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<p><font face="serif">Good evening and welcome back to campus! I
wanted to take just a moment to go over a few things related to
your upcoming CSC 335 class.</font></p>
<p><font face="serif">1. We will have our first TOMORROW (Tuesday)
at 11:15 am in Godsey 218. I have requested key-card access to
this room for each of you, but it may take a few days to get
that processed.</font></p>
<p><font face="serif">2. Currently the systems in the room are
booted into linux and are working on a parallel calculation; its
been running continously for over three weeks! Please do nor
reboot the systems. We will talk tomorrow about the use of the
systems in that room. <br>
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<p><font face="serif">3. I am in the process of re-building all of
my online content both on my web server and on CANVAS. I will
let you know when that becomes available. Anything that you
find online now pertained to prior offerings of the class -- and
is basically irrelevant. I will provide you with a detailed
syllabus in a digital format. <br>
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<p><font face="serif">4. We will initially start the semester
wearing masks in class. I hate them. I will most likely
remove mine to lecture just so you can hear me better. I may
ask you to remove yours when you ask questions.</font></p>
<p><font face="serif">5. I have had great success over the last 18
months doing office hours via Zoom appointments. I work in
multiple offices and labs around the University and city of
Macon; Zoom makes meeting from any of these locations very
convenient. If you would like to meet via Zoom please send a
note to that effect to my Mercer e-mail (<a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:pounds_aj@mercer.edu">pounds_aj@mercer.edu</a>)
and I will work to set something up as soon as possible.</font></p>
<p><font face="serif">See you in the morning!</font></p>
<div class="moz-signature">-- <br>
<b><em>Andrew J. Pounds, Ph.D.</em></b><br>
<em>Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science</em><br>
<em>Director of the Computational Science Program</em><br>
<em>Mercer University</em><br>
<em>1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, GA 31207 </em><br>
<em>(478) 301-5627</em><br>
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