COMP 311: Functional Programming (Fall 2015)
Instructor | Dr. Eric Allen | TAs |
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Lectures | Lecture Times | 2:30PM - 3:45PM TR | |
Course Email | comp311@rice.edu | Online Discussion | Piazza -- Rice Comp 311 |
Description
General Information
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Textbooks | There is no required textbook. We will draw material from a variety of sources, including:
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Development Environment | The DrScala Pedagogic IDE is recommended for all homework assignments in this course. |
Lecture Schedule (Subject to Change Without Notice)
Week | Day | Date | Topic | Work Assigned | Work Due |
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1 | Tues | Aug 25 | |||
Thur | Aug 27 | The Nature of Doubles, The Design Recipe | |||
2 | Tues | Sep 01 | Introduction to Scala | ||
| Thur | Sep 03 | Programming with Intention | Hwk 0 | |
3 | Tues | Sep 08 | Test-Driven Development | ||
Thur | Sep 10 | Defining and Using Functions and Recursion | Hwk 1 | Hwk 0 | |
4 | Tues | Sep 15 | Referential Transparency and the Substitution Model | ||
| Thur | Sep 17 | Tail Recursion | Hwk 2 | Hwk 1 |
5 | Tues | Sep 22 | Lists and Functional Data Structures | ||
| Thurs | Sep 24 | Types, Type Systems, and Polymorphic Functions | Hwk 3 | Hwk 2 |
6 | Tues | Sep 29 | Programming with Options and Pattern Matching | ||
| Thur | Oct 01 | Map, Reduce, and Higher Order Functions | Hwk 4 | Hwk 3 |
7 | Tues | Oct 06 | Comprehensions and flatMap | ||
| Thurs | Oct 08 | Programs as Proofs and the Curry-Howard Isomorphism | Hwk 4 | |
8 | Tues | Oct 13 | MIDTERM RECESS | ||
| Thur | Oct 15 | Guest Lecture (TBA) | Hwk 5 | |
9 | Tues | Oct 20 | Functional Leftist Heaps and Binomial Heaps | ||
| Thur | Oct 22 | Functional Red-Black Trees | Hwk 6 | Hwk 5 |
10 | Tues | Oct 27 | Strictness and Lazy Evaluation | ||
| Thur | Oct 29 | Stream Processing and Incremental I/O | Hwk 7 | Hwk 6 |
11 | Tues | Nov 03 | Closures, Effects, and the Environment Model | ||
| Thur | Nov 05 | Programming with Continuations | Hwk 8 | Hwk 7 |
12 | Tues | Nov 10 | Domain-Specific Languages with Higher Order Functions | ||
| Thur | Nov 12 | Parallelism and Functional Programming | Hwk 9 | Hwk 8 |
13 | Tues | Nov 17 | Big Data and Distributed Computing with Apache Spark | ||
| Thur | Nov 19 | DataFrames and Spark SQL | Hwk 10 | Hwk 9 |
14 | Tues | Nov 24 | Guest Lecture (TBA) | ||
| Thur | Nov 26 | THANKSGIVING | ||
15 | Tues | Dec 01 | Pipelines and SparkML (Machine Learning) | ||
Thur | Dec 03 | Course Wrap Up | Hwk 10 |
Grading, Honor Code Policy, Processes and Procedures
Grading will be based on your performance on weekly programming assignments.
In this course, all students will be held to the standards of the Rice Honor Code, a code that you pledged to honor when you matriculated at this institution. If you are unfamiliar with the details of this code and how it is administered, you should consult the Honor System Handbook. This handbook outlines the University's expectations for the integrity of your academic work, the procedures for resolving alleged violations of those expectations, and the rights and responsibilities of students and faculty members throughout the process.
Homework Submissions: All submitted homework submissions and presentations are expected to be the result of your team’s effort. All essays are expected to be the result of your individual effort. You are free to discuss course material and approaches to problems with your other classmates, the teaching assistants and the professor, but you should never misrepresent someone else’s work as your own. If you use any material from external sources, you must provide proper attribution.
Accommodations for Students with Special Needs
Students with disabilities are encouraged to contact me during the first two weeks of class regarding special needs. Students with disabilities should also contact Disabled Student Services in the Ley Student Center and the Rice Disability Support Services.