the midterm review week, up to 2 total discussions of any kind are accepted.
  • Report errors at: https://forms.gle/W7x6LTmo2H2tyGcj6
• HW 4 and HW 5 grades are released. Regrade requests are due Tuesday, April 18 11:59 PM PT.

Assignments

• HW 7 Part 1 and Part 2 are released and due Wednesday, April 12 11:59 PM PT.
• HW 8 Part 1 and Part 2 will be due Friday, April 14 11:59 PM PT.
• Project 6 due Tuesday, April 25 11:59 PM PT.

Announcements

• We’ve added some more time slots for one-on-one meetings with TAs – come with questions about studying, concepts, teaching, research, or anything at all.
  • Link to signup (same as last time): appointment page
  • If none of the times work, please reach out.

Assignments

• Project 5 is due Thursday, April 6 11:59 PM PT.
  • 9-11 will be covered on Tuesday.
• HW 7 Part 1 and Part 2 are released and due Wednesday, April 12 11:59 PM PT.
  • Moved back from this Friday, but due same week as next homework, so make sure to get started this week. HW 8 will be due Friday, April 14 11:59 PM PT.

• #604 HW 6 Part 2 3.5 had a typo in the answer choices, which is fixed now. Please review your answer and adjust accordingly if needed.
• #605 We’re offering some post midterm 1:1s–come with questions about studying, concepts, teaching, research, or anything at all.
  • Link to signup: appointment page
  • If none of the times work, please reach out.
• #616 In light of lecture not getting to particle filtering today, we are extending the Project 5 deadline to Thursday, April 6th 11:59 PM PT.
  • That being said, only questions 9-11 rely on that, so be sure to keep up with the rest of the project. You are not expected to work over break, though.

Assignments

• Midterm regrades are due Friday, March 24 11:59 PM PT. Please note the specific rubric item you believe should be applied.
• HW 6 Part 1 and Part 2 are due Friday, March 24 11:59 PM PT.
• Project 5 is due Thursday, April 6 11:59 PM PT (extended from Tuesday).
  • This is right after break, so make sure to spend time on this project this week!

Midterm:

• Midterm grades are available now, sorry for the delay!
  • Regrades are due Fri, March 24 11:59 PM PT. Please note the specific rubric item you believe should be applied.
  • Keep questions about the questions in the corresponding posts.

Assignments:

• HW 2 and HW 3 Regrade Requests were due Tue, March 14 11:59 PM PT.
• Project 4 was due Tue, March 14 11:59 PM PT.
• HW 5 Part 1 and Part 2 are due Fri, March 17 11:59 PM PT.
  • This is a longer homework, so please pace yourself!
• Project 5 is due Tue, April 4 11:59 PM PT.

Good job on finishing the midterm!

• Draft midterm solutions are posted on the website: blank exam PDF, solutions PDF.
  • These are draft solutions and may contain errors. If you have questions about the solutions, please use the individual question threads on Ed.
  • Please do not ask questions about grading or partial credit; we haven’t started creating rubrics or grading yet.

Administrative:

• No discussions and nothing due this week :)
• OH and Homework Party will be held as usual.

Assignments:

• HW 2 and HW 3 Regrade Requests are due Tue, March 14 11:59 PM PT.
• Project 4 is due Tue, March 14 11:59 PM PT.
• HW 5 Part 1 and Part 2 are due Fri, March 17 11:59 PM PT.
  • This is a longer homework, so please pace yourself!

Midterm:

• The midterm is coming up on Monday, March 6th, 8–10pm PT!
  • Logistics posted on the website.
  • If you can’t take the exam at this time, have DSP accommodations, or other requests, please fill out the midterm logistics form by Friday, March 3, 11:59 PM PT.
  • Room assignments will be released after the logistics form closes.
• For 1 point of extra credit (out of 100) on the midterm, complete and submit the practice midterm by Sunday, March 5, 11:59 PM PT.

Announcements:

• Discussions this week will be midterm topic reviews. See the course calendar for which sections are covering which topics.
• OH, and Project and HW Parties will be held as usual this week. We will take conceptual/ any questions at the parties.

Assignments:

• HW 1 Regrade Requests are due Tue, Feb 28 11:59 PM PT.
• Project 3 is due Tue, Feb 28 11:59 PM PT.
• Project 4 is due Tue, March 14 11:59 PM PT.
  • Some parts of Project 4 (MDPs) are in scope for the midterm; this will be labeled on the project.
• HW 5 Part 1 and Part 2 are due Fri, March 17 11:59 PM PT.
  • This is a longer homework, but the due date is in almost 3 weeks; please start early!
  • About half of this homework (MDPs) are in scope for the midterm; this is labeled on the homework.

Announcements:

• No OH and Project Party Monday, Feb 20.
• HW1 grades have been released on Gradescope. As a reminder, you need 80% on Part 2 to get full credit for it, and anything lower than that is scored out of 80%.
  • Regrade requests are due Tuesday, Feb 28 11:59pm PT.

Assignments:

• HW3 Part 1 and Part 2 are due Tuesday, Feb 21 11:59pm PT.
• HW4 Part 1 and Part 2 are due Friday, Feb 24 11:59pm PT.
• Project 3 is due Tuesday, Feb 28 11:59pm PT.

Schedule changes:

• Rishi’s Wednesday 9am discussion is cancelled (reallocating hours towards video production).
• No OH and Project Party on Monday, February 20 (holiday).

Assignments:

• Homework 3 is due Tuesday, February 21, 11:59 PM PT. You need to complete both Part 1 and Part 2 on Gradescope for full credit.
  • Note – not Friday. This is a one-time change to help offset the delayed release; planning to release on Friday in the future.
• Project 2 is due Tuesday, February 14, 11:59 PM PT.
• Project 3 is due Tuesday, February 28, 11:59 PM PT.

Lectures:

• A supplemental recording covering the remaining parts of Lecture 6 has been posted on the course website.
  • You can vote on how we’ll spend Tuesday’s lecture on Ed (post #172).
  • Update: We spent the first hour of lecture on Tuesday (February 7) watching the supplemental recording. In the last 20 minutes of lecture, we started covering CSPs, which was recorded and posted on the website.

Assignments:

• Homework 2 is due Friday, February 10, 11:59 PM PT. You need to complete both Part 1 and Part 2 on Gradescope for full credit.
• Project 2 is due Tuesday, February 14, 11:59 PM PT.

Announcements:

• The course calendar has been updated with some discussion timing changes:
  • Catherine’s Tue 6-7pm section is cancelled (it overlaps lecture and we found that it has low attendance).
  • Catherine added an extended-time section Wed 5-7pm (Wheeler 224), and a regular section Tue 10-11am (Soda 405).
  • Rishi’s Tue 4-5pm section (which overlapped with another section) has been moved to Wed 9-10am (Hildebrand B56).
  • Rudy’s Thu 9am section is cancelled (we’ve reallocated hours to better OH support).
• The policies page has been updated with details about extra credit opportunities.
  • You’ll receive 0.1% extra credit for each section you attend, up to a maximum of 1% for attending 10 sections. You’ll be able to track your attendance on Gradescope.
  • You’ll receive up to 1% of extra credit for contributions on Ed (e.g. answering other students’ questions). We won’t disclose how much extra credit you receive, but we’ll account for it in grade calculations at the end of the semester.
• We’ve released an extensions form that you can submit if you need extra time on assignments.

Assignments:

• Project 1 is due Tuesday, January 31, 11:59 PM PT.
• Homework 1 is due Friday, February 3, 11:59 PM PT. You need to complete both Part 1 and Part 2 on Gradescope for full credit.
• Project 2 will be released soon, and due Tuesday, February 14, 11:59 PM PT.

Announcements:

• Discussions start this week. Sections are found on the website. Attendance is optional, but we will offer participation extra credit, including this week. More details will be confirmed soon.
  • Zoom links will be posted on Ed.
• OH started this week. Regular OH are in Soda 341B; see hours here. You can ask questions in person or online; either way, use the OH Queue to make a ticket and wait to be called.
  • Project Parties will be 7-9pm Mondays, and Homework Parties 7-9pm Fridays, both usually in Cory 540AB. We will make an announcement if there’s a room change.

Assignments:

• (Optional) Project 0 (Setup) is due Tuesday, Jan 24.
• (Optional) HW 0, Electronic only, is due Friday, Jan 27 on Gradescope.
• Project 1 (Search) is due Tuesday, Jan 31.

Enrollment

Q1: I’m not a declared CS or Data Science major. Can I enroll in the class?

Sorry, course staff is not in charge of enrollment. We have to follow the department’s enrollment policies, which restricts CS 188 enrollment to declared CS and Data Science majors only. We don’t have enrollment codes to hand out or any other way to circumvent this policy; if you have further questions, please reach out to the emails listed in the linked document.

Q2: I plan to declare CS or Data Science this spring. Can I enroll in the class after I declare?

If your declaration is processed in time, and the enrollment system lets you enroll in the class this semester, we can let you enroll. However, we are not offering assignment extensions if you enroll late. If you plan to enroll in the class this spring, you need to keep up with the class before you enroll; we can give you access to all the assignments while you wait to enroll (see Q4 below).

Q3: I’m a concurrent enrollment student. When can I enroll in the class?

The department processes concurrent enrollment applications, not us. They said that they will start processing applications the week of January 16, so please wait until then for updates.

Q4: I want to audit the class and/or keep up with assignments before I officially enroll. Can I audit the class?

Sure, we can add you to the course Gradescope and Ed forum. Send an email to cs188@berkeley.edu with 1) your name, 2) your SID, and 3) whether you’re auditing or plan to enroll later.

If you’re just auditing and don’t ever plan on enrolling, please do not submit any assignments that would require staff effort to grade (e.g. problem sets, exams). If you’re auditing and we spend extra staff time grading your work, we will drop you from the class.

Q5: I officially enrolled in the class, but I don’t have access to Gradescope/Ed.

We sync the rosters once a day, so you may need to wait a bit before being automatically added to the class. If you’ve been officially enrolled for 48 hours and haven’t been added, send an email to cs188@berkeley.edu. Please don’t ask us about being added until 48 hours have passed; we don’t have time to manually add each student.

Exams

Q6: When are the exams?

The midterm is on Monday, March 6, 2023, 8–10pm PT.

The final exam is on Friday, May 12, 2023, 11:30am–2:30pm PT.

Q7: Can I take this class remotely? Do you offer remote exams?

We don’t have any parts of the class that require in-person attendance, so if you take the entire class remotely, we won’t know. However, this class is officially listed by the university as in-person, so not all aspects of the class will have remote support (e.g. office hours or project party might be in-person only; there might be extra credit for in-person attendance).

We are offering remote exams only at the same time as the scheduled exam. There will be no remote exams starting at any other time. We’ll release a form closer to the exams for you to sign up for a remote exam.

Q8: Do you offer alternate time exams?

If you are unable to take the exam at the scheduled time, we will be offering only one alternate exam time, in-person only, immediately after the scheduled exam. Specifically, the alternate midterm time is Monday, March 6, 2023, 10pm–12am PT. The alternate final exam time is Friday, May 12, 2023, 2:30pm–5:30pm PT (we’ll give you a few minutes to walk between exams). There are no other alternate exam times. There are no remote exams at alternate times. We’ll release a form closer to the exams for you to sign up for an alternate-time exam.

Other questions

If you have a question that wasn’t answered above, you can email cs188@berkeley.edu. Please don’t email instructors directly; you will get a faster answer by emailing cs188@berkeley.edu.