Course pages 2014–15
Registration
Principal lecturer: Dr Robert Harle
Taken by: Part IA CST, Part IA NST, Part I PBS
Timing and Location
The registration session is compulsory for all students taking Computer Science in IA (this includes CST, NST and PBST students).
Slides from the Registration Talk
- Introduction by Professor Ann Copestake
- Course details by Dr Robert Harle
- Student Admin slides
- MCS slides
- SRCF slides
Practical Group Allocations
NSTs: Practicals are every week 14.00-16.00 (Group A) or 16.00-18.00 (Group B)
CSTs: Programming practicals are every week 14.00-16.00 (Group A) or 16.00-18.00 (Group B)
CSTs: Hardware practicals are 10.30-13.00 (Group A) or 13.30-16.00 (Group B) every second week. You are assigned either odd (O) or Even (E) weeks in the allocations above.
Programming practicals start in week 2 on 16th October for everyone
Hardware practicals start in week 3 on 23rd October for (AO,BO); week 4 on 30th October for (AE,BE).
Note: the groupings are carefully balanced. If you wish to change your practical slot, you must first find someone to swap with, and then email [Javascript required] for permission.
Useful links
- Course web pages for CST
- Course web pages for NST or PBST
- Cambridge Computing: The First 75 Years by Haroon Ahmed
Professional Bodies
You are eligible to join one or both of the UK's professional bodies covering Computer Science. These are the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) and the British Computing Society (BCS). Both of these entities have provided brief slides to introduce themselves, and both offer highly reduced fees for students
- Download the IET presentation or join online (£20 p.a. or £50 entire course)
- Download the BCS presentation or join online (£32 p.a. or £52 entire course)