At this point in the class, you hopefully know enough assembly language to actually use it to solve problems, so I'd like you to use it to solve a problem you're interested in.
From
the syllabus, each of the two course projects is 15% of your
course grade, so it should have some pretty good stuff.
Conversely, the total end-to-end time for the project is only a
few weeks, so keep it manageable!
October 2015
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 <- project topic due in class
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 <- project rough draft due
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 <- midterm exam
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 <- project presentations
November 4 <- final code due
On October 7, I'd like you to describe in class your project topic. We do these out loud so everybody can hear each other's ideas, making it easier to form group projects if you'd like to do so.
On October 14 I'd like your rough draft code, which should work and do most of what you want, but not necessarily do everything you want to do, or be fully polished or tuned.
The presentation is
a very short, 5-minute presentation in class on October
26 & 28. Your presentation should clearly
describe WHO you are, WHAT you did, HOW you did it, and WHY you
chose to do it that way. Bring a laptop to project your
code, demo, slides, and/or figures, or email me your
presentation materials the day before, if you'd like to present
from my laptop.
The final code should
be fully debugged, polished, tuned, commented, and include at
least a short README explaining what it is, and what its results
mean. You'll be graded on a combination of ambition,
correctness, completeness, and comments/style. Style and
clean code count! Due Wednesday, November 4. (This
is scheduled after the presentation, so you can follow any
suggestions or ideas you get during the presentation.)
Typical
grade breakdown: project grade = 25% rough draft + 25%
presentation + 50% final code
Or
pick your own topic! As long as it's related to assembly
language, binary code, it's OK!