· 1/16 - Leasing of Logitech cameras - by January 30 – you can lease the cameras in the office 2312 SC (Barb Leisner’s office) – bring your ID. Each group can lease at least two web-cameras.

· 1/30 – MP1 is posted – The submission deadline is February 18, 2012

· 2/29 – Homework 1 - due March 1, Thursday (midnight) , 2012

· 2/29 – Midterm – March 5, Monday, 11-11:50am (in class) – see lectures 18 and 19 for more detailed information

· 3/2 – Homework 1 solutions are posted.

· 3/7 – Solution to midterm is posted.

· 3/12 – MP2 posted – The submission deadline is April 7, 20012

· 4/10 – MP3 is posted – The submission deadline is April 28, 2012

· 4/20 – Homework 2 is posted – The submission deadline is May 2, Wednesday (midnight), 2012

· 4/25 – MP3 final competition information

o Top four groups will be decided during Monday MP demonstration (April 30)

o All four groups will be informed by email as well as it will be advertised on newsgroup

o On Tuesday, May 1, 5-7pm, we will have the competition.

o Finalists should prepare a short power-point presentation (4 slides max) to inform judges about the system design

o On newsgroup we will advertise the room of competition once we have the final four groups.

o All cs414 students are invited to watch the competition on Tuesday, May 1, and join us for pizza and drinks at 6:45pm in room 3401 SC after the competition.

· 4/27 – Peer evaluations are due Friday, May 4 (midnight)

· 4/27 – ¼ unit projects are due Friday, May 4.

· 4/27 – Final exam is Friday, May 11, 1:30-4:30pm in two rooms

o Room 1105 SC – students with last name starting with letter A-J come to this room

o Room 1109 SC – students with last name starting with letter K-Z come to this room

· 4/27 – Final exam details will be discussed on May 2 in class.

· 4/30 – Finalists for the Class Competition: Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4.

· 5/2 – Winners of the class project competition:

o 1^st place: Group 1 – Robert Schiele, David Jordan, Eric Johnson, Andrew Kryczka

o 2^nd place: Group 3 – Aviral Jain, Aadher Jain, Abhishek Sharma

o 3^rd place: Group 4 – Kevin Schilling, Robert Samblanet, Timothy Park, Raphael Hsieh

Personnel

Klara Nahrstedt, Instructor	Office: 3104 SC Office Hours: We: 9am-10am, Fr: 9-10am Telephone: 244-6624 Email: klara@illinois.edu
Md Ahsan Arefin, TA	Office: 0207 SC Office Hours: Th: 3-4pm, Fr: 3-4pm Telephone: 244-0526 Email:marefin2@illinois.edu