COMP SCI 3013 - Event Driven Computing

North Terrace Campus - Semester 2 - 2016

Event driven paradigm: Finite State Automata, their behaviour and implementation. Correspondence with regular expressions. Examples of embedded systems. Introduction to interconnected state machines, Petri Nets, and concurrency. Concepts of state-space and relationship to testing. Push-down automata and applications to parsing. Building Graphical User Interfaces: model view controller paradigm. Building GUIs using modern APIs. Ease of use and human-computer interaction issues.

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Course Details

Course Code	COMP SCI 3013
Course	Event Driven Computing
Coordinating Unit	Computer Science
Term	Semester 2
Level	Undergraduate
Location/s	North Terrace Campus
Units	3
Contact	Up to 2.5 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange	Y
Prerequisites	One of COMP SCI 1007, COMP SCI 1009, COMP SCI 1103, COMP SCI 1203, COMP SCI 2103 or COMP SCI 2202
Assumed Knowledge	COMP SCI 2006
Assessment	written exam, assignments

Course Staff

Course Coordinator: Associate Professor Nickolas Falkner

Course Timetable

The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .

You can find the schedule of lecture topics on the course webpage:

Course Learning Outcomes

The course provides an introduction to finites state machines, and the event-driven programming paradigm.
Upon completion of this course you will be able to:

Describe the different ways a finite-state machine can be represented;
Explain how a finite state machine recognises an input string;
Explain how a non-deterministic finite state machine works;
Explain the behaviour of regular expressions;
Translate a regular expression into a corresponding finite-state machine;
Build GUI-based software systems;
Explain a few basic design-patterns, and know when to apply them.

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This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:

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Deep discipline knowledge informed and infused by cutting edge research, scaffolded throughout their program of studies acquired from personal interaction with research active educators, from year 1 accredited or validated against national or international standards (for relevant programs)	5
Critical thinking and problem solving steeped in research methods and rigor based on empirical evidence and the scientific approach to knowledge development demonstrated through appropriate and relevant assessment	4,5
Teamwork and communication skills developed from, with, and via the SGDE honed through assessment and practice throughout the program of studies encouraged and valued in all aspects of learning	1,2,3,4
Career and leadership readiness technology savvy professional and, where relevant, fully accredited forward thinking and well informed tested and validated by work based experiences	5,6,7
Self-awareness and emotional intelligence a capacity for self-reflection and a willingness to engage in self-appraisal open to objective and constructive feedback from supervisors and peers able to negotiate difficult social situations, defuse conflict and engage positively in purposeful debate	7

Learning Resources

Required Resources

There is no required text-book.
Comprehensive lecture notes are available for most parts of the course.

Recommended Resources

You can perform all the exercise work required for the course in the 最新糖心Vlog computer Labs.
The programming language used is Java, which is similar to C++ (but with most of the disgustingness removed...)
However, if you want to be able to work at home, you could consider installing Java on your own system.
For more information, go to the Java website --- simply Google "Java".

Online Learning

You can find the general information about this course at
Specific information about this year's offering can be found under the heading "current offerings" near the top of the page. Links to lecture-recordings, examples, exercises, and tutorials will be posted on this page.
Learning & Teaching Activities

Learning & Teaching Modes

The course will be taught with lecture/demonstration sessions.
There will also be tutorial classes, and practical exercises.
You are expected to attend the lectures and take part in the activities, and attempt tutorial questions before the scheduled tutorial session.

All lectures will be recorded, but things can go wrong --- equipment failure, lecturer failure, etc.
It is unwise to rely on the recordings as your only source of the lectures.

Workload

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

You are expected to attend all scheduled lecture classes (2hrs per week).
In addition to the schedule contact hours, you are expected to spend an additional 2-4 hours per week after each lecture to consolidate your understanding of it.
You will need to allocate up to 5 hours per week to work on the assignments and tutorials.

Learning Activities Summary

There is an approximate schedule of the topics that will be covered on the course website.
The exact timing will depend on the times of public holidays and other eventualities.

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Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
Assessment must maintain academic standards.

Assessment Summary

The assessment will comprise two parts:
Three programming exercises (10%+10%+10%); and
A final exam (70%).

Assessment Detail

All practical assignments require you to write programs, which will be marked by an automatic testing script.
You are strongly encouraged to begin the exercises early, to allow time for seeking help when needed.

You will find that the marking script is aggessively hostile --- it will seek to break your program.

To encourage you to test your own program, access to the tester may be limited to a fixed number of test runs.
The first test run will occur on the due date for the execise, and the subsequent two runs will be at about 4-day intervals afterwards.

The test script does not tell you exactly what is being tested, and may provide little or no information that is useful in finding errors.
If you submit your exercise at the last minute, and hope to use the automated tester to help you debug your program, you will be seriously disappointed.

You should build your program in small stages, and test it thoroughly.

The testing regime is like this because, you will most likely soon graduate, after which there will be no more automatic testers available --- you will need to learn how to test, and write you own testers.

Submission

All practical assignments must be submitted using the School of Computer Science online Submission System.
Details are included in each assignment description on the course website.
At the time of submission, some elementary tests will be run to ensure that your program is fundamentally OK.
If you fail any of the handin tests, you will likely fail almost all of the real tests...

If you hand in your work late, you will miss the test-runs, and deprive yourself of vital evidence that might help you debug your program.

Start early, test often!

Course Grading

Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
Grade	Mark	Description
FNS		Fail No Submission
F	1-49	Fail
P	50-64	Pass
C	65-74	Credit
D	75-84	Distinction
HD	85-100	High Distinction
CN		Continuing
NFE		No Formal Examination
RP		Result Pending

Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.

Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.

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You can find the latest SELT survey results on the course website, here:
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