Administrivia

Lecture: TTh, 12:30p-1:50p, 104 Knox Lecture Hall

No Lecture: Tues., January 31
Exam I (Mid Term): Thursday, March 22
Last Day to Drop Classes: Friday, March 30
Last Day of Classes: Monday, April 30
Exam II (Final Exam): TBD, TBA

Recitation: It appears that there will not be recitations this semester.

Material Covered: Therefore, since the contact hours will be reduced from 210 minutes/week to 160 minutes/week, we will likely cover approximately 75% of the material typically covered in this class.

Office Hours: Dr. Miller's Office Hrs.: TBA. Until office hours are finalized, please send me e-mail and we can find time to discuss issues by phone and/or Internet, as appropriate. Updates to Dr. Miller's office hours will be posted to this site.

T.A.: Robert Surowka

Office Hrs.: Monday: 8-10a; Wednesday: 1-3p; Friday: 5-7p
Office: Davis 338Y

Newsgroups:
Subscribe to sunyab.cse.531. I will post informaton to this group as appropriate.

Preamble:

CSE 4/531 is a graduate-level course in Algorithms. Undergraduates will be graded separately and on a different scale from graduate students.

Prerequisites:

Calculus I, Calculus II, and a course in Advanced Data Structures.
Students should know, and are responsible for, the material in chapters 1-13 of Introduction to Algorithms, by Cormen, Leiserson, and Rivest. In addition, students are also responsible for material on balanced trees (e.g., AVL, Red/Black, B-trees).

Reading Material:

Algorithms Sequential & Parallel (Second Edition), R. Miller and L. Boxer, Charles River Media, 2005.
Additional material and citations to relevant material will be made available via this Web site.

Grading Policy:
The midterm exam will count for 40% of your grade.
The comprehensive final exam will count for 60% of your grade.
Dr. Miller will personally do all of the grading.
NB: Resources are not currently available to efficiently/effectively grade homeworks, programming projects, or other materials, including additional exams/quizzes. My apologies.

Notes:

This will be a paper and pencil course. There will be no programming assignments.
Recitation is required. New and supplementary material will be presented in recitation sections.
Plagiarism: Any plagiarism will earn you an F in the course. Further, you should be aware that the Department of Computer Science and Engineering has taken a serious stance in such instances and may bring you up on charges of academic dishonesty and attempt to have you expelled from the University.

Disclaimer: I reserve the right to change any part of this tentative syllabus at any time.

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