CS/ECE 252 Introduction to Computer Engineering

Piazza is an online platform which facilitates interactions between students and instructors. (Piazza is Italian for "square" as in a market square.)

Why Piazza?

Piazza is the best way to get answers about 252 material, because:

• other students may have already asked (and answered) your question
• your question can be answered by staff or other students
• your question is usually answered faster than by other methods
• staff is movitated to provide good answers as they usually benefit many students
• it avoids staff getting behind and losing hundreds of emails.

How to use Piazza?

All the students enrolled in CS252 Spring 2015 (Section 2) will receive inivitations to enroll as a student in this class in Piazza after the first week of classes. After you enroll, you can post a new question by clicking on "New Post" button on the top left corner of the screen. After you click this button, a new window appears with the following fields:

• Post Type: Piazza allows you to post a new question or a note or to even start a poll. If you wish to post a new question (which is generally the case), select "Post Type" as "Question".
• Post to: By default, your posts will be seen by the entire class (ie, both the students as well as the instructors).
• Summary: In this field, write a brief summary about your question
• Details: This is where you write the question. Please try to be as elaborate as you can.
• Show my name as: If you do not want other students to see your name in the post, set this field as "Anonymous to Classmates".

Etiquette

When you use Piazza for discussions, please note the following:

• Please try to draft the questions as unambiguous as possible.
• Also, please respect other students, instructors and avoid using any harsh statements in any of your posts.

Contact Information

Instructor:

Mark D. Hill

Office:         6373 Comp Sci and Stat
Email:          
Office hours:   Tuesday 5:15-6:00pm
                Friday 3:15-4:00 (Starts at 252 lecture & ends at office)

Teaching Assistants:

Lisa Ossian

Office:         1351 Comp Sci and Stat
Email:          ossianli@cs.wisc.edu
Office hours:   Monday: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
                Wednesday: 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Sujith Surendran

Office:         5384 Comp Sci and Stat
Email:          sujiths@cs.wisc.edu
Office hours:   Thursday: 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
                Friday: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM