COSC 202: Resources

Video lectures

• Prof Vijay Ramachandran’s Video Lecture List (You need to be logged into Google with your Colgate account)

• Prof Reyan Ahmed’s Video Lecture List

• Prof Vijay Ramachandran’s remarks about manipulating logarithms

Java resources

• Prof Matt Lyboult’s Java and VS code installation instructions
• Java refresher from Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne’s online booksite
• Compiling Java codes and running ComputeScores

Stamina2Code: customized GenAI chatbot for COSC202

Dr. Manasvini Narayana (Manager of Online Exams, Concordia University) has been working on prompt engineering a GenAI chatbot (Stamina2Think) to push you to do your own thinking as opposed to giving ready-made answers. We have collaborated with her to create a custom version of this chatbot we are calling Stamina2Code that is (hopefully) better suited for the COSC 202 course. Here are some examples of things you can do with it:

• Revise Java concepts.
• Reason through time complexity of an algorithm.
• Talk through why your code might be running into an error.

You are still responsible for adhering to the use of GenAI policy on the syllabus.

This is a pilot project. So if you decide to try it out, we would love your feedback on what worked or didn’t work for you! If you are curious about the original Stamina2Think project, you can read more about it here

Disclosure: Dr. Manasvini Narayana is Prof. Grusha Prasad’s mother.