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Calendar

The calendar below provides information on the course lecture (L) and recitation (R) sessions.

SES # TOPICS KEY DATES
L1 Introduction: Analysis of Algorithms, Insertion Sort, Merge Sort Problem set 0 out

Problem set 0 due

Problem set 1 out
R1 Correctness of Algorithms
L2 Asymptotic Notation, Recurrences: Substitution, Iteration, Master Method
L3 Divide and Conquer: Strassen's Algorithm, Fibonacci Numbers, VLSI Layout
R2 Recurrences, Sloppiness
L4 Quicksort, Randomized Algorithms Problem set 1 due

Problem set 2 out
L5 Median, Order Statistics
R3 Sorting: Heapsort, Dynamic Sets, Priority Queues
L6 Linear-time Sorting, Lower Bounds, Counting Sort, Radix Sort
L7 Hashing: Chaining, Universal Hashing Problem set 2 due
R4 Quiz 1 Review
Quiz 1
L8 Binary Search Trees (BST): Tree Walks, Analysis of Random BST Problem set 3 out
R5 Relation of BST's to Quicksort
L9 Balanced Search Trees
R6 Augmenting Data Structures
L10 Amortized Analysis: Disjoint Sets Problem set 3 due

Problem set 4 out
L11 More Amortized Analysis
R7 Competitive Analysis
L12 Dynamic Programming Problem set 4 due

Problem set 5 out
L13 Greedy Algorithms, Graphs, Minimum Spanning Trees
R8 Examples of Greedy Algorithms and Dynamic Programming
L14 Shortest Paths: Dijkstra's Algorithm, Breadth-first Search Problem set 5 due

Problem set 6 out
L15 Shortest Paths: Bellman-Ford, Shortest Paths in Dags, Difference Constraints
R9 Depth-first Search: Edge Classification
L16 All-pairs Shortest Paths: Dynamic Programming, Floyd-Washall, Johnson's Algorithm
L17 Computational Geometry: Segment Intersection Problem set 6 due

Problem set 7 (excercise only) out
R10 Computational Geometry
L18 Computational Geometry: Closest Pair
L19 Take-home Quiz

Ethics, Problem Solving (mandatory attendance)
Take-home Quiz 2 handed out

Quiz 2 due five days after lecture 19
L20 Network Flow: Max-flow Min-cut Theorem Problem set 8 out
L21 Network Flow: Edmonds-Karp Algorithm
L22 String Matching: Rabin-Karp Algorithm Problem set 8 due

Problem set 9 (excercise only) out
R11 Final Exam Review
L23 Fast Fourier Transform
L24 NP-completeness, Approximation Algorithms
Final Exam