
diff -r 6fc5aafc7d45 -r 84401da2e277 slides/slides01.tex
--- a/slides/slides01.tex	Fri Sep 19 18:41:04 2025 +0100
+++ b/slides/slides01.tex	Fri Sep 26 19:09:50 2025 +0100
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
   \begin{tabular}{@ {}c@ {}}
   \\[-3mm]
   \LARGE Compilers and \\[-1mm] 
-  \LARGE Formal Languages\\[-5mm] 
+  \LARGE Formal Languages\\[-3mm] 
   \end{tabular}}
 
   %\begin{center}
@@ -254,10 +254,10 @@
   \begin{center}
   \begin{tabular}{ll}
   Email:  & christian.urban at kcl.ac.uk\\
-  Office Hour: & Fridays 12 -- 14\\
+  Office Hour: & Fridays 11:30 -- 12:30\\
   Location: & N7.07 (North Wing, Bush House)\\
   Slides \& Progs: & KEATS\\
-  Pollev: & \texttt{\alert{https://pollev.com/cfltutoratki576}}\\  
+  %Pollev: & \texttt{\alert{https://pollev.com/cfltutoratki576}}\\  
   \end{tabular}
   \end{center}
 
@@ -637,13 +637,33 @@
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 {\setbeamercolor{background canvas}{bg=cream}
 \begin{frame}[c]
+\frametitle{How to study for CFL?}
+
+My recommendation for each week: 
+
+\begin{itemize}
+\item read the handout
+\item watch the videos
+\item re-read the handout
+\item do the HW to be discussed at the SGT
+\item later on do the CW
+\end{itemize}
+
+
+\end{frame}}
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 
+
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+{\setbeamercolor{background canvas}{bg=cream}
+\begin{frame}[c]
 \frametitle{Some Housekeeping}
 
 \textbf{Exam will be computer-based, invigilated in some big examination hall:}\bigskip
 
 \begin{itemize}
-\item final exam in January (\xout{35\%} \textbf{40\%})
-\item coursework (\xout{65\%} \textbf{60\%- very first part is now optional}) 
+\item final exam in January (\textbf{40\%})
+\item coursework (\textbf{60\%- the first part is optional}) 
 \end{itemize}\bigskip\bigskip\pause
 
 
@@ -666,10 +686,7 @@
 Until 3 years ago: I did not give out solutions; students
 sent emails to me and I responded to them individually.\bigskip\\
 
-Now: We will review the homework mainly during the SGTs.\bigskip\\\pause
-
-I will still choose the questions from the HW for the exam, but there might be
-some larger amount of deviation.\bigskip\pause
+Now: TAs will review the homework mainly during the SGTs.\bigskip\\\pause
 
 Do not harass your TAs for the solutions!
 
@@ -684,8 +701,8 @@
 
 \begin{center}
 \begin{tikzpicture}
-  \begin{axis}[symbolic x coords={2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022,2023,2024},
-    width  = 1.1\textwidth,
+  \begin{axis}[symbolic x coords={2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022,2023,2024,2025},
+    width  = 1.2\textwidth,
     height = 5cm,
     bar width=8mm,
     nodes near coords,
@@ -699,16 +716,7 @@
     ]
 
 \only<1>{\addplot[ybar,style={rred,fill=rred!75,mark=none},text=black] coordinates {
-(2024,136)
-(2023,169)
-(2022,111)
-(2021,98)
-(2020,59)
-(2019,38)
-(2018,20)
-(2017,22)
-(2016,8)}};
-\only<2>{\addplot[ybar,style={rred,fill=rred!75,mark=none},text=black] coordinates {
+(2025,181)
 (2024,173)
 (2023,169)
 (2022,111)
@@ -734,39 +742,51 @@
 \begin{frame}[c]
 \frametitle{Some Housekeeping}
 
-\textbf{Coursework (4 parts accounting for 60\%; submission deadline \underline{2nd January}):}\bigskip
+\textbf{Coursework (4 parts accounting for 60\%; submission deadline \underline{5th January 2026}):}\bigskip
 
 \begin{itemize}
-\item matcher \xout{(5\%)}\;\;\textcolor{red}{optional from this year}
+\item matcher \xout{(5\%)}\;\;\textcolor{red}{optional}
 \item lexer (10\%)
-\item parser / interpreter (10\%)
+\item parser / interpreter (15\%)
 \item JVM compiler (15\%)
-\item LLVM compiler (25\%) 
-\end{itemize}\bigskip\pause
-
-you can use \alert{any} programming language you like (Haskell, Rust, Swift)\\\pause
-you can use any code I show you and is uploaded to KEATS\ldots\textbf{BUT NOTHING ELSE!}
-
+\item LLVM compiler (20\%) 
+\end{itemize}
 \end{frame}
 }
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 {
 \setbeamercolor{background canvas}{bg=cream}
-\begin{frame}[c,fragile]
-\end{frame}  
+\begin{frame}[c]
+\frametitle{Some Housekeeping}
+
+\begin{itemize}
+\item you can use any code I show you and is uploaded to KEATS; therefore 
+  most students use Scala/Ammonite
+\item but you can use \alert{any} programming language you like (Haskell, Rust, Swift\ldots you have to show me how to run your code)
+\pause
+\item \textcolor{red}{\textbf{you can even use AI for CW}}\pause\bigskip 
+\item \textbf{BUT YOU CANNOT COPY FROM OR COLLABORATE WITH OTHER STUDENTS!}
+\end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
 }
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%{
+%\setbeamercolor{background canvas}{bg=cream}
+%\begin{frame}[c,fragile]
+%\end{frame}  
+%}
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 {
 \setbeamercolor{background canvas}{bg=cream}
 \begin{frame}[c,fragile]
 %%\frametitle{Scala 3}
 
-I will show you all my code in Scala 3
+I will show you all my code in Scala 3\bigskip
 
 \begin{minipage}{1.4\textwidth}
 \begin{lstlisting}[language={},numbers=none,basicstyle=\ttfamily\small]
-$ scala-cli
-Welcome to Scala 3.5.0 (21.0.4, Java OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM).
+$ scala
+Welcome to Scala 3.7.3 (21.0.8, Java OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM).
 Type in expressions for evaluation. Or try :help.
 
 scala> 1 + 2
@@ -775,17 +795,17 @@
 \end{minipage}\medskip
 \pause
 
-Since Scala 3.5.0, scala-cli is included in "plain" Scala
-
-\begin{minipage}{1.4\textwidth}
-\begin{lstlisting}[language={},numbers=none,basicstyle=\ttfamily\small]
-$ scala
-Welcome to Scala 3.5.1 (21.0.4, Java OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM).
-Type in expressions for evaluation. Or try :help.
-
-scala> 
-\end{lstlisting} %% $
-\end{minipage}
+%Since Scala 3.5.0, scala-cli is included in "plain" Scala
+%
+%\begin{minipage}{1.4\textwidth}
+%\begin{lstlisting}[language={},numbers=none,basicstyle=\ttfamily\small]
+%$ scala
+%Welcome to Scala 3.5.1 (21.0.4, Java OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM).
+%Type in expressions for evaluation. Or try :help.
+%
+%scala> 
+%\end{lstlisting} %% $
+%\end{minipage}
 \end{frame}
 }
 
@@ -802,21 +822,21 @@
 \begin{lstlisting}[language={},numbers=none,basicstyle=\ttfamily\small]
 $ amm
 Loading...
-Welcome to the Ammonite Repl 3.0.0-M2 (Scala 3.3.3 Java 21.0.4)
-scala> 1 + 2
+Welcome to the Ammonite Repl 3.0.2 (Scala 3.3.5 Java 21.0.8)
+@ 1 + 2
 res0: Int = 3
 \end{lstlisting} %% $
 \end{minipage}\medskip
 \pause
 
-Do not use Amm + Scala 2!
+Do not use Amm + Scala 2! Do not use sbt!
 
 \begin{minipage}{1.4\textwidth}
 \begin{lstlisting}[language={},numbers=none,basicstyle=\ttfamily\small]
 $ amm2
 Loading...
 Welcome to the Ammonite Repl 2.5.9 (Scala 2.13.11 Java 17.0.7)
-scala> 
+@ 
 \end{lstlisting} %% $
 \end{minipage}
 \end{frame}
@@ -827,11 +847,10 @@
 \setbeamercolor{background canvas}{bg=cream}
 \begin{frame}[c]
 \frametitle{For Install Problems}
-
+ 
 \begin{itemize}
-\item Harry Dilnot (harry.dilnot@kcl.ac.uk) \\
-  \;\;Windows expert
-\item Oliver Iliffe (oliver.iliffe@kcl.ac.uk) 
+\item Flavio Melinte Citea\\ (flavio.melinte\_citea@kcl.ac.uk)\bigskip \\
+\item Zishan Rahman\\ (zishan.rahman@kcl.ac.uk) 
 \end{itemize}
   
 \end{frame}
@@ -2036,13 +2055,10 @@
 
 
 \begin{tabular}{lll}
-  SGT TAs: & Flavio Melinte Citea & (was a KURF two summers ago)\\
-           & Zishan Rahman\\
-           & Harry Dilnot\\
-           & Opale Sjostedt\medskip\\
-  Amm Helpers & Harry Dilnot & (harry.dilnot@kcl.ac.uk)\\
-           & Oliver Iliffe & (oliver.iliffe@kcl.ac.uk)\medskip\\
-           & \multicolumn{2}{l}{\hspace{5mm}(was a KURF last summer)}\\
+  SGT TAs:  & Flavio Melinte Citea\\
+            & Zoltan Meszaros\bigskip\\
+Amm Helpers & Flavio Melinte Citea & (flavio.melinte\_citea@kcl.ac.uk)\\
+            & Zishan Rahman & (zishan.rahman@kcl.ac.uk)\medskip\\
 \end{tabular}  
 \mbox{}
 \end{frame}




