CS4234 Final Exam; 16-Nov-2001 (Friday)
Fun Bonus Questions:

[Do NOT spend more than 1 minute on these Bonus questions.]

Q1: Which one of the authors of the textbook [CLRS] is closely associated with the School of Computing, NUS?

Q2: When did he last visited the School of Computing, NUS?

Comment: Only three students got both answers correct!

ANSWERS:

Q1: Which one of the authors of the textbook [CLRS] is closely associated with the School of Computing, NUS?

ANSWERS FROM THE CS4234 CLASS OF 2001:

Histogram # of Votes Choice of Answer
*** 3 (a) Thomas H. Cormen
******* 7 (b) Charles E. Leiserson
***** 5 (c) Ronald L. Rivest
* 1 (d) Cliff Stein

ANSWER: Charles E. Leiserson.
Charles Leiserson is Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at MIT. Prof Leiserson is also an Adjunct Professor with the School of Computing, NUS. He is also the Chair of the Computer Science Programme of the SMA (Singapore-MIT Alliance).

Q2: When did he last visited the School of Computing, NUS?

ANSWERS FROM THE CS4234 CLASS OF 2001:

Histogram # of Votes Choice of Answer
***** 5 (a) 2001;
**** 4 (b) 2000;
***** 5 (c) 1999;
* 1 (d) never;
* 1 (x) No answer;

ANSWER: 2001
He was last here in October 2001 and he gave a seminar entitled "Building a Reliable Wide-Area System from a Myriad of Servers" while he was here.

CS4234 Fun Bonus Exam