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SENG 701.01 Object TheoryGraduate
Course |
| Note:  | This
course is not a course on object oriented programming or object oriented
analysis and design. It is a course about the design space for object oriented
languages and introduces concepts that may be new to even an experienced object
oriented programmer. It is assumed that all students in the course have
a reasonably strong background in object oriented programming, analysis, and design.
You may register for this course only with permission from the instructor.
In order to get that permission, you will be given a short (30 minute) test to
assess your understanding of object oriented analysis and design, which is a necessary
prerequisite if you are to understand the contents of this course. The test
will lay out a scenario for which you must sketch an object oriented model.
Note also that the readings are quite technical and require some mathematical
background. |
| In
this course, students are expected to post all work, including assignments, on
their web pages where it may be shared for discussion in the spirit of open communication
and collaboration. Please note that this may not
be the standard for all courses. That said, plagiarism of any kind will not tolerated in the course. "Not understanding how to properly quote" is not an excuse. On the first instance of plagiarism being discovered, the incident will be immediately reported, without discussion, to the student's department head, the head of the department computer science, and the student's dean, as required by academic policy. Please insure you read Citations, Quotes, and Other Advice on Written Work and Plagiarism/Cheating/Other Academic Miconduct before doing any of the assignments. |
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| Details | |
| Instructor: | Dr. Rob Kremer, ICT748, email: kremer@cpsc.ucalgary.ca |
| Dates: | Sept 13 - Dec 10, 2005 |
| Meeting time: | T/R, 11:00-12:15 |
| Location: | ENF0334 |
| Course type: | Half course |
| Course Links | |
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Class List: | |
| Marks: | |
| Glossary: | http://sern.ucalgary.ca/~kremer/courses/cpsc701.01/F2005/index.html |
| Grading | |
| | Major Paper Reviews and Presentations: See "Assigments" section. |
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| Research Paper and (possibly) Presentation: See "Assignments" section. |
| | In-Class Exam: 1h. |
| | Paper Summaries: Before each paper is presented in class, every student must hand in a 1/2 page summary of the paper presented. |
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| Class Participation: Based on participation in class and in the mail list. |
| Assignments | |
| All written
assignments are to be constructed as web documents, which will be linked to these
course pages and remain as a perminent record of the couse. Please read the
"Advice to students" page for
important information about plagiarism, citations, and style. | |
| Major
Paper Review and Presentation | Students (either individually or in
small groups -- depending on the size of the class) will choose a paper from the
reading list to analyse in detail, and
The web paper (part 1) will be written as a formal paper, as though it were being submitted to a conference or journal. This means a title, abstract, introduction, background, body, conclusion or discussion, references, correct and complete citations, and numbered and captioned figures. Research to produce the paper will usually entail digging up information from other sourses. Since it is a web document, hyperlinks, both intra-document links (for example, between a citation and the relivant reference in the reference section) and inter-document links (for example, to other documents found on the web) are expected. The presentation form (part 2) is not
the same as the paper form. It should be in either point form or diagramiatic
form and should be much shorter (in terms of word count) than the prose form.
It need not describe the entire analysis in detail, because you will be there
to present the material and answer any questions. Since presentations will
generally be made using a LCD projector, either a web browser or MS Power Point
should be used (preference is for using web browsers because it is easier to publish
and allows for flexible hyperlinking). Note: for web browser presentations,
it is especially important not to use font size specifications (e.g. <font
size="6">), since it will not allow you to adjust your presentation for LCD
resolution, projection size, room size, etc. (relative font sizes, e.g.
<font size="+1"> is OK). |
| Research Paper
and Presentation | The
paper will be on a topic of your choice related to object theory. You may
choose to build your topic around some aspect of the paper you presented in class,
relate some course topic to your thesis topic, or examine some specific language
in relation to the concepts in the course. You should get your topic approved
by the instructor as soon as possible. The paper will be a web document and will be written as a formal paper, as though it were being submitted to a conference or journal. This means a title, abstract, introduction, background, body, conclusion or discussion, references, correct and complete citations, and numbered and captioned figures. Research to produce the paper will entail digging up information from other sourses. Since it is a web document, hyperlinks, both intra-document links (for example, between a citation and the relivant reference in the reference section) and inter-document links (for example, to other documents found on the web) are expected. Length is will be between 10-20 pages. Class presentations on this paper may or may not be required, depending on class size. |
| Tentative Class Schedule | ||
| Date | Topics | Presenter |
| Tues, Sep13 | Organization, introduction | Rob |
| Thurs, Sep15 | Abadi,
M. & Cardelli, L. (1996). A Theory of Objects. Chapter 2: "Class-Based Languages." Abadi, M. & Cardelli, L. (1996). A Theory of Objects. Chapter 3: "Advanced Class-Based Features." Abadi, M. & Cardelli, L. (1996). A Theory of Objects. Chapter 4: "Object-Based Languages." | Rob |
| Tues, Sep20 | ||
| Thurs, Sep22 | ||
| Tues, Sep27 | ||
| Thurs, Sep29 | ||
| Tues, Oct4 | --presentation prep-- | |
| Thurs, Oct6 | Wegner, P. (1988). "The Object-Oriented Classification Paradigm." Part 1: Classification | |
| Tues, Oct11 | Wegner, P. (1988). "The Object-Oriented Classification Paradigm." Part 2: Inheritance | |
| Thurs, Oct13 | Wegner, P. (1988). "The Object-Oriented Classification Paradigm." Part 3: Mathimatical | |
| Tues, Oct18 | Wegner, P. (1988). "The Object-Oriented Classification Paradigm." Part 4: Philosophical | |
| Thurs, Oct20 | Hailpern, B. & Nguyen, V. (1987). A Model for Object-Based Inheritance. | |
| Tues, Oct25 | Madsen, O. (1988). Block-Structure and Object-Oriented Languages. | |
| Thurs, Oct27 | Danforth, S. & Tomlinson, C. (1988). Type Theories and Object-Oriented Programming. | |
| Tues, Nov1 | Cook, W. R., Hill, W. L. & Canning, P. S. (1994). "Inheritance Is Not Subtyping." | |
| Thurs, Nov3 | Mitchell, J. C. (1994). "Toward a Typed Foundation for Method Specialization and Inheritance." | |
| Tues, Nov8 | Kristensen, B. B., Madsen, O. L., Moller-Pedersen, B. & Nygaard, K. (1988). The BETA Programming Language. Part 1. | |
| Thurs, Nov10 | --READING DAYS-- | |
| Tues, Nov15 | Kristensen, B. B., Madsen, O. L., Moller-Pedersen, B. & Nygaard, K. (1988). The BETA Programming Language. Part 2. | |
| Thurs, Nov17 | Zalta, E. (1983). Abstract Objects: An Introduction to Axiomatic Metaphysics. | |
| Tues, Nov22 | Laufer, K. (1995). A Framework for Higher-Order Functions in C++. | |
| Thurs, Nov24 | in-class exam | |
| Tues, Nov29 | Selected chapter in Abadi & Carlelli | |
| Thurs, Dec1 | ||
| Tues, Dec6 | ||
| Thurs, Dec8 | ||
| Assignments | ||
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