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"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."

John Quincy Adams

"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be."

Thomas Jefferson

"I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone."

Bjarne Stroustrup, originator of the C++ programming language

"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."

Charles Babbage (1791-1871), designer of the first programmable calculator and the first general purpose computer

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Spring 2009

Contact information:

Office: E283B

Phone: 924-3894

Send e-mail to me by manually removing the letters SPAMBEGONE from the e-mail address robinson@email.SPAMBEGONEsjsu.edu. Use a class-specific subject heading or your mail may be rejected as spam.

Office hours:

(Jan. 22 through May 13, holidays excepted)

Wednesday 11:00-11:50
Tuesday, Thursday 1:30-2:50, 5:30-6:00

Thursday, May 14, 2:00-4:00

Friday, May 15, 2:00-4:00

Monday, May 18, 1:00-3:00

Wednesday, May 20, 3:00-4:00

Thursday, May 21, 1:00-2:00

or by appointment (see me at the end of class for appointments)

Class pages:

Computer Engineering 101 (Spring 2009)
Computer Engineering 130 (Spring 2009)
Computer Engineering 152 (Spring 2009)
Computer Engineering 294 (Spring 2009). Please follow the instructions on the greensheet to join the class Yahoo group. All the materials you need will be available there.
Senior Projects (Computer Engineering 195)