Notice Board

5/23/07
3000 yen has been donation to the Aizu Area Foundation for the Promotion of Education and Science. You can see the receipt here.
3/23/07
In my record, there were six studetns who did not collect the changes for their textbook purchases. The total amount of this unlclaimed money was 2136 yen. As stated in the announcement on Dec 12, this money has been donated to the Aizu Area Foundation for the Promotion of Education and Science.
2/2/07
Dear students. the semester is almost over. We are doing the final check of the grade for this class. I have to remind you that there will be no make up test. If there has been any problem which you want to insist that has affected your grade for this class, it must be supported by an official document. For example, if you were involved in a traffic accident, you have to provide us with a report from the police. Just cross your fingers and wish you'd passed this course.
1/29/07
Today's exercise problems are on the Exercise page.
Grading policy for today's exercise has been changed. Please read the email sent earlier.
1/25/07
1/22/07
We will use M1 for the exercise on today (the classroom for lecture) and we will work on the exercise problems individually.
1/17/07
I won't be available for the regular office hours on Friday this week. However, I will set up make-up office hours next week (likely on Wednesday or Thursday). In addition, it is always welcome to hear from you any request for appointment. Thanks for your cooperation.
1/15/07
12/22/06
12/21/06
I will not be available for the office hours tomorrow. Please contact me by email to arrange an alternative schedule if you need any help. Sorry for inconvenience.
12/14/06
12/12/06
Please note that if you do not receive the change for your textbook purchase by the end of this semester, your money will be donated to the Aizu Area Foundation for the Promotion of Education and Science.
12/11/06
Today's exercise problems are on the Exercise page.
12/7/06
On Dec 11, we will proceed to Section 3.3.4, which corresponds to the lecture slides "Parsing III: (Top-down parsing: recursive descent & LL(1) )." However, we will also use the last year's slides for the same section. They are available at the internal web site: L09TopDown.pdf and L09aTopDown.pdf. If you do not come to school by next Monday and are having a problem downloading these slides, please let me know.
12/4/06
11/27/06
Due to the sickness of the instructor, today's class has been cancelled. We will have a make up class sometime later during this semester and its date will be announced. Sorry for the inconvenicence.
11/26/06
On Nov 27, we will cover Section 3.3, which correspond to the lecture slides "Parsing - Part II."
11/20/06
Today's exercise problems are on the Exercise page.
11/19/06
On Nov 20, we will enter Chapter 3. The corresponding lecture slides are "Introduction to Parsing". We will also review the problems of mid-term exam.
11/15/06
Due to a business trip and a workshop (FCST2006), I won't be available for the office hours this Friday. If necessary, please contact me by email to discuss a possible date. Sorry for inconvenience.
11/13/06
Just a reminder: No exercise today.
11/9/06
"No make-up exam" rule is added to the Examination Policies and Rules .
11/7/06
The mid term exam will take place in the M1 class room (the class room used for the lecture) from 1310 on November 13.
11/6/06
11/2/06
Since the price of the textbook was 7144yen, you will receive a change of 356yen. If you ordered the textbook, please come to my office with small coins. You need to check if I am in the office if it is outside of my office hours.
11/1/06
10/30/06
Today's exercise problems are on the Exercise page.
10/26/06
10/23/06
10/20/06
On Oct 23, we will cover the secions up to 2.4.3 which correspond to the lecture slides "Lexical Analysis - Part II: Constructing a Scanner from Regular Expressions. "
10/19/06
For tomorrow's office hours only, I will be in 241-F (the conference room for the OS Lab) from 1600 to 1700. I will be in my office from 1400 to 1600 as usual. We will be having a group meeting during this period, but the priority is on the students coming for my office hours.
10/17/06
Some clarification about late submission has been added to Exercise Policies and Rules page.
10/16/06
Today's exercise problems are on the Exercise page.
10/13/06
On October 16, we will cover the sections up to 2.3 of the textbook, which correspond to the lectures slides "Introduction to Scanning."
10/12/06
Textbooks arrived. Please come to the instructor's office (242-C) to pick up your copy. I may be out of office occasionally. Please contact me (by email or phone) in advance if necessary.
10/4/06
No class on October 9, due to a national holiday (taiiku-no-hi, or Health and Sports Day).
10/3/06
Exericse sumission rules and policies have been refined. These changed have been summarized in Exercise Policies and Rules page.
10/1/06
Slides of the overview of the course in pdf and PS.
9/28/06
For the first class on October 2, we will use two sets of slides from the author of the text book: "Introduction and Overview" and "The View from 35,000 Feet", available here. We will also use another set of slides, which is an overview and introduction of our own class. It is currently in preparation and will be posted soon.
8/23/06
We are going to order textbooks to the publisher directly as a whole class. This provides us a discout of 5% (10 to 19 copies) or 10% (20 or more copies). Please visit ALO and pay 7500Yen by 1700, September 8. Please make sure that your name and student ID have been correctly recorded on the order list.
8/17/06
Home page and notice board for the course have been created.

Hitoshi Oi