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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Dear EECS undergrads,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">If you're still looking for CS fall courses, consider taking CS 4201: Software Verification (counts as a tech. elective!). We'll do a bunch of cool things in the course (about which more here:
</span><a href="http://ace.cs.ohio.edu/%7Egstewart/courses/4201-17/" id="LPlnk708519"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">http://ace.cs.ohio.edu/~gstewart/courses/4201-17/</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">), centered
on using the proof assistant Coq (</span><a href="https://coq.inria.fr/" id="LPlnk598155"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">https://coq.inria.fr/</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">, a super-advanced functional
programming language) to prove the correctness of software systems.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Lecture: MWF 3:05-4:00 pm in ARC 159<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Here are some anonymous student testimonials from previous offerings:
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">***<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">"I really liked the entire course. This course was excellently put together. The professor was able to give great introduction to new concepts, answer questions, and link the lecture and assignments
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"Dr. Stewart has been very helpful and available even outside of his office hours to help with assignments, and other questions associated with the course.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">"The material was very interesting to me - so much so that I plan to work through the software foundation book over winter break for fun. The instructor is pleasant to work with, I look forward to
working with him on projects related to the class. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">"The instructor is amazing. He broke down a difficult subject and made it accessible to students like me who struggle with higher level<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">"I find the coursework very unique and that it helps bridge the gap between Mathematics and Computer Science.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">"It was very entertaining to learn how to deal with machine proofs-and satisfying once you convinced the machine that you were correct.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">"Professor Stewart is an excellent teacher who explains things well and very clearly. He has a great ability to simplify otherwise VERY<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">***<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Note that CS4201 *WILL* count as a tech. elective (even if it's not yet officially listed in the relevant documents online).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">- Gordon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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