ECE3090 - Software for Engineering Systems

Instructor

Dr. George F. Riley
Office: Klaus 3360
Office hours: Tue-Thu 10:00-11am in Klaus 3360
Email: riley@ece.gatech.edu

Teaching Assistant

Vivek Kumar
Office Hours Monday 12:30 - 2:00, Friday 1:00 - 2:30
Location: Klaus 1448.
Email: vivekkumar@gatech.edu

Course Summary

ECE3090 is designed to cover the C and C++ programming languages in detail, with emphasis on engineering applications and efficient algorithms. There are numerous programming assignments, each of which enforces some aspect of efficient programming in C/C++. The course covers object oriented programming including polymorphism, C++ references, C++ operator overloading, and templates.

Teaching Philosophy

The class web page will contain information about the material covered in each lecture, including pdf files of the handouts and program examples in text form. Students should check the web page before each class to be sure they have up-to-date handouts. The class lectures will cover the material in a discussion format, where the instructor will explain how do achieve certain goals using C and C++, and will expect the students to participate with discussion and suggestions. I encourage (and expect) you to participate actively in the learning process. In particular, I welcome your comments and questions as we cover material in class. One-way lectures quickly becoming boring, both for you and for me. Also, I have found that students often learn more from other students comments than from the instructor! By asking lots of questions, your understanding of the material will be deepened significantly, and the course will be much more fun!

Teaching/Learning Goals

The purpose of this course is for you to have the skill to write efficient and correct programs in C/C++ as needed in your career as an engineer. Students will understand how to write efficient code, and how to effectively debug code during the development process. In particular, we will learn and understand (at a minimum):

C Pointers and Arrays
C Data types, including structures
C++ Objects
Class hierarchies and inheritance
Polymorphism
C++ References
Operator overloading
Templates and the Standard Template Library (STL)
Multi-Threaded and Multi-Processor Design

Textbooks

There is no textbook for this course. You might find the on-line reference site at cplusplus.com to be useful.
A good on-line reference for the C runtime library is dinkumware.com. On this web page, you have to click the graphical icon with the puppy-feet on it to enter the reference.
A good additional reference is Accelerated C++: Practical Programming by Example by Andrew Koenig and Barbara Moo ($39.00 at amazon.com). This book is NOT required, but I have found it to be a good and easy-to-read introduction to C++.

Policy for Completing Out-of-Class Assignments

The policy for how to complete all of your programming assignments is simple. Every student must turn his or her own work. You MAY NOT copy code from others in any way. You MAY NOT use solutions that others have developed as the basis for your solutions. However, you ARE allowed to discuss the problems with others, including fellow students, teaching assistants, and the instructor. You ARE allowed to solicit and obtain help in design and debugging your solutions. You CAN show others your code and ask for advise about why it is not working or how to make it work better. But to be totally clear, you MUST implement your own solution. If someone helps you, you still MUST enter every line of code of your solution personally, and you MUST fully understand every part of your submission.

Computing Resources

We have a newly installed linux-based computing cluster known as the Hogwarts cluster. This platform is what we will use to test and grade all of your programming assignments, so it makes sense that you would want to develop and debug your assignments there. However you are free to use any of the available computing resources at GT, as well as on students personal computing hardware. However, all grading and testing of your submissions will be done on the hogwarts cluster. You also have access to the linux system in Klaus 1448, so anyone who has difficulty using "ssh" (perhaps from Windows) can use any of the 1448 machines and ssh to the hogwarts cluster from there.

Turning in Programming Assignments

We are working on an automatic program submission procedure that will simply copy each student's program from the appropriate subdirectory on dumbledore.cc.gatech.edu to a location where they will be compiled and graded. This procedure is not yet complete; the class will be informed via email and in class when this is ready.

Getting Help

Please see Prof. Riley during office hours (or other times by EMail appointment), or the teaching assistant during his office hours for assistance in progamming projects. You are also free to discuss the project with other students as disucssed in the above policy.

Grading

Projects	50%
Midterm	20%
Final Project	20%
Class Participation	10%
Total	100%

Syllabus

Day	Month	Date	Description	Handout	Due Date
Mon	Aug	17	Understanding Memory Layout	ex-memory-layout.pdf
				memory-layout-1a.c
				memory-layout-1b.c
			C++ Classes	ex-classes.pdf
				classes.cc
Wed	Aug	19	Constructors and Destructors	Constructors-Destructors.pdf
			ConstructorsDestructors.cc	ConstructorsDestructors.cc
			Operator Overloading	Operators-handout.pdf
				operators.cc
Mon	Aug	24	Member Functions	MemberFunctions-handout.pdf
				member-functions.cc
Mon	Aug	24	Complex Calculator	Lab 1 assigned	Mon Aug 31
Wed	Aug	26	References and Arguments	References-handout.pdf
				references.cc
			Dynamic Memory	DynamicMemory-handout.pdf
				dynamic-memory.cc
Mon	Aug	31	Dynamic Memory (again)	DynamicMemory2-handout.pdf
				dynamic-memory2.cc
Wed	Sep	2	The GNU Debugger	gdb-refcard.pdf
Wed	Sep	2	Matrix Calculator	Lab 2 assigned	Wed Sep 16
Mon	Sep	7	School Holiday
Wed	Sep	9	Subclassing	Subclassing-handout.pdf
				subclassing.cc
			Virtual Functions	Virtual-Functions-handout.pdf
				virtual-functions.cc
			Pure Virtual Functions	Pure-Virtual-Functions-handout.pdf
				pure-virtual-functions.cc
Mon	Sep	14	Smart Pointers	SmartPointers-handout.pdf
				smartpointers.cc
Wed	Sep	16	Object Cloning	ObjectCloning-handout.pdf
Wed	Sep	16	Fast Fourier Transform	Lab 3 assigned	Wed Sep 30
Mon	Sep	21	Guest Lecture by Prof. Yezzi
Wed	Sep	23	Guest Lecture by Prof. Yezzi
			Templates Web Link	http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/templates/
Mon	Sep	28	Vectors	Vectors-handout.pdf
				vector.cc
				GFRVec.h
				GFRVec1.h
Wed	Sep	30	Templated Linked List Implementation	TemplateLinkedList-handout.pdf
				templatelinkedlist.cc
Mon	Oct	5	Fall Break
Wed	Oct	7	Templated Linked List (continued)
Mon	Oct	12	Mid-Term Exam
Wed	Oct	14	Exam Review and Lab 4 Discussion
Wed	Oct	14	2D Fast Fourier Transform	Lab 4 assigned	Fri Oct 30
Mon	Oct	19	Iterators	VectorIterators-handout.pdf
				vector-iterators.cc
Mon	Oct	19	Sorted Containers	MapSet-handout.pdf
				map-set.cc
Wed	Oct	21	Exceptions in C++	Exceptions-handout.pdf
				exceptions.cc
Mon	Oct	26	Streams	Streams-handout.pdf
				fstreams.cc
				sstreams.cc
Wed	Oct	28	Special Iterators	SpecialIterators-handout.pdf
				special-iterators.cc
Wed	Oct	28	Path Loss	Lab 5 assigned	Fri Nov 13
			QDisplay API Document	QDisplay.pdf
Mon	Nov	2	Bresenhams Algorithms	Bresenham-handout.pdf
				bresenham-line-circle.cc
Wed	Nov	4	Image Rotation	ImageRotation-handout.pdf
				rotations.cc
Mon	Nov	9	Image Filtering	ImageFiltering-handout.pdf
				filtering.cc
Wed	Nov	11	Final Project Discussion
Wed	Nov	11	Final Project - Path Exploration	Lab 6 assigned	Mon Dec 7
Mon	Nov	16	Sorted Data Structures	SortedStructures-handout.pdf
				sorted-structures.cc
Wed	Nov	18	Multi-Threaded 2D FFT	ThreadedFFT-handout.pdf
				threaded-fft.cc
Mon	Nov	23	Mutexes	Mutexes-handout.pdf
				threaded-fft-mutex.cc
Wed	Nov	25	Barriers	Barriers-handout.pdf
				threaded-fft-barrier.cc
			Leslie Lamport's Bakery Algorithm	Bakery-handout.pdf
				threaded-fft-bakery.cc
Mon	Nov	30	No Class. Extended Office Hours
Wed	Dec	2	No Class. Extended Office Hours
Mon	Dec	7	Final Exam 6:00 - 8:50 pm

Contact Information:

riley@ece.gatech.edu

School of Electrical and Computer Computing

Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, GA 30332-0250