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The CSI Computer Science Support Centre (CSSC)

The CSSC first opened its doors on the 22nd September 2008. Previously known as the CPSC (Computer Programming Support Centre), the CSSC aims to provide academic help and advice to all students taking Computer Science modules in UCD.

This is a FREE SERVICE, offered to UCD students taking computer science modules. The center operates as a drop-in service, so if you have any computer science related difficulty, feel free to drop in. Guidelines on how and when to use the CSSC can be found here.

Announcements

NEW!!! The CSSC re-opens on Monday 23rd of January at 11am. The opening hours have changed for this semester so please consult the new timetable before dropping in. If the COMP module you require help with is not on the list below please let us know by emailing cssc@ucd.ie

For the first time, the CSSC will remain open right through the exam period, up to and including December 20th 2011. The opening hours will remain the same. If this support is used by the students we will continue to remain open in future exam periods.

In order to reflect the diversity of topics covered, the CPSC has been renamed to CSSC (Computer Science Support Centre).

The CPSC is now offering support for Springboard students taking Computer Science modules. Springboard students are welcome to drop-in to the CPSC any Friday between the (extended) opening hours of 10am-4pm. Guidelines on how and when Springboard students should use the CPSC can be found here.

The CPSC will re-open on Monday 26th September at 10am. Opening hours are Monday 10am-3pm, Tuesday 10am-3pm, Wednesday 10am-4pm, Thursday 10am-6pm and Friday 10am-2pm

Olga Murdoch
(CSSC Coordinator)

CSSC Location: B1.03, 1st Floor CSI main building
Opening Times: Mon 11-4, Tues 10-3, Wed 10-6, Thurs 10-2, Fri 10-5
CSSC Coordinator: Olga Murdoch
Contact e-mail: (to be updated soon!)

Services we do provide:
Free tutoring, Advice on programming skills
Services we do not provide:
Solutions to lab practicals and Student technical support

Tutors - 2011/2012 Academic Year

Jessie

John Mark

Dominic Carr

Tadhg O'Sullivan

Eoin Murphy

Sandra

Abraham Campbell

Nagesh Yadav

CSSC Tutors Timetable - 2011/2012 - Semester 1

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
10am - 11am	Closed	Jessie + John Mark	Abraham	Abraham	Dominic
11am - 12noon	John Mark + Sandra			Abraham + Jessie	Dominic + Tadhg
12noon - 1pm			Abraham + Tadhg	Nagesh + Jessie
1pm - 2pm	John Mark + Eoin	Jessie + Dominic
2pm - 3pm				Closed
3pm - 4pm		Closed
4pm - 5pm	Closed
5pm - 6pm					Closed

List of modules/topics covered by each tutor

Each CSSC tutor is able to give tutorials in the following modules:

Module	Tutors
Computer Programming II (COMP10120)	Tadhg, Abraham, John Mark, Dominic, Eoin, Sandra, Nagesh, Jessie
Software Engineering Project 1 (COMP10050)	Tadhg, Abraham, John Mark, Dominic, Eoin, Sandra, Nagesh, Jessie
Introduction to Computer Architecture (COMP10040)	Abraham, Nagesh
Introduction to Programming II (COMP10020)	Tadhg, Abraham, John Mark, Dominic, Eoin, Sandra, Nagesh, Jessie
Computer Science for Engineers (COMP10060)	Tadhg, Abraham, John Mark, Dominic, Eoin, Sandra, Nagesh, Jessie
UNIX Programming (COMP20150)	Tadhg, John Mark, Dominic, Eoin, Sandra, Jessie
Data Structures and Algorithms II (COMP20040)	Tadhg, Abraham, Dominic, Eoin, Sandra, Jessie
Intro to Operating Systems (COMP20180)	Abraham, Dominic, Sandra
Introduction to Computer Forensics (COMP20130)	Abraham
Digital Systems (COMP20020)	Abraham, Nagesh
Introduction to Cognitive Science (COMP20090)	Abraham
Web Multimedia (COMP20030)	Tadhg, Dominic, Sandra, Jessie
Introduction to Project Management (COMP20140)	Abraham, Sandra, Jessie
Software Engineering Project 2 (COMP20050)	Tadhg, Abraham, John Mark, Dominic, Eoin, Sandra, Jessie
Intro to Functional Programming (COMP20190)	Sandra, Abraham, Dominic
Computer Science for Engineers II (COMP20080)	Abraham, John Mark, Dominic, Eoin, Sandra, Jessie
Operating Systems I (COMP30090)	Abraham, Dominic
Processor Design (COMP30080)	Abraham, Nagesh
Computer Graphics I (COMP30020)	Tadhg, Abraham, Dominic, Eoin, Nagesh, Jessie
Compiler Construction (COMP30330)	Sandra
Software Engineering Project 3 (COMP30050)	Abraham, John Mark, Dominic, Eoin, Sandra
Information Systems II (COMP30150)	Sandra
Object-Oriented Design (COMP30160)	John Mark, Eoin, Sandra, Nagesh
Connectionist Computing (COMP30230)	Eoin
Multi-Agent Systems (COMP30240)	Abraham, Dominic, Jessie
Multimedia Security and Data Hiding (COMP40600)	Dominic

List of programming/query languages each tutor is familiar with

Each CSSC tutor is able to give advice to students using the following programming languages:

Language	Tutors
Java	Tadhg, Abraham, John Mark, Dominic, Eoin, Sandra, Nagesh, Jessie
C	Tadhg, Abraham, John Mark, Dominic, Eoin, Sandra, Nagesh, Jessie
C++	Tadhg, Dominic, Eoin, Sandra, Nagesh, Jessie
Ruby	John Mark, Dominic, Eoin, Sandra
HTML	Tadhg, Abraham, Eoin, Sandra, Jessie
Javascript	Tadhg, Eoin, Jessie
PHP	Tadhg, Eoin
Scheme	Dominic
SQL	Sandra, Jessie
Python	Abraham, John Mark
Perl	John Mark
Latex	John Mark, Dominic, Sandra

More information on CSI modules is available on the CSI Modules page.

So, say for example a module such as "Intro to Programming (COMP10010)" is causing some problems for you, then you should do the following:

Using the tutor-modules lists (above), choose a tutor that is able to give tutorials in COMP10010
Using the tutors timetable (above), find a day and time where that tutor is working in the center and drop by during that time.. Simple!