SYSC 4700 -- W18

· #28 (May 04) – All the marks are available above. The grades were submitted earlier today; the grades will be available at the Carleton Central portal after the approval by the University (perhaps on Monday). Here is the grade distribution:

A+: 9 A: 5 A-: 9

B+: 4 B: 7 B-: 14

C+: 7 C: 10 C-: 4

D+: 1 D: 3 D-: 0

F: 3 (absent from final) WDN: 2

· #27 (Apr 13) – I will be away during April 14-19 attending a conference, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference 2018. I wish you all the best in all your final exams including SYSC 4700.

· #26 (Apr 13) – Information about the final exam:

o The final exam covers all the lectures. However, the priority will be given to the lectures after the term exam.

o Part of the questions will be qualitative, while some others will be quantitative. The quantitative questions will mainly be from the lectures that I delivered.

o The exam will include a high number of short questions.

o A two-page aid-sheet is allowed. Non-programmable calculators are allowed.

o Cell phones are not allowed. Internet access is not allowed.

· #25 (Apr 13) – Assignment 3 Solution Set is posted above.

· #24 (Apr 09) – The SCE website and servers were down for about 24 hours from Sunday morning to Monday morning. Therefore, the Assignment 3 submission deadline is extended to 2:00 pm tomorrow, Tuesday, April 10.

· #23 (Mar 28) – Assignment 3 is posted above; it’s due on Monday, April 9.

· #22 (Mar 12) – The project outline’s revised version (v2) as well as the list of project groups are posted above.

· #21 (Mar 06) – The email server for the Systems and Computer Engineering is down. Due to the labor dispute, it is not clear when the email server will be up again. Therefore my email as well as the course TAs emails with @sce.carleton.ca extensions are not operational anymore (as of 10 pm, March 5). Please us the following email to reach me: hyanikomeroglu@gmail.com. I will provide alternative emails for the course TAs a s well.

· #20 (Feb 27) – The project outline (v1) is posted above.

o Deadline 1: Form your group and inform the course TAs by March 9.

o Familiarize yourself with the project context through the sample references given in the outline.

o The project outline (v2) will be posted shortly.

· #19 (Feb 26) – The term exam marks are posted above. You may collect the exam papers from the TAs during the lab periods (Friday mornings). The project outline will be posted tomorrow.

· #18 (Feb 15) – The term exam held today is posted above.

· #17 (Feb 14) – Assignment 2 marks are posted above.

· #16 (Feb 13) – The term exam will be held this Thursday, on Feb 15, during the lecture time (10:10 – 11:25 am), in the lecture room. This is a 75-min exam; please arrive on time. The exam will cover all the lectures including today’s lecture on telecom standards (lecture 11). This is a closed-book exam, no aid-sheet will be allowed. You must bring a calculator. Cell phones are not allowed in the exam. Going through the previous years’ term exam questions will be helpful to you.

· #15 (Feb 13) – Assignment 2 Solution Set is posted above.

· #14 (Feb 09) – Assignment 1 marks are posted above.

· #13 (Feb 06) – Assignment 1 Solution Set is posted above.

· #12 (Feb 01) – Assignment 2 is posted above.

· #11 (Jan 25) – The Bell tour sign-up sheets are now finalized.

· #10 (Jan 24) – Assignment 1 is posted above.

· #9 (Jan 23) – The NSERC USRA (Undergraduate Student Research Awards) Program is accepting applications for Summer 2018. Each year I accommodate one student in my lab. Deadline: Feb 16.

· #8 (Jan 21) – The tour sign-up sheets are posted above. There are still some students who did not write their names in the sign-up sheets.

· #7 (Jan 18) – Tour sign-up: 11 students have still not wrote their names in the sign-up sheets.

· #6 (Jan 16) – Tour sign-up: 59 of the 76 students registered to the course have already put their names in the posted sign-up sheets – thank you! The remaining 17 students should also do this in their earliest conevenience.

· #5 (Jan 10) – The Bell tour dates are now confirmed:

CO+GNMC Mobility
Fri, Jan 26, 9:00-11:00 #1
Fri, Feb 02, 9:00-11:00 #2
Fri, Feb 09, 9:00-11:00 #3
Fri, Feb 16, 9:00-11:00 #4 #1
Thu, Feb 22, 9:00-11:00 #5 #2
Fri, Feb 23, 9:00-11:00 #6 #3
Fri, Mar 02, 9:00-11:00 #7 #4
Fri, Mar 09, 9:00-11:00 #5
Fri, Mar 16, 9:00-11:00 #6
Fri, Mar 23, 9:00-11:00 #7

The sign-up sheets will be posted on the wall next to my office door (7032 MC) after the lecture on Tue, Jan 16, at 11:30 am. The course outline gives Jan 18 as the date for the sign-up sheet postings; but I decided to get the ball rolling earlier, as the confirmation from Bell has already been received.

· #4 (Jan 09) – I suggest that every student taking this course subscribes to one of the below wireless technology newsletters until the end of the course (this is a suggestion; not mandatory):

· #3 (Jan 08) – The course outline is posted above. The first lecture will take place tomorrow (Tue) during 10:05–11:25 am in 240 TB (Tory).

· #2 (Dec 15) – In the lecture notes page, last year’s lecture notes are posted to give you an idea about the course content. Last year’s lecture notes will be replaced by this year’s lecture notes as we progress in the course. So, there is no need to print any lecture notes at this point.

· #1 (Dec 15) – Welcome to the SYSC 4700 website. The course outline will be posted during the first week of January. Check out the following videos:

SYSC 4700 25^th anniversary celebration event held on 24 March 2015.

SYSC 4700 20^th anniversary celebration luncheon held on 04 June 2009.