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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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Fall 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:

(Aug. 24 through Dec. 8, holidays and furlough days excepted)

Monday 1:30-3:20
Tuesday, Thursday 1:30-2:50

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

I have the following days tentatively scheduled as furlough days but this has not yet been approved:

Mon., 31 Aug.
Tue., 22 Sep. (designated by the President)
Mon., 28 Sep.
Mon., 19 Oct. (designated by the President)
Mon., 26 Oct.
Fri., 13 Nov. (designated by the President)
Wed., 25 Nov.
Thu., 17 Dec.
Tue., 22 Dec.

Class pages:

Computer Engineering 101 (Fall 2009)
Computer Engineering 130 (Fall 2009)
Computer Engineering 152 (Fall 2009)
Senior Projects (Computer Engineering 195)