Computer Science 2 Lab Demonstrator Jobs

Time in Year:  Terms 1 and 2, and term 3 weeks 3-5 (after CS4 exams).

Number of Posts: 5

Description:  CS2 is the second-year computer science degree course. The course is split into two half-courses:

CS2Ah (term 1 week 1 to term 2 week 3)

• Language processing (state machines, grammars, parsing)
• Computer systems (instruction sets, logic circuits, processor structure)
• Software engineering (methodology, requirements engineering, verification, validation)

• Algorithms and data structures (algorithm analysis, graph algorithms, algorithm applications)
• Java programming (inheritance, concurrency, collection classes, inner classes)
• Current technologies (Web applications using HTML and PHP. Databases and SQL)

Demonstrators are typically CS4 students, although enthusiastic CS3 students may also apply. Demonstrators need a good knowledge of Java and Linux and, ideally (but not essentially), some knowledge of HTML, PHP and SQL.

Demonstrating slots are 3 hours long, from 2-5pm or 1-4pm in JCMB north machine hall each weekday. Demonstrators take, on average, one slot per week for the duration of the course. (There are no slots, however, during the CS4 exams.) Demonstrators also help respond to the cs2help email helpline.

Payment is at demonstrator rate. In 2002-2003, this was £10.22 per hour.

Contact:  Please send a brief CV with a description of your relevant experience, to the Informatics Teaching Organisation (tutor applications) <tutor-applications@inf.ed.ac.uk>, Room 1502, JCMB, extension 505194 (or 0131 650 5194 outside the University).