Homework assignments are to be submitted via Moodle before class on the day on which they are listed. Projects are due by 11 PM via Moodle on the day on which they are listed. Note that all page numbers and problems listed are specific to the hardcopy version of the book with the ISBN number as listed in the syllabus.
| Date | Class Period & Lecture Topic | Reading | Assignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12 | Syllabus, policies, business, goals, intro | ||
| Jan 14 | Big-O and basic arithmetic | pp. 1-15 | Install Python and PyQt5 and start playing around |
| Jan 19 | Modular arithmetic and Primality | pp. 16-30 | HW1 |
| Jan 21 | Cryptography and Euclid | pp. 30-38 Cracking RSA (optional) |
HW2 P1 Design Experience |
| Jan 26 | Multiplication, Recurrence Relations, Merge Sort | pp. 45-50 | HW3 P1: Primality Tester |
| Jan 28 | Medians, Matrix Multiplication, Convex Hull | pp. 50-57 | HW4 Service Learning Proposal |
| Feb 2 | Depth-first Search | pp. 80-87 | HW5 P2 Design Experience |
| Feb 4 | Directed Graphs and Strong Connectedness | pp. 87-95 | HW6 |
| Feb 9 | Shortest Paths | pp. 104-113 | HW7 |
| Feb 11 | Priority Queues and Variations on Shortest Path | pp. 113-120 | HW8 P2: Convex Hull |
| Feb 16 | Minimum Spanning Trees | pp. 127-138 | HW9 |
| Feb 18 | Huffman Encoding | pp. 138-143 | HW10 P3 Design Experience |
| Feb 23 | Horn Formulas and Set Cover | pp. 144-147 | HW11 |
| Feb 25 | Midterm Review | Study Guide | HW12 |
| Mar 2 | Midterm | Study Guide | |
| Mar 4 | Longest Increasing Subsequence and Edit Distance | pp. 156-164 | |
| Mar 9 | Knapsack and Chain Matrix Multiplication | pp. 164-171 | HW13 P3: Network Routing |
| Mar 11 | Dynamic Programming Bonus Lecture | ||
| Mar 16 | Shortest Paths and Independent Sets | pp. 171-177 | HW14 P4 Design Experience |
| Mar 18 | Introduction to Linear Programming | pp. 188-198 | HW15 |
| Mar 23 | Duality and Zero-sum Games | pp. 206-213 | HW16 |
| Mar 25 | Backtracking and Branch & Bound | pp. 271-276 + extra B&B TSP material |
HW17 P4: Gene Sequencing |
| Mar 30 | More Branch & Bound | pp. 271-276 + extra B&B TSP material |
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| Apr 1 | More Branch & Bound | pp. 271-276 + extra B&B TSP material |
P5 Design Experience |
| Apr 6 | NP-completeness | pp. 232-247 + "Unsolvable Problems" (p. 263) |
HW19 |
| Apr 8 | Approximation and Local Search | pp. 276-293 | HW20 |
| Apr 13 | Randomized Algorithms & Grad School | Section 2.4; Boxes on pp. 29, 56, 140 |
HW21 |
| Apr 15 | Evolutionary Computation | P5: TSP with Branch and Bound | |
| Apr 20 | Quantum Computation | pp. 297-302 | |
| Apr 22 | Final Exam Review | Study Guide Service Learning Report |
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| Apr 27 | Spring Break | ||
| Apr 29 | Spring Break | ||
| May 6 | Final (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM) | Study Guide |
The schedule is subject to change. The final is Thursday, May 6th from 10 AM - 12 PM on Moodle using Examity.
