Homework, Mini Projects, and Exams

This is a list of the homework assignments, mini projects, and exams for DS 210 A1 - Spring 2026:

• Homework 1: command line and git basics due Feb 4
• Homework 2: Rust basics due Feb 9
• Homework 3: Rust basics (2) due Feb 16
  
  
• Midterm exam 1 (in class): Feb 18
  • Basic Rust syntax
  • Command line and git
    
    
• Mini project 1: memory managament - build your own vector
  • Part 1: basic implementationdue Feb 23
  • Part 2: doubling capacity and experimentationdue Mar 2
  • Code reviewMar 4
• Mini project 2: AI chatbot application
  • Part 1: ring buffer due Mar 9
  • Part 2: basic chatbot due Mar 16
  • Part 3: caching chatbot due Mar 23
  • Code reviewMar 25
    
    
• Midterm exam 2 (in class): Mar 25
  • Computer organization and memory
  • Rust ownership and references
  • Data structures
    
    
• Mini project 3: client-server data analytics
  • Part 1: using remote procedure calls (RPCs) due Mar 30
  • Part 2: using sockets due Apr 6
  • Code reviewApr 8
• Mini project 4: Tic-Tac-Toe agents
  • Part 1: 3x3 Tic-Tac-Toe due Apr 13
  • Part 2: 5x5 Tic-Tac-Toe with heuristic due Apr 20
  • Part 3: optimization and tournament due May 1
  • Code reviewApr 29
    
    
• Final exam (12pm - 2pm; location TBD) May 6
  • Course recap
  • Parallelism and synchronization
  • Code review and critique
  • Experiment design