CSE191: Discrete Structures

Spring 2013

Prof. Russ Miller

338 Davis Hall
645-4737 (rarely, if ever, answered)
miller@buffalo.edu
http://www.cs.buffalo.edu/faculty/miller/

In this course, we present fundamental material that will be used as the foundation for more advanced courses in computer science and engineering. Topics are expected to include, but are not limited to, recursion, iteration, recurrence relations, asymptotic notation, evaluating resources for algorithms, graphs, logic, sets, and some basic counting theory. CSE 191 is required for computer science and computer engineering majors.

Outline of the course (dynamic)
- Office hours, Dr. Russ Miller, Spring 2013: MW 4-5 or by appointment.
- The department requires the following text for this course: Discrete Mathematics and its Applications (Seventh Edition), K. Rosen, McGraw-Hill, 2011. According to our department chair, this book is available FREE to all students at UB. Please DO NOT PAY for this book. (No, I do not know how you obtain your free copy of the book.)
- The Rosen book, listed above, is "on reserve" at the library. Again, please do not purchase this book. In my humble opinion, it is not a good investment of your resources.
- For the analysis of algorithms portion of the course, I will use material from Algorithms Sequential and Parallel: A Unified Approach
- There will be no programming projects in this class.
- Plagarism in any way, shape, or form, will earn you an F in the course. Feel free to review the departmental policy and university policy on plagarism and academic integrity.
- It is Departmental policy that recitations do NOT meet during the first week of class.
- Critical Dates:
  - All graded assignments should be viewed as ''cummulative.''
  - Quiz I: Friday, Feb 8 - 10%
  - Exam I: Friday, Feb 22 - 20%
  - Exam II: Friday, March 29 - 20%
  - Quiz II: Friday, April 12 - 10%
  - Final Exam: Monday, May 6, 2013, 3:30-6:30p, Knox 109 and 110 - 40%
- Teaching Assistants:
  - Xiangyu Wang (xiangyuw@buffalo.edu), Office Hours: 1:00-2:00p, Mondays and Wednesdays, Davis 203
  - Utkarsh Porwal (utkarshp@buffalo.edu), Office Hours: 1:00-3:00p, Thursdays, Davis 113V
  - Yu Liu (yl73@buffalo.edu), Office Hours: 4:00-5:00, Mondays, 2:00-3:00, Wednesdays, David 338z
- Recitations:
  - Monday, Capen 108, 5:00-5:50p, Yu Liu
  - Tuesday, Bell 138, 8:00-8:50a, Utkarsh Porwal
  - Wednesday, Bell 138, 12:00-12:50p, Yu Liu
  - Thursday, Norton 214, 3:00-3:50p, Xiangyu Wang
  - Friday, Norton 210, 4:00-4:50p, Xiangyu Wang
- I reserve the right to change this syllabus at any time.