Getting help

For urgent communication with the teaching staff, it is best to send electronic mail (preferred) or to phone.

If you want to talk to a staff member in person, remember that our posted office hours are merely times when we guarantee that we will be in our offices. You are always welcome to visit us outside of office hours if you need help or want to talk about the course. However, we ask that you follow a few simple guidelines:

• Prof. Blelloch and Prof. Maggs normally work with their office doors open and welcome visits from students whenever their doors are open. However, if their doors are closed, they are busy with a meeting or a phone call and should not be disturbed.

• The TAs share offices with other students. To avoid disturbing these students, please send mail or zephyr before visiting a TA outside of office hours so they can arrange to meet you.

We will use the Web as the central repository for all information about the class. The class home page is at

  www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/academic/class/15213-s01/www/

Using the Web, you can:

• Obtain copies of any handouts or assignments. This is especially useful if you miss class or you lose your copy.
• Read clarifications and changes made to any assignments, schedules, or policies.
• Find links to any electronic data you need for your assignments

We have also set up a news group for this class, cmu.cs.class.cs213. This group will be used by members of the teaching staff to post announcements and clarifications. You may also post to this group to make queries.