Your final grade in ECE 580 will be determined according to the following point weighting formula:
- typeset scribe notes: 10%
- written problem sets: 60%
- final exam: 30%
Scribe notes.
Each student is responsible for scribing at least one lecture, with two students teaming up to scribe the lectures for each week. At the end of each week, the two student scribes will work together to produce a single .tex file, which should be emailed to me no later than by the end of the following Thursday. Before sending me the source, be sure that it compiles and generates a readable pdf file. I will edit the notes if needed and post them on the course website by Tuesday of the following week.
Written problem sets:
Take-home final exam:
- The exam, together with a .tex template, has been posted to Compass 2g
- Due by the end of the day on Friday, Dec 17, no extensions. You may not use any of the free late days.
- Format and submission instructions are the same as the ones for the problem sets.
Format and submission instructions.
All homework must be typeset using LaTeX (if you do not know LaTeX yet, now is as good a time as any to learn it -- you will need it in grad school anyway) and compiled into a pdf file. The files will be submitted through Compass 2g. Upload instructions:
- Log into https://compass2g.illinois.edu and go to Fall 2021 - ECE 580 Optimization by Vector Space Methods - Section N.
- Select Course Content from the left column.
- Select Homework X (where X is the number of the current assignment) from the list, and follow the instructions.
- Upload your pdf file as an attachment.
- Hit Submit.
Multiple attempts will be allowed, but only your last submission before the deadline will be graded.
We reserve the right to take off points for not following directions.
Course policies:
Late submission policy:
- Free late days for homework assignments: Each student gets a total of five free late days that apply to homework assignments throughout the whole semester. As long as you stay within your total late days budget, there is no need to request an extension and no late penalty will be assessed.
- Late penalty: If you are out of late days, for every day that your assignment is late, your score is multiplied by 0.6. Submissions that are more than four days late (beyond any free days) will not be accepted. You are not allowed to submit different parts of the assignment at different times to receive a late penalty on only part of the assignment.
- Extension requests: Extension requests beyond the free late days will be granted only in case of extraordinary circumstances. If you think that your circumstances qualify, email the instructor.
Academic integrity: Feel free to discuss the assignment with each other in general terms,
and to search the Web for general guidance (not for complete solutions). All solutions should be written up
individually. If you make substantial use of some information from outside sources,
be sure to acknowledge the sources in your solution. At the first instance of cheating (copying from other students or unacknowledged sources on the Web), a grade of zero will be given for the assignment. At the second instance, you will automatically receive an F for the entire course.