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<h1><a name="samuela.rebelsky">Samuel A. Rebelsky</a></h1>

<p>
<em>Disclaimers: Yes, I am proud that my personal Web page reflects
Web formatting of the late 1990's.  (I would argue that almost anything
is better than the repetitious Bootstrap sites out there.)  I also don't
mind that this page is almost always out of date, particularly because that
amuses our alums.  </em>
</p>

<p>
Welcome to the front door (<a href="#frontdoor" title="an explanation
of the term 'front door'">explanation</a>) for <em>SamR's Site</em>,
the primary Web site for Samuel A. Rebelsky.  On this page and site,
you can find all sorts of stuff, including ... (<a href="#endtoc">skip
table of contents</a>).
</p>

<ul>
  <li><a href="#courses">Current Courses</a>
  <li><a href="#FAQ">Frequently Asked Questions</a>
  <li><a href="#cv">Curriculum Vitae</a>
  <li><a href="#home">Home</a>
  <li><a href="#office">Office</a>
  <li><a href="#teaching">Teaching</a>
  <li><a href="#research">Research</a>
  <li><a href="#notes">Notes</a>
</ul>
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<p>
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<h2><a name="courses">Current Courses</a></h2>

<p>
My list of current courses is my attempt to pretend that I keep this
page up to date.  It generally shows that I'm behind in keeping up on
the page.
</p>

<p>
This semester (Spring 2019), I'm teaching three courses.
</p>

<ul>
<li> <a href="https://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/Courses/CSC151/2019S/">CSC 151.01</a>, a section of our introductory course in functional problem solving.  This semester, we are trying a new approach to 151, one focused on the digital humanities.  CSC 151.01 meets MWF 10:00-11:20.
<li> <a href="https://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/Courses/CSC207/2019S/01/">CSC 207.01</a>, a section of our course in data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented problem solving.  CSC 207.01 meets MWF 8:30-9:50.
<li> <a href="https://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/Courses/CSC207/2019S/02/">CSC 207.02</a>, another section of CSC 207.  CSC 207.02 meets MWF 1:00-2:20.
</ul>

<p>
This fall, I am serving as a fellow at the <a href="http://obermann.uiowa.edu">Obermann Center for Advanced Studies</a> at the University of Iowa and am not
teaching any courses.  In the spring, I'll be teaching two sections of
CSC 207, our course in data structures, algorithms, and OOP, and a section
of a newly-developed digital-humanities-themed introductory course.  Stay
tuned.
</p>


<h2><a name="FAQ">Frequently Asked Questions</a></h2>

<dl>

<dt class="question">
  How do I schedule an appointment with you?
</dt>
<dd class="answer">
  You should be able to book an appointment at <a href="https://rebelsky.as.me/schedule.php"><code>https://rebelsky.as.me/schedule.php</code></a>.
</dd>

<dt class="question">
  I'm a prospective student and have a lot of questions.  Why should
  I study at a liberal arts college rather than a large university?
  Why should I study computer science at Grinnell rather than one of
  its peers?  What kind of computer should I buy?
</dt>
<dd class="answer">
  You can find answers to these questions, and many like them,
  at <a href="http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/musings/index-prospective-students.html"><code>http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/musings/index-prospective-students.html</code></a>.
</dd>

<dt class="question">
  What's the story with your logo?
</dt>
<dd class="answer">
  For some time, I've sketched a smiley face with curly hair next to
  my signature when I write notes to friends.  When I grew a beard, I
  added a beard.  In Fall 2016, I was teaching a course on
  Processing, and thought it would be fun to write a program that
  draws that smiley face.  (It actually animates the drawing, which
  makes it more fun.  I may add some randomness to it eventually.)
</dd>

<dt class="question">
  Rumor (or rumour) has it that you are writing an essay each day.
  Where can I find those?
</dt>
<dd class="answer">
  <a href="http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/musings/"><code>http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/musings/</code></a>.
</dd>
<dt class="question">
  Where can I find your legendary primer entitled <i>If You Ask A Prof A
  Question</i>?
</dt>
<dd class="answer">
  <a href="http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/AskProf/"><code>http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/AskProf/</code></a>
</dd>
<dt class="question">
  Are you ever likely to update that primer?
</dt>
<dd class="answer">
  Maybe.  I've set up a <a href="https://github.com/rebelsky/if-you-ask-a-prof-a-question/commits">github repository</a> to log some of the things to change.
</dd>
<dt class="question">
  I'm a Grinnell student planning to declare a computer science major.
  Will you be my academic advisor?
</dt>
<dd class="answer">
  I am among the least organized people you will ever meet.  You need
  only look into my office to figure that out.  History suggests
  that I will lose your advisee folder as soon as I receive it, and
  I probably won't find it again until two years after you graduate.
  I am likely to forget anything we discuss, including your courses and
  that you are my advisee, unless my remembering inconveniences you.
  On the other hand, I am happy to discuss with you course selections and
  planning for life beyond Grinnell.  I am happy to help you work through
  administrative issues at Grinnell (and, surprisingly, I'm good at
  navigating administrative stuff).  I am also likely to care about you as
  a person.  But I will discuss courses and life with you, help you with
  administrivia, and care about you whether or not you are my advisee.
  If you're willing to put up with those negatives, I am happy to serve as
  your advisor (or <q>adviser</q>, as the Grinnell Style guide suggests).
</dd><dd class="answer">
  &nbsp;&nbsp;I expect you to take both your liberal arts education and the short
  essay seriously.  In particular, I expect evidence that you've
  thought carefully about the purpose and components of a liberal
  arts education.  You should make sure to read the sections of the <a
  href="http://catalog.grinnell.edu">College Catalog</a> that discuss a
  liberal arts education.  You should also read William Cronon's <q><a
  href="http://www.williamcronon.net/writing/cronon_only_connect.pdf">Only
  Connect</a></q>.
</dd><dd class="answer">
  &nbsp;&nbsp;When writing your declaration-of-major essay, you should make sure to
  clearly articulate your model for the structure and goals of a liberal
  arts education and to explain how your course selection both meets that
  structure and helps you achieve those goals.  As in any argumentative
  essay, you should also make sure to acknowledge and address potential
  criticisms.  You will be unlikely to be able to do that within the
  stated word limits.  That's okay.  The primary goal is for you to explain
  your education, not to stay within the word limits.
</dd><dd class="answer">
  &nbsp;&nbsp;Note that I will be on leave during the 2019-20
  academic year.  Because of that, I am primarily restricting advisees
  to students who have done summer research with me or who I am likely
  to be able to advise remotely.
</dd>

<dt class="question">
  I'm a current or former student.  Will you write me a letter of
  recommendation or serve as a reference?
</dt>
<dd class="answer">
  Almost certainly.  I prefer to serve these roles primarily for students
  who stand out positively (so that I can write stronger recommendations)
  and who I know well.  I also write much better letters (and serve as a better reference)
  for people who take the time to fill out my
  <a href="/~rebelsky/recommendation.html">requested information for letters
  of recommendation</a> form.
</dd>
<dd class="answer">
  &nbsp;&nbsp;The College informs me that you must also
  fill out a <a href="http://www.grinnell.edu/sites/default/files/documents/FERPA%20Authorization%20for%20Reference%20or%20Recommendation.pdf">form giving
  me permission to communicate to others about you</a>.  (I generally assume
  the request suffices, but I'm told to use the form.)
</dd>
<dd class="answer">
  &nbsp;&nbsp;Even when I am willing to write a recommendation or serve as a reference,
  I reserve the right to refuse in certain circumstances, such as cases
  involving an institution I consider unethical or an opportunity for
  which I consider you insufficiently qualified.
</dd>
<dd class="answer">
  &nbsp;&nbsp;I also tend to push deadlines, so please drop me an email to remind
  me to get those recommendations done!  (In fact, until I've told you
  that I've submitted a recommendation, you should assume that I haven't.)
</dd>

<dt class="question">
  Where are the pages with memories of your parents, Freda Rebelsky and
  Bill Rebelsky?
</dt>
<dd class="answer">
  <a href="http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/Freda/"><code>http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/Freda/</code></a>
</dd>

<dt class="question">
  Do you ever update this page?
</dt>
<dd class="answer">
  Rarely.  If you note things that seem to need updates, please let
  me know.
</dd>

<dt class="question">
  Where can I get papers about your research projects?
</dt>
<dd class="answer">
  Google?
</dd>

<dt class="question">
Can you help me with the following homework question? ...
</dt>
<dd class="answer">
  Not unless you're one of my
  students.  If you plan to send me a question, you should read my
  <a href="homework-help.html">policies for dealing with questions
  on homework</a>.
</dd>

<dt class="question">
  Can I send you an unsolicited email advertisement?
</dt>
<dd class="answer">
  No.
</dd>

<dt class="question">
  <a name="frontdoor"></a>
  Why do you have links to a <q><a href="index.html">Front Door</a></q> and
  <q><a href="origin.html">Origin</a></q> rather than a <q>Home Page</q>.
</dt>
<dd class="answer">
  I'm following the lead of my colleague,
  <a href="http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~stone/">John David Stone</a>.  Dr.
  Stone notes that <q>Home Page</q> is ambiguous, because it can either
  mean <q>entry to my site</q>, or <q>place which I use to start my
  browsing</q>.  He suggests using <q>Front Door</q> for the former
  and <q>Origin</q> for the latter.
</dd>

<dt class="question">
  Why do you have a <q>Skip to Body</q> link at the top of your page?
</dt>
<dd class="answer">
  Usability guidelines suggest that you should provide an easy way to skip
  any large set of links.  Since I sometimes have a lot of links at the top
  of the page, I include that link, too.
</dd>

<dt class="question">
  Where can I find you?
</dt>
<dd class="answer">
  Take a look at my <a href="schedule.html">schedule</a>.  During the
  summer, and semesters on which I'm on leave, my whereabouts are
  unpredictable.  (Okay, my whereabouts are unpredictable most of the
  time, but my schedule helps indicate where I am likely to be.)
</dd>

<dt class="question">
  I sent you a question N days ago and you haven't replied.  Are you ever
  going to reply?
</dt>
<dd class="answer">
  If I saw the question, I probably plan to reply or think I've replied
  already.  If it's been a few days (or even one day), it never hurts
  to prod me again.
</dd>

<dt class="question">
  How can I get added to the list of alumni interested in teaching in
  <em>Life Beyond Grinnell: Learning from CS Alumni</em>?
</dt>
<dd class="answer">
  I hope to be sending out a survey to all of our alums in the near
  future.  Before then, you can send me an email.  Since the course
  did not get scheduled for 2018-19 and I'm on leave in 2019-20, I
  am not sure when it will be offered next.
</dd>

<dt class="question">
  What software do you use to develop your Web pages?
</dt>
<dd class="answer">
  For a number of years (well, since about 1996), I've used software
  that I developed called <em>SiteWeaver</em>.  SiteWeaver has some
  features of Markdown (which didn't exist when I created SiteWeaver)
  and some features of XML/Docbook (which still strikes me as a bit
  high-powered for what I want to do).  In particular, SiteWeaver lets
  me skip obvious tags, such as &lt;p&gt; and figures out certain tags,
  such as list items, just like Markdown does.  At the same time,
  SiteWeaver lets me set variables and use logical tags, such as
  <code>&lt;programlisting&gt;</code>, just like Docbook does.
</dd>
<dd class="answer">
  &nbsp;&nbsp;After nearly twenty years of using SiteWeaver, I started to
  transition to using Markdown for simple pages and Docbook for
  more complex pages and sites.  (I'll probably add a bit more stuff
  to make both work together.)  As of Fall 2013, my course webs use
  Markdown and Docbook and the rest of the site uses both plus
  SiteWeaver.  But I also hack out some random scripts from time
  to time to work in whatever seems easiest at the moment.
</dd>
<dd class="answer">
  &nbsp;&nbsp;At the suggestion of my junior colleague, Charlie Curtsinger, I am
  starting to switch to Jekyll with extended Markdown.  We'll see how
  well that switch goes.  I'm not looking forward to Jekyll's use
  of "convention over configuration".
</dd>

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<dt class="question">
  Where can I find the code for <em>Experiments in Java</em>?
</dt>
<dd class="answer">
  <a href="ftp://ftp.cs.grinnell.edu/pub/rebelsky/EIJ/Code/"><code>ftp://ftp.cs.grinnell.edu/pub/rebelsky/EIJ/Code/</code></a>
</dd>

<dt class="question">
  Where are the resources for the SIGCSE2009 Media Scripting workshop?
</dt>
<dd class="answer">
  Does anyone still care?
  <a href="http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/Workshops/SIGCSE2009/"><code>http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/Workshops/SIGCSE2009/</code></a>
</dd>

<dt class="question">
  Is it true that your former research and teaching assistant, Emily
  Jacobson, monitors your pages so that she can make fun of how little
  you change them?
</dt>
<dd class="answer">
  I don't know.  Let's see if she notices this change.  She certainly
  used to check the Web sites for my new courses.
</dd>
<dd class="answer">
  Followup: She did comment on this. That makes me happy.
</dd>

</dl>


<h2><a name="cv">Curriculum Vitae</a></h2>

<p>
My CV is available in <a href="CV/rebelsky-cv-full.pdf">PDF</a>.
</p>


<h2><a name="home">Home</a></h2>

<p>
Samuel A. Rebelsky <br>
1120 Main Street <br>
Grinnell, Iowa 50112 <br>
641-236-7445 <br>
Cell: 641-990-2947
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<h2><a name="office">Office</a></h2>

<p>
Samuel A. Rebelsky <br>
<a href="http://www.cs.grinnell.edu">Department of Computer Science</a>; <br>
<a href="http://www.grinnell.edu">Grinnell College</a> <br>
Science 3824 <br>
1116 8th Avenue <br>
Grinnell, Iowa 50112 <br>
641-269-4410 <br>
641-269-4285 (fax) <br>
<code>rebelsky@grinnell.edu</code> <br>
<a href="http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/"><code>http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/</code></a> <br>
Public Key: <a href="http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/rebelsky.gpg"><code>http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/rebelsky.gpg</code></a>
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<h2><a name="teaching">Teaching</a></h2>

<p>
If you're interested in more historical information, you can look at a
partial list of course webs for <a href="Courses/index.html">courses I've
taught at Grinnell</a>.
</p>


<h2><a name="research">Research</a></h2>

<p>
<em>Forthcoming</em>
</p>


<h2><a name="notes">Notes</a></h2>

<p>
Feel free to visit my
<Q><a href="origin.html">origin</a></Q> (a list of links, term due to
<a href="http://www.math.grinnell.edu/~stone/">John Stone</a>).
</p>

<p>
While there may be a fairly deep hierarchy at in my Grinnell pages,
there are not index pages for every level.  As I have time, I'll
add indices.  Let me know if you notice something missing.
</p>


<p>
<em>Note: If you have concerns about my use of
copyrighted materials or offensive content, please read <a
href="http://www.grinnell.edu/about/policies/copyright">the relevant
College policies</a>.</em>
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