1.

Background
a. What is your name?
i. Ans: Yijie Huang
b. Tell us about yourself. Where are you from? What is one of your hobbies? Is there
anything else you would like to share?
i. Ans: I’m from Fort Lauderdale. I love to play basketball. I was born in
China but I moved to the United States when I was 4; this summer I went
back to China for the first time in 14 years.
c. What would you like to learn from this course?
i. Ans: I would like to learn how to think like an engineer, and truly develop
my problem-solving skills.
d. What would you like to learn from courses in the EECS department before you
graduate
i. Ans: I would like to learn how to create/design my own CPU.
e. What is a technology that you would like to see invented or a problem that you
would like to have solved in the next twenty years?
i. Ans: I would like to see advancements in quantum computing, and see
more applications with its usefulness
f. Tell us about your academic background. What math and physics courses have
you taken?
i. Ans: I’ve taken math all the way up to Multivariable Calculus. And I’ve
taken both Mechanics and Electricity and Magnetism at an AP Level.
g. What platform do you use (Mac/Linux/Windows)?
i. Ans: Mac.
2. Syllabus Read the course syllabus and answer the following questions.
a. What are the dates and times for both midterms?
i. Ans: 10/1 at 8-10pm, 11/2 at 8-10pm
b. If you need exam accommodation, whom do you contact and how? When do you
have to contact this person by?
i. Ans: Email the Head GSI at ee16a.staff@gmail.com
c. When are homeworks and self-grades due?
i. Ans: Homeworks are due on Friday night at 11:59 pm. Self Grades are due the following
d. How many homework drops do you get?
tuesday at midnight.
i. Ans: One
e. What is the penalty if you turn in your self-grades up to one week late?
i. Ans: Half Credit
f. Provide a complete list of everything you must do in order to receive credit for
your homework assignments
i. Ans: Turn in both your coded and written solutions in the form of a .ipynb
file and a .pdf file consisting of the written up solutions and also a PDF of
the code.
g. Let us say you only were able to get half-way through a homework problem
during the first submission. When self-grading you would receive 5/10 on a
problem, but you realize how to complete your solution and decide to resubmit.
After resubmission what is your new score?
i. Ans: 8 points.
 h. How many unexcused labs are you allowed to miss?
i. Ans: None. Miss 1 Lab, 30/32. Miss 2 or 3, 16/32. Miss 4 or more, Fail the
class.
3. Fun Fact
a. What is Professor Gireeja Ranade’s favorite color?
i. Ans: Yellow
4. Homework resources
a. (a) If you need help on a homework problem or have a question about the
material, what are some of the resources you might be able to use?
(i) Homework party
(ii) TA office hours
(iii) Professor office hours
(iv) Asking a friend taking 16A
(v) Posting on Piazza
(vi) Going to discussion
(vii) All of the above
a. Ans: All the Above