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 (1): Leetcode practice due Feb 9

• Homework 3: Rust basics (2): guessing game due Feb 16
  
  

• Midterm exam 1 (in class): Feb 18

  • Basic Rust syntax
  • Command line and git
    
    

• Mini project 1: memory management - build your own vector

  • Part 1: basic implementationdue Feb 23
  • Part 2: doubling capacity and experimentationdue Mar 9
  • Code reviewMar 18

• Mini project 2: AI chatbot

  • Part 2: basic chatbot due Mar 16
  • Part 3: database and caching chatbot due Mar 23
  • Code reviewMar 25
    
    

• Midterm exam 2 (in class): April 1

  • 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