Assignments:
There will be assignments of two kinds.Gradiance Assignments
With regard to the weekly quizzes on Gradiance. Here are the instructions:
- Go to http://www.gradiance.com/services (this is important!)
- Register and pay the fee of 20 dollars
- Use the class token D8C4D42B
- There is a MapReduce homework assigned (see under the Homeworks tab) with 4 quick questions.
- To answer some of them you will need access to the book -- http://i.stanford.edu/~ullman/mmds.html
- You have a week to complete the homework.
You can try the work as many times as you like, and we hope everyone will eventually get 100%. The secret is that each of the questions involves a "long-answer" problem, which you should work. The Gradiance system gives you random right and wrong answers each time you open it, and thus samples your knowledge of the full problem. While there are ways to game the system, we group several questions at a time, so it is hard to get 100% without actually working the problems. Also notice that you have to wait 10 minutes between openings, so brute-force random guessing will not work.
Solutions appear after the problem-set is due. However, you must submit at least once, so your most recent solution appears with the solutions embedded.
- Week 1
- Week 2
- Week 3
- Week 4
- Week 5
- Week 6
- Week 7
- Week 8
- Week 9
Homework Assignments:
These assignments will involve coding, working with Hadoop, as well as regular numerical/algebraic theory problems.
Collaboration Policy: Discussion is allowed, but strictly no copying. Also, please be sure to write down the names of everone you have discussed with on the first page of your homework.
Due: 11.59PM on Wednesdays. Submit all your homework electronically to your dropbox folder at CourseWork. For each homework you need to upload two files to your dropbox folder:
- Your solution report. You can submit it as a .pdf or .doc. You do not need to typeset the document (It can be handwritten/scanned.) But LaTeX is preferred. The report should be named as: SUNetId_LastName_FirstName_HW1_Ans(.doc or .pdf)
- Any source code that you use towards obtaining your results stated in your solution report should be submitted as a single ZIP file. Also include the mention of any tools whichever you use towards your solution(s). Include all your source code in a file: SUNetId_LastName_FirstName_HW1_Code.zip
Homework 1: Out on 1/5; Due on 1/21 at 23:59
Homework 2: Out on 1/22; Due on 2/2 at 23:59
Homework 3: Out on 2/6; Due on 2/18 at 23:59
Homework 4: Out on 2/24; Due on 3/9 at 23:59