CS 421: Programming Languages and Compilers
News for Spring 2014
  • 05/05/14 - Rubric for midterm 2 has been posted. See the exams page. - AP
  • 05/03/14 - Solution to midterm 2 has been posted. See the exams page. - AP
  • 04/24/14 - MP11 has been posted. - AP
  • 04/21/14 - Scores for midterm 2 are available in Compass. Statistics are available on the exams page. - AP
  • 04/17/14 - HW11 has been posted. - EP
  • 04/16/14 - MP8 has been graded. See Compass for your grade and the SVN repository for the rubric and solution. - AP
  • 04/14/14 - HW8 has been graded. See Compass for your grade and the SVN repository for the rubric and solution. - EP
  • 04/10/14 - HW10 has been posted. - AP
  • 04/06/14 - HW7 has been graded. See Compass for your grade and the SVN repository for the rubric and solution. - AP
  • 04/03/14 - HW9 has been posted. - AS
  • 04/03/14 - MP9 has been posted. - EP
  • 03/24/14 - MP6 has been graded. See Compass for your grade and the SVN repository for the rubric and solution. - EP
  • 03/21/14 - Solution to midterm 1 has been posted. See the exams page. - AP
  • 03/20/14 - MP8 has been posted. - AP
  • 03/20/14 - HW8 has been posted. - EP
  • 03/18/14 - The due dates for MP7 and HW7 have been moved to 11:59pm on April 1, 2014. This is not an April Fools prank. :) - AP
  • 03/13/14 - MP7 has been posted. - AS
  • 03/13/14 - HW7 has been posted. - AP
  • 03/13/14 - Rubric for Midterm 1 posted; see the exams page. - GR
  • 03/12/14 - Additional notes were added fo HW6. Check Piazza or the updated hw6.pdf in the svn repository - AS
  • 03/12/14 - MP5 has been graded. See Compass for your grade and the SVN repository for the grade report. - AP
  • 03/11/14 - Statistics for midterm 1 has been posted. See the exams page. - AP
  • 03/04/14 - HW5 has been graded. See Compass for your grade and the SVN repository for the rubric and solution. - EP
  • 03/04/14 - HW4 has been graded. See Compass for your grade and the SVN repository for the rubric and solution. - AP
  • 02/28/14 - Because of the first midterm MP6 and HW6 are due on March 16 (a week later than regularly). - EP
  • 02/28/14 - DRES students: Make sure you contact us in advance and schedule your exam with TAC early, giving them enough time to make sure everything works well. - GR
  • 02/27/14 - HW6 has been posted. - AS
  • 02/27/14 - MP6 has been posted. - EP
  • 02/25/14 - Friday office hours are permanently moved to 1:30pm-3:30pm (half an hour earlier), due to a change in schedule of one of the seminars I am attending. I apologize for any inconvenience. - AS
  • 02/25/14 - Study materials for the upcoming midterm exam are here. Please revisit the homework associated with the exam syllabus, as similar questions may appear in the exam. - AS
  • 02/24/14 - MP3 has been graded. See Compass for your grade and the SVN repository for the grade report. - EP
  • 02/21/14 - IMPORTANT: If you have a conflict with the scheduled exam, please let us (the instructor AND the 3 TAs) know ASAP and provide a proof for the conflict. We will talk to each of you individually and try to find a good time for a conflict exam. - GR
  • 02/20/14 - MP5 has been posted. - AP
  • 02/20/14 - HW5 has been posted. - EP
  • 02/18/14 - MP2 has been graded. See Compass for your grade and the SVN repository for the grade report. - AP
  • 02/17/14 - Second room for Midterms has been scheduled, as well as the student distribution to rooms; see exams. - GR
  • 02/14/14 - HW2 has been graded. See Compass for your grade and the SVN repository for the rubric and solution. - AP
  • 02/13/14 - MP4 has been posted. - AS
  • 02/13/14 - HW4 has been posted. - AP
  • 02/08/14 - HW1 has been graded! See Compass for your grade and the SVN repository for the rubric and solutions. - EP
  • 02/06/14 - HW3 has been posted. - AS
  • 02/06/14 - MP3 has been posted. - EP
  • 01/30/14 - MP2 has been posted. - AP
  • 01/23/14 - MP1 has been posted. Use the MP1 directory in your svn repostory to see the assignment and to submit your solution. - AS
  • 01/23/14 - See instructions on MPs/HWs here. - AS
  • 01/23/14 - HW1 has been posted. - EP
  • 01/23/14 - MP/HW precise policy: they will be released on Thursdays and you have until next-next Sunday to complete them, that is, one week and three days. This is better than in previous years (when students had one week plus an automatic 2-day-20-percent-penalty extention) - GR
  • 01/23/14 - Just found out where the video recorded lectures will be posted: http://recordings.engineering.illinois.edu/ess/portal/section/d262cd01-70d6-49c3-8a94-63cb3f406b84 - GR
  • 01/20/14 - CS421 has a Piazza Newsgroup - GR
  • 01/20/14 - Welcome to CS421, Spring 2014. This page will be the main bulletin board for the course, and hence is always under construction. Please check it frequently. - GR
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    Class Schedule
    Lecture:
    Tuesday, Thursday: 9:30pm - 10:45pm
    1404 SC

    Staff
    Professor
    Grigore Rosu
    Email: grosu@illinois.edu
    Office: 2110 SC
    Phone: 244-7431
    Hours: Tuesday 11:00am - 12:00pm, Thursday 11:00am - 12:00pm
    Also by appointment

    Teaching Assistants
    Edgar Pek
    Email: pek1@illinois.edu
    Office: 0207 SC
    Hours: Wednesday 2:00pm - 4:00pm

    Amarin Phaosawasdi
    Email: phaosaw2@illinois.edu
    Office: 0207 SC
    Hours: Monday 2:00pm - 4:00pm

    Andrei Stefanescu
    Email: stefane1@illinois.edu
    Office: 0207 SC
    Hours: Friday 1:30pm - 3:30pm