Please note that for CS 581 Fall 2021, we will not have any in-person lectures. Office hours will be held outdoors rather than indoors. Therefore, the language provided by the University of Illinois about on-campus instruction and guidelines for students specifically about face coverings in classrooms is not exactly immediately relevant to this course.

On the other hand, we will have meetings that take place in person, but these will be outdoors. Please follow the guidelines given below from the university about how to handle any kind of illness, exposure to COVID-19, etc. Please do not come to office hours if you are not completely well. That means in particular that if you test positive or have been exposed to COVID-19, do not attend the in person office hours.

Information from https://covid19.illinois.edu/on-campus/on-campus-instructors/

Following University policy, all students are required to engage in appropriate behavior to protect the health and safety of the community. Students are also required to follow the campus COVID-19 protocols.

Students who feel ill must not come to class. In addition, students who test positive for COVID-19 or have had an exposure that requires testing and/or quarantine must not attend class. The University will provide information to the instructor, in a manner that complies with privacy laws, about students in these latter categories. These students are judged to have excused absences for the class period and should contact the instructor via email about making up the work.

Students who fail to abide by these rules will first be asked to comply; if they refuse, they will be required to leave the classroom immediately. If a student is asked to leave the classroom, the non-compliant student will be judged to have an unexcused absence and reported to the Office for Student Conflict Resolution for disciplinary action. Accumulation of non-compliance complaints against a student may result in dismissal from the University.

All students, faculty, staff, and visitors are required to wear face coverings in classrooms and university spaces. This is in accordance with CDC guidance and University policy and expected in this class.

Please refer to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's COVID-19 website for further information on face coverings. Thank you for respecting all of our well-being so we can learn and interact together productively.