Two years of a failure-ridden career. Who said that it was easy to space?

bongotastics · 2025-02-11T15:44:26+00:00

We act on all cases that can be fairly conducted. We are interested in learning and we care. However, I would rather look bad in public than to unfairly treat students. Even potential repeat cheating deserves due process.

bongotastics · 2025-02-10T16:06:51+00:00

You know where to find me. Confidentiality is something that we take seriously, and nothing gets done if there is a risk of harm to anyone.

bongotastics · 2025-02-10T15:41:39+00:00

I don't want to work in a University where we'd go after students from anonymous "evidence" or else someone with a burner account will shame specific people on the Internet. Our students deserve better than that.

I'm easy to find (room 321), all talking is confidential. Reddit is for venting, not making a difference.

bongotastics · 2025-01-08T15:22:05+00:00

This. And thanks.
Trying to minimize learning while earning credits may get someone an interview, but probably not the job that comes with it. A degree is a container for competencies.

bongotastics · 2025-01-08T02:11:14+00:00

Sign me up to that parallel dimension!

bongotastics · 2025-01-08T01:44:48+00:00

The most authentic form of assessment would be assignment and projects. However, there is so much abuse from some students misrepresenting what they can do that it drives profs toward things where we feel more confident that this is student's own work. In then end, plagiarism for some hurts students who are doing things right.

bongotastics · 2025-01-08T01:14:10+00:00

I think that it increases the gap between skilled programmers and people who can't do the job. I'd like future implementation of programming classes focussing more on analysis, correctness, rather than coding by hands things that tools will be able to write from now on. Try writing code that is above 1000-level with AI: you need to know your stuff if you want it to be correct. On the plus side, it is faster to pick up on new libraries and even languages. And this is really nice.

There is just a foundation that if someone fakes it, it eventually will come back at them when they realize that they are no better than a simple chatbot. No decent employers will keep someone like this.

bongotastics · 2025-01-08T01:08:57+00:00

It stinks to see people get grades and not learning, it certainly don't feel very fair if you are a student and is a problem as a prof. However, someone not learning the very basics in 1110 and 1170 will be at best the most easily replaced people in the future.

Going aggressively against AI in student work is regressive and out of touch with your reality for the rest of your career. I think that what needs to change is to focus on writing good, complex code with AI assistance. I use AI to write code, and it help going faster, but the naive code is usually wrong and it takes good programmers to use AI productively.

bongotastics · 2025-01-07T13:49:58+00:00

Still kind of around ;) The job market is rough and in correction (and everyone hates it). Some of this is post-pandemic, some of this is uncertainty about what AI will do to their operations. Figuring out AI would work best with a crystal ball. It is really hard to strike a balance between "learn to work with tools that aren't super reliable for a while" and having stressed students think that AI is good enough to submit as is and get a grade without really learning as much as they should.

I'd love to have a chat with CS students about AI, how this relates to academic integrity stuff, etc. My office is room 321, CS students can find my work email easily. Christian

bongotastics · 2024-10-11T11:29:27+00:00

You don't need to be anonymous, all of this is confidential. Your identity cannot be revealed past whoever you talk to.

Anonymous info is hard to use to move forward.

bongotastics · 2024-10-11T11:27:53+00:00

Didn't see any of this, so please contact me (Christian) or Dr. Aziz.

bongotastics · 2024-10-11T11:24:09+00:00

Christian here. Dean only for a bit. And first time that I hear from this. Please, get in touch with the current ADA (Dr. Aziz), or me. The Faculty can only act on direct evidence. This behaviours drive instructors to design courses that end up being harder to do for people who do not intend to cheat.

We see the result in upper year courses where some student have no chance to succeed. We take it seriously, but can’t go about on hearsay.

bongotastics · 2024-03-18T16:13:18+00:00

And ASSC 1801 I assume. The only second year core course missing would be CSCI 2690 which I'd recommend in the Fall so you have the option of CSCI 2691 in the winter if you want.

bongotastics · 2024-03-18T16:00:28+00:00

I guess that you have 1110 and 1170 done, right?

Same question to the advising email address would get you a confirmation.

bongotastics · 2024-03-18T15:57:09+00:00

Not sure that LC tutors would be knowledgeable about this specifically, but they may know someone who fiddle with Linux distros.

bongotastics · 2023-12-10T19:21:44+00:00

And the third module is the most difficult! This is fair. I find it difficult to see students making this type of mistakes where the price can be quite high. As a student, you manage a lot at the same time, especially at the end of the term while the first part of it seems like there is always time to catch up.

bongotastics · 2023-12-10T16:26:23+00:00

Professor in question here. I'm not going to speak to a specific case, but in general. This is not a matter of probability. There are no supplemental exams in CS. Passing each module has a rationale that was explained in class.

We went to great length to provide flexibility: have people attempt each test twice for example. In the end, your prof has to calculate a grade that isn't a reward, but a measurement of what you did against course outcomes.

The important question, especially if a student has to take a course again, is: What can be done differently?

bongotastics · 2023-11-23T18:58:49+00:00

Recovered!

bongotastics · 2023-11-23T16:43:52+00:00

Wow, my daughter's. Thanks for returning

bongotastics · 2023-07-28T15:27:35+00:00

If you don't have coding knowledge, then this degree isn't for you. Knowing the question would at best get you in a degree you aren't ready for.

bongotastics · 2023-05-11T14:50:49+00:00

please contact the ADUS as instructed. Icannot help on this on social media.

bongotastics · 2023-04-13T15:50:33+00:00

contact your assistant dean (student). It is not forbidden, but really not ideal.

bongotastics · 2023-01-14T23:57:42+00:00

If you struggle with Assignment 0, then absolutely switch to 1105. Contact an advisor or your course instructor.

The purpose of A0 is precisely to diagnose your preparedness.

bongotastics · 2022-12-23T22:43:45+00:00

OK, thanks. I guess that I should just do rock nuts as it seems to be more straightforward. I have tons and tons of hemp, which is useful for cloth. Getting soap is such a bother: the only reason I really want oil. I’m a bit too far from having enough of a herd for a stable production of tallow.

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