Cyber-Physical Systems

Dear students,

In your status page you can now see the results of the exam that took place on Wednesday, July 23rd. The exam inspection will take place on Wednesday, August 6th, from 14:00 to 17:00, in building E1 3 room 401. Due to the anonymization of the exam, you need to register for the inspection (such that I can prepare the exams that are to be inspected in advance). At the inspection, you will also be able to see the solution of the exercises (but you are not allowed to take pictures or notes).

After the exam inspection, the grades are going to be entered in LSF.

Best regards,
-- Martina

The seating assignment for the exam on tomorrow July 23rd (starting time 14:15) is now visible on your personal status page in the CMS. If you have not received a seat but you have registered for the exam, send an email to maggio[@]cs.uni-saarland.de immediately.

Please bring the following items to the exam:

• Pens (non-erasable pens -- you cannot use red or green ink pens, and you cannot use pencils). 
• Your student ID card (if your student ID card does not have a photograph, you need to bring an additional ID as well as your student ID card).
• A calculator.

Please note:

• We will provide you with sufficient amount of paper, please don't bring your own.
• Any cheat sheets, books, etc. are not allowed (the formula sheet will be included in the exam sheets).

When & how to enter the building?

• We plan to start the exam at 14:15 and finish at 16:15.
• The exam takes place in the Günter-Hotz lecture hall (AudiMo - Günter-Hotz-Hörsaal, Gebäude E2 2).
• Please be no later than 14:00 in the proximity of the exam room.

Dear students,

I have now uploaded the solutions to all the non-optional exercises [*] and the formula sheet that you will be able to use during the exam. Please evaluate the course (both lectures and tutorials) in Qualis. This helps me to improve the content for future iterations. A few reminders about the exam:

• You need to register for the exam in LSF (for those of you whose study programs are in LSF). The deadline for the registration is July 15th at 23:59 (but please don't leave it till the last minute). For registration problems that occur before July 10th please contact me directly. If you encounter problems with the exam registration afterwards, please contact the study coordination team to make them aware of the problem.
• A seating assignment for the exam will be made available for you here in CMS on July 22nd. The exam starts on July 23rd at 14:15 sharp in the Günter-Hotz lecture hall in E2 2. Please be there at 14:00 the latest, such that you can all be seated according to the seating plan before the exam starts.
• The exam duration is 2 hours.
• You should bring:
  • non erasable pens (black and blue, no green and red pens and no pencils),
  • a calculator,
  • your ID card.

Thank you!
-- Martina

[*] For exercise sheet 4, I challenge you to send me your own solution if you want, or to discuss this in person (feel free to send me an email to get an appointment in the time frame from now to July 14th).

 

Dear students,

In the "Materials" section you can find the links for the course evaluation in Qualis (both for the lectures and for the tutorials). Please take a tiny moment to fill them in, especially given that the course is at the first iteration after restructuring (constructive feedback is always appreciated, but right now it is particularly welcome). The evaluation links are available until July 6th.

Cheers,
-- Martina

A few announcements that are course-related:

• We have two more lectures: one tomorrow (June 17), and the last one next week on Tuesday (June 24).
• There are two more tutorial slots (June 23-24; and June 30-July 1). In the first slot, we will talk about scheduling (exercise sheet 07) and in the second one you will get a chance to ask questions and discuss exercises that are not clear for the entire course (exam preparation tutorial).
• I will post the solutions to the exercise sheets in CMS before the last tutorial slots, to give you a chance to look at them before our pre-exam discussion. However, I would recommend you to prepare your questions ahead of time. You are always welcome (also later) to take an appointment and discuss the course material. However, I will not be available after July 14th (until the exam).
• The exam is closed book: the second page of the exam sheet will contain formulas that you can use during the exam. The formula sheet will be posted here for your reference, but you don't need to (and cannot) bring it to the exam. You will not be able to use extra material except for a calculator and (only black and blue) pens.

On a different note, the elections for the 71st Student Parliament of Saarland University will take place from June 16 to June 23, 2025. I would very much recommend to all of you to vote following this link. Note: the page is both in German and in English, even though it may be hard to see at first (as the text is mixed).

Dear all,

I have received a(n alarming) message: the projector in HS002 seems to be more sick than usual (not only it is not producing the right colors, but it actually doesn't seem to project images at all). A technician will come to assess the damage and hopefully fix it tomorrow, but there is no guarantee of having it operational again before our lecture. Given our recent shift in program, I am therefore cancelling the lecture that was planned to take place tomorrow and we will meet again on Tuesday, June 10th. I hope this unexpected break gives you some time to work on the exercise sheets!

Cheers,
-- Martina

Hello everybody,

Here are a few announcements for the coming weeks:

• All lecture recordings and slides used so far have been uploaded to the Materials page: I hope you can use them to catch up, or review.
• There will be no lectures or tutorials in week 19 (May 6–10). Enjoy the short break!
• Exercise Sheet 3 is now available on the Materials page. I encourage you to work on it during the week.

• There will be no tutorials in week 20 (May 13–17) but we will discuss discrete time systems during the following week in the tutorial slots (week 21).

The next course appointments are:

• Lectures: Tuesday, May 13 and Thursday, May 15
• Tutorials: Monday, May 19 and Tuesday, May 20
• Lectures: Tuesday, May 20 and Thursday, May 22

As always, if you have any questions, feel free to reach out on the forum or via email. Thanks!
-- Martina