- Professor Borradaile has office hours in KEC 3071 on Mon and Wed from 1.30 to 3.00.
She will be available immediately after class for quick questions as well. - Your TAs are Rahul Gopinath (gopinath@eecs.oregonstate.edu) and Sicheng Xiong (xiongs@onid.orst.edu).
- Course policies and information can be found in the syllabus.
- Your final grade will now include points for participation in the online forum!
- Discussion boards for practice questions and grades can be found on Blackboard.
- Remember to bring your clicker to every class. It is the only way to receive participation points.
- All other course information will be provided here.
Schedule
This schedule is subject to change. Events are confirmed when bold (due dates, required readings, etc.).
Don't forget to check the discussion boards on Blackboard for practice questions!
| Week | Tuesday | Thursday |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Topic: Recursion and D&C review Tasks:
You cannot receive any credit for participation until these tasks have been completed. | Required reading before this class: Erickson: Induction, sections 1-4. and Clicker user guide
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| 2 | Required reading before this class: DPV: Section 5.1 Topics: Correctness by contradiction Max subarray project released A proof of useless/safe property and Boruvka's algorithm: section 18.2 and 18.3 of Erickson's notes | Required reading before this class: DPV: Chapter 0 and Erickson: Recurrences, section 3. Topic: big-Oh, Omega, Theta & Recurrence relations |
| 3 | Required reading before this class (if you haven't already): Erickson: Recurrences, section 3. Topic: More recurrence relations & Divide and conquer Tool: Matlab and plotting run-times Life: Senior dinner registration due next week. Register to vote! Deadline: Oct 14. |
Required reading before this class: |
| 4 | Topic: probability and divide and conquer DPV Section 2.4 covers most of today's class Max subarray project due Life: Graduating soon? Resume Book deadline October 24. OFFICE HOURS IN KEC 1087 WITH TAs: Tuesday and Wednesday, 2-4PM (no office hours with Prof. B on Wednesday) | In-class test: Analysis (on all material covered so far) |
| 5 | Topic: top down v bottom up DP project released | Required reading before this class: DPV: Section 6.2 (review) and 6.4 entirety of Chapter 6 is highly recommended
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| 6 | Required reading before this class: DPV: Section 7.1 Topic: linear programming LP project released The bicycle problem and accompanying Matlab file
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Topic: linear programming and reductions |
| 7 | LP project due TSP project released Topic: Introduction to complexity Turing machines Halting Problem | Required reading before this class: DPV: Section 7.2 and 7.3 The Story of Sissa and Moore in DPV Chapter 8 Topic: P and LPs and ILPs |
| 8 | Required reading before this class: DPV: lower bound for sorting in Section 2.3 Topic: Sorting lower bound, nondeterminism and NP | Required reading before this class: Erickson: NP-hard problems, sections 29.3 and 29.5 Topic: NP-completeness and reductions |
| 9 | Required reading this week: DPV: NP-complete problems (entire chapter) more reductions Reading after class (reduction from VC to HC): Erickson: NP-hard problems, section 29.11 updated TSP project info | Thanksgiving -- no class |
| 10 | TSP project due | TSP race (in class - one laptop per team required) BONUS OFFICE HOURS FRIDAY 10-12 and 1-3 in KEC 1087 |
| 11 | Final exam covers material from weeks 5 on (but will implicitly require mastery of material from weeks 1-4). Monday December 3, 6-8 PM in STAG 203 | |
resources
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- CS523, Spring 2020
- CS515, Fall 2018
- CS325, Fall 2018
- CS523, Winter 2017
- CS523, Spring 2016
- CS325H, Winter 2016
- CS325, Fall 2015
- CS507, ECE507, Fall 2015
- CS523, Spring 2015
- CS325, Winter 2015
- CS325, Fall 2014
- CS523, Spring 2014
- CS325, Fall 2013
- CS515, Fall 2013
- CS523, Spring 2013
- CS325, Fall 2012
- CS523, Spring 2012
- CS515, Fall 2011
- CS523, Spring 2011
- CS325, Winter 2011
- CS515, Fall 2010
- CS521, Spring 2010
- CS325, Winter 2010