Computer Science Support Centre (CSSC)
Welcome to Computer Science Support Centre (CSSC)
What We Do
Free tutoring for COMP* modules, advice on programming skills
What We Don't Do
Solutions to practicals/assignments and student technical support
CSSC Location: B1.03, 1st Floor CS Main Building
Opening Times: See below timetable
The CSSC first opened its doors on the 22nd September 2008. The CSSC aims to:
- provide additional academic support to that provided by the primary resources which are lecturers, teaching assistants (TA's) and demonstrators
- provide tuition on a drop-in basis. This means students may personally call in to the centre during the opening hours that are posted on the website
- help students to understand course material that they are still struggling with after utilising the primary resources provided (I.e., lecturers, TA's, demonstrators)
- enable students to successfully complete coursework independently
- show students how to solve a problem by breaking it down into smaller, more manageable parts
- teach students how to debug there programs properly.
This is a FREE SERVICE, offered to UCD students taking computer science modules. The centre operates as a drop-in service, so if you have any computer science related difficulty, feel free to drop in.
The CSSC reopens for Semester 1 on Monday September 18th. Please check below for an updated list of tutors and opening times.
CSSC Tutors - 2016/2017 - Semester 1
Maryanne |
Mark |
Malika |
Sam |
CSSC Tutors Timetable - 2017/2018 - Semester 1
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| 10am - 12pm | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Malika |
| 12pm - 2pm | Maryanne | Mark | Sam | Malika | Shane |
| 2pm - 4pm | Maryanne | Mark & Maryanne | Sam & Shane | Sam & Shane | Closed |
| Module | Tutors |
| COMP10010 Introduction to Programming I | all |
| COMP10030 Algorithmic Problem Solving | Malika, Mark, Maryanne, Sam |
| COMP10070 Formal Foundations | all |
| COMP10080 Information & Comms Technology | Malika, Mark, Maryanne |
| COMP10110 Computer Programming I | all |
| COMP10130 Computer Science in Practice | all |
| COMP10280 Programming I (Python) | all |
| COMP20010 Data Structures & Algorithms I | all |
| COMP20020 Digital Systems | all |
| COMP20070 Databases and Info. Systems I | Malika, Mark, Maryanne, Shane |
| COMP20080 Computer Sci for Engineers II | all |
| COMP20110 Discrete Maths for Comp. Sci. | Mark, Malika, Sam, Shane |
| COMP20240 Relational Databases & Information Systems | Malika, Mark, Maryanne, Shane |
| COMP20250 Introduction to Java | all |
| COMP30030 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence | Mark, Malika, Maryanne, Shane |
| COMP30040 Networks and Internet Systems | Mark, Malika, Maryanne, Shane |
| COMP30060 Program Construction I | Mark, Sam, Malika, Maryanne |
| COMP30070 Object-Oriented Programming | Mark, Maryanne, Shane |
| COMP30080 Processor Design | Mark, Malika, Maryanne, Shane |
| COMP30110 Spatial Information Systems | Mark, Malika, Maryanne, Shane |
| COMP30120 Machine Learning | all |
| COMP30190 Program Construction II | Mark, Maryanne, Sam, Malika |
| COMP30220 Distributed Systems | Malika, Mark, Maryanne |
| COMP30240 Multi-Agent Systems | all |
| COMP30250 Parallel and Cluster Computing | Malika, Mark, Maryanne |
| COMP30260 AI for Games and Puzzles | Mark, Maryanne, Sam, Shane |
| COMP30330 Compiler Construction | Sam |
| COMP30390 Enterprise Innovation & Entrepeneurship | Mark, Malika, Maryanne |
| COMP30640 Operating Systems | Malika, Mark, Maryanne, Shane |
| COMP30650 Networks & Internet Systems | Malika, Mark, Maryanne |
| COMP30660 Computer Architecture & Organisation | all |
| COMP30680 Web Application Development | all |
| COMP40010 Performance of Computer Systems | Mark, Malika |
| COMP40250 Cognitive Psychology | Mark, Maryanne, Shane |
| COMP40300 Context sensitive Service Delivery | Mark |
| COMP40370 Data Mining | Malika, Mark, Duncan |
| COMP40610 Information Visualisation | Mark, Maryanne, Malika |
| COMP40660 Advances in Wireless Networking | Mark, Malika, Maryanne, Shane |
| COMP40750 Corporate Investigations | Mark, Maryanne |
| COMP40770 Information Security | Mark, Maryanne |
| COMP40800 Computer Forensics Foundations | Mark, Maryanne |
| COMP41100 Exploring Programming in Ruby | Malika, Mark, Maryanne, Shane |
| COMP41110 Cloud Computing | Mark, Malika, Maryanne, Shane |
| COMP41260 Information Security Management 1 | Mark, Maryanne |
| COMP41400 Multi-Agent Systems | Malika, Mark, Maryanne, Sam |
| COMP41450 Machine Learning & Network Data Analysis | all |
| COMP41670 Software Engineering (ME) | all |
| COMP41690 Practical Android Programming | Mark, Sam |
| COMP41700 Seminar Series on Data Science | Malika, Mark, Maryanne |
| COMP47230 Introduction to Cognitive Science (Graduate) | Mark, Malika, Maryanne |
| COMP47240 Text Analytics | Mark, Sam, Maryanne |
| COMP47290 Green Sustainable Data Centre Management | Mark, Maryanne |
| COMP47340 Computational Thinking | Mark, Maryanne, Sam |
| Language / Technology | Tutors |
| Java | all |
| C | all |
| C++ | all |
| Ruby | Mark, Maryanne, Shane |
| Perl | Mark, Shane |
| Scheme | Mark, Shane |
| SQL | Mark, Maryanne |
| Python | all |
| HTML | all |
| CSS | all |
| PHP | Mark, Malika |
| Javascript | all |
| Latex | all |
| Android | Mark, Sam |
Say for example a module such as "Intro to Programming (COMP10010)" is causing some problems for you, then you should do the following:
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Using the tutor-modules lists (above), choose a tutor that is able to give tutorials in COMP10010
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Using the tutors timetable (above), find a day and time where that tutor is working in the centre and drop by during that time.. Simple!