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• [07.04.2008] The oral reexaminations in BM Informatik and the registrations for it are organized by the organizers of the ICS2 course. (Jens  Gallenbacher / Christian Wach). The expected date for the examination will be 23.4.2008.
  
• [31.03.2008] Registration for oral reexamination ICS1 is possible until 7.4.2008. See section exams for more information.
  
• [31.03.2008] The updated exam results are online in WebReg.
  
• [26.03.2008] You can take a look at your exam ('Einsicht') next monday, March 31st, 9.00 - 13.00, in Room S202/A102. Please do not forget to bring a valid ID and your student card.
  
• [25.03.2008][Update] We had troubles with our contact address inf1@mis... due to the power outage last week. This address is now working again.
  If you sent last week an email to inf1@mis.informatik.tu-... and do not get an answer by tomorrow, please resent it.
• [20.03.2008] The Results of the ICS1 / BM Inf (part ICS1) are published in Webreg. Further information on the exam results is available in section exams. You can take a look at your exam ('Einsicht') on Mon, March 31st, between 9.00 and 13.00.
• [14.03.2008] The room assignments for the ICS1 exam is updated. Please see section exams for more information.
• [12.03.2008] [Update 13.3.]
  - All students registered for Basismodul Informatik (ICS1 part) on 17.3.2008 will write in room S313/36. Please check in this pdf if your room is S313/36.
  - All students registered for the ICS1 exam at the 'Zentrales Prüfungssekretariat' will write the exam in S202/C120.
  Please check this site again on friday for updated room assignments.
  - In all rooms besides S313/36 and S202/C120 only german GdI1 exams are written.
  - General information on the exam is available in section Exams.
  
• [10.03.2008] For preparation of the exam, especially the Scheme part, we published the tasks of this years trial exam. Please note, that the Java part is not representative for the upcoming exam.
  
• [05.03.2008] Due to a faulty export of the lab results to WebReg, there were partly incorrect results visible until this afternoon.
  The problem is fixed now, and the correct lab results can be looked up in WebReg now.
  
• [04.03.2008] The points for the lab are visible in WebReg now. 72.5% were sufficient to get 120 points. Percentages beyond 82.5% were rewared between 0 and 10 additional points on a linear scale. The points have been rounded to multiples of 0.5.
  The points for bonus for the examare calculated as sum of your points in exercises, trial exam and lab (all published in webreg).
  
• [28.02.2008] The dates of additional consulting hours before the exam (3.3.-14.3.08) can be found in section consulting hours
  
• [12.02.2008] Lab: Now revision of task description and framework.zip posted. Some inconsistencies and minor errors fixed.
  
• [07.02.2008] The task description for the lab is now posted.
  
• [06.02.2008] Some tutors will offer additional consulting hours for early starters on the lab task.
  
• [05.02.2008] As the semester has ended, this week only Pool consulting hours are offered. Additional theory consulting hours will be offered before the spring exam, details will follow.
  
• [04.02.2008] The lab group assignment is posted now and available via WebReg. Please check your RBG email account regulary, since this is the only way your group members and tutors can contact you!
  
• [01.02.2008] We now also provide the JavaDoc documentation for the translator package. You can find it below next to the lecture slides for the GUI chapter.
  
• [31.01.2008] Due to an exam during the lab exercise time period, the task description will be released on the web before the actual lab exercise period (February 18 - 19, 2008), on February 07, 2008. In order to ensure basic support, several tutors will offer consultation hours from February 11 to 15, 2008.
  
• [31.01.2008] The lab exercise team assignments will be announcednext week.
  
• [28.01.2008] Please fill out the brief questionnaire regarding the use of Scheme and Java in ICS1! Your input can help us in planning the next lecture cycle.
• [24.01.2008] We have provided a new Test class for the homework assignment of T10, linked below under Exercises
• [22.01.2008] Please fill out the questionnaire about the Java programming pre-course!
• [22.01.2008] To use JUnit 4 in Eclipse, please follow these steps:
  1. Open the properties of the Eclipse project that shall use JUnit. To do so, press ALT+Enter on the project entry or select Project ->Properties from the menu
  2. Choose the tab Java Build Path
  3. Below the tab Libraries, press the button Add Library...
  4. In the dialog, choose JUnit and select "Junit 4" in the following step.
  5. Make sure in the Project Properties tab Java Compiler that your compiler is set to at least "5.0"!
• [21.12.2007] The results of the Trial Exam (including points for each task) are published in Webreg. (Distribution of exam results can be seen here). An insight to the exams will be possible in the 2nd week of the exercises in the new year (15./18.1., please visit the group your registrated in webreg for).

• [19.12.2007] The slides for writing proper JavaDoc documentation and the JAR file for the Christmas Tree demo are now available. To use the Christmas Tree demo, save it as a file and run java -jar XmasTree.jar or java -jar XmasTree.jar 10 (or any other value).
• [12.12.07] The trial exam for ICS1 will be in Room S103/23.
  
• [10.12.07] We have now provided some hints on using robots.jar in section Lecture
• [07.12.07] As of now the registration for the lab course is open through WebReg. Please register in groups of four if possible, single registrations and smaller groups will be filled up to groups of four! Registration will be possible until 11.01.2008 4pm!
  
• [06.12.07] We somehow managed to forget to include the classes for JKarel, now linked here and under the slide set T12...
• [28.11.07] The interaction support software TVremote can be downloaded at http://interaction.nu.tu-darmstadt.de/tvremote
• [28.11.07] The moth that caused the first "software bug" (actually, a specific hardware defect) can be found at http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:H96566k.jpg.

• [26.11.07] The registration for the Trial exam in Webreg is open from today until 10.12.07. Follow this link...
  
• [26.11.07] The deadline for home assignment 5 changed to Tue, 4.12.07
  
• [23.11.07] All slides are available online now (T12-T21); please note also the updates in T10 and T11 (corrections and a new slide T11.23 for local in the Environment Model)
  
• [15.11.07] Slides up to T9 available.
  
• [13.11.07] Update in the bonus point section for students repeating the course.
  
• [12.11.07] Slides up to T7 available.
  
• [10.11.07] Update in Template for Exercise 3 / Task 7.
  
• [05.11.07] Updates for exercise-sheet 2 and 3. Please look here.
• [01.11.07] The tuesday's pool consulting hour is moved to the E0 poolroom.
  
• [29.10.07] The slides for Topic 4&5 are online.
  
• [25.10.07] The slides for Topic 3 are online now.
  
• [23.10.07] The date for the lab is now fixed. It will take place from 18.2.2008 to 29.2.2008.
  
• [22.10.07] The first exercise sheet is online. (see Section Exercise)
  
• [19.10.07] The assignment to the exercise dates is ready. You can see your exercise group and room in the webreg system.
  
• [16.10.07] The exercises take place on Tue, 8.00 and Fri, 13.45. Registration via webreg is open till Fri, 12.00. Follow this link to webreg....
  
• [15.10.07] The monday exercise will be moved due to a collision with the Analysis I exercise. As soon as we found a solution, the registration via webreg will be opened. Please check this page regularly.

• [15.10.07] Welcome to ICS1!

• [15.10.07] The previous year's ICS1 page with results of the autumn exam can be found here. The "Einsicht" for this exam takes place this Friday, Oct. 19, 1pm-3pm in room E115. Please bring a valid ID.