A Guide to CS Drop-in Help Sessions

As the name suggests, no appointments needed. Just drop in with questions at the specified time and place! A detailed schedule for each class is below with pictures to help identify the course assistant.

The expectation is that you are asking the course assistants specific questions about your assignment, i.e., you have already thoroughly read through the assignment and have begun to work on your solution. To maximize the number of students the course assistants can assist they may help you with just one issue at a time (before moving onto someone else who is waiting) and ask you to work through that issue - with their suggestions/feedback - on your own before asking another question.

If you find yourself at the drop-in hours night after night or for extended periods that is good prompt to reach out to your course instructor to identify additional sources of support.

Assistant in Instruction (ASI) office hours

Smith Gakuya will be holding office hours Monday through Friday. Feel free to drop in to ask any questions.

He can comfortably offer help in 145, 200, 201, 202, 302 and 312.

He can also work together with you to solve problems in 301, and 390.

It might be helpful to send him an email with the topics/questions you are struggling with so he can help you more efficiently.

You probably know more about these topics than him: 321, 414, 451, 452, 457

Office: 75SHS 221
Hours: M: 10:00AM-12:00PM, 1:00PM-3:00PM; T: 9:00AM-12:00PM; W: 12:00-3:00PM; Th: 9:00AM-12:00PM; F: 1:30-3:30PM or by appointment
Email: sgakuya@middlebury.edu
More details at go/smith

Learning Environment

The Computer Science Department values the creation of an inclusive learning environment where diversity and individual differences are respected and recognized as a source of strength. This is a group effort, so as course assistants and students attending the drop-in sessions you are expected to join in our efforts to foster such an environment. Everyone involved represent a diversity of individual backgrounds and experiences, and each person is expected to show respect for every other person so that everyone can learn and thrive in this space. If you experience or witness any behavior that opposes this idea, it would be helpful for us to know so that we can address it. Please fill out our anonymous feedback form if you want to provide anonymous feedback (of any kind) about CS drop-in help sessions.

CSCI145: Introduction to Computing

In-lab Assistants:

• CS145W (F 11:15-12:05): Mathew Nannis
• CS145X (F 8:40-9:30): TBD
• CS145Y (F 9:45-10:35): Leo deLaski
• CS145Z (F 11:15-12:05): Alec Kyritsis

Drop-in Hours:

Location (unless otherwise noted): 75SHS224

Time	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
4:00-6:00PM	Hannah Jin	Alec Kyritsis	Finn Helgesen Riley Hale	Kurt Le Zermina Khan
6:00-8:00PM	Jaime Robinson		Jackson Stone
8:00-10:00PM		Liam Smith Charlie Grossman	Leo deLaski Ines Mizero	Mathew Nannis

CSCI200: Math Foundations

Location (unless otherwise noted): 75SHS203

Monday schedule 7:00-9:00PM

Time	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
4:00-6:00PM
6:00-8:00PM	Elise Scott	Devon Tyrie	Terry Luongo
8:00-10:00PM	Hannah Mendbayar			Chloe Katz	Elise Scott

CSCI201: Data Structures

In-lab Assistants:

• CS201X (T 1:10-2:00): David Wang
• CS201Y (T 2:15-3:05): TBD
  
• CS201Z (TR 1:10-2:00): Jacob Zhang
  

Drop-in Hours:

Location (unless otherwise noted): 75SHS202

Time	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
4:00-6:00PM		David Wang Alden Smallwood	Sherman Liu Henry Zhan	David Wang Alden Smallwood	Sherman Liu
6:00-8:00PM	Jake Gilbert	Catie Baxter Huy Tran		Huy Tran
8:00-10:00PM	Siri Ahern Nusrat Atiya	Siri Ahern Nusrat Atiya	Jake Gilbert Henry Zhan	Jake Gilbert Jacob Zhang	Huy Tran Jacob Zhang

CSCI202: Computer Architecture

Location (unless otherwise noted): 75SHS206

Tuesday/Wednesday evening schedule: 8:15 -10:15

Time	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
4:00-6:00PM			Noah Price		Noah Price
6:00-8:00PM
8:00-10:00PM	Anna Kester	Anna Kester	Julian Calder	Julian Calder

CSCI301: Theory of Computation

Location (unless otherwise noted): 75SHS206

Location 2: Mondays and Wednesdays 4-6pm in 75SHS205

Time	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
4:00-6:00PM		Lauren Clarke		Lauren Clarke
6:00-8:00PM	Henry Friedman	Henry Friedman		Henry Friedman
8:00-10:00PM

CSCI302: Algorithms and Complexity

Location (unless otherwise noted): 75SHS205

Time	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
4:00-6:00PM
6:00-8:00PM	Mihir Singh	Toby Pouler			Sartaj Singh
8:00-10:00PM	Toby Pouler	Sartaj Singh		Mihir Singh

CSCI312: Software Development

Location (unless otherwise noted): 75SHS205

Time	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
4:00-6:00PM	John Manalac
6:00-8:00PM	Katie Macalintal	Katie Macalintal			John Manalac
8:00-10:00PM

CSCI390: Spatial Agent-Based Modeling

Location (unless otherwise noted): 75SHS204

Time	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
4:00-6:00PM	Jacob Bradley	Jacob Bradley
6:00-8:00PM
8:00-10:00PM		Caroline Haggerty		Caroline Haggerty

CSCI451: Machine Learning

Location (unless otherwise noted): 75SHS204

Time	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
4:00-6:00PM	Alex Nichols
6:00-8:00PM		Alex Nichols	Alex Nichols		Steven Jin Xuan
8:00-10:00PM				Steven Jin Xuan