Tentative schedule

Date:Topic:Readings:Lecture notes and handouts:
Jan 16 Administration. Introduction to the course. Intro to pseudocode.Lecture 1
Jan 21 NO CLASS
Jan 23 Algorithm analysis: asymptotic notation, time complexity Chapter 1, Chapter 2 Lecture 2
Jan 28 Problem set 1 assigned
Algorithm analysis: asymptotic notation, time complexity
Chapter 3 Lecture 3
Problem Set 1
Jan 30 Algorithm analysis: asymptotic notation, time complexity Lecture 4
Feb 4 Stacks, Queues Chapter 10, pp.197-204 Lecture 5
Feb 6 Problem set 1 due - Problem set 2 assigned
Lists: singly and doubly linked lists
Chapter 10, pp.204-209 Lecture 6
Problem Set 2
Feb 11 Induction and Recursion Chapter 4, pp.62-75 Lecture 7
Feb 13 Problem set 2 due - Problem set 3 assigned
Induction and Recursion
Chapter 4, pp.62-75 Lecture 8
Problem Set 3
Feb 18 NO CLASS (Midterm recess)
Feb 20 NO CLASS (Midterm recess)
Feb 25 Review for Exam 1 Lecture 9
Feb 27 EXAM 1
March 3 Problem set 3 due
Trees: terminology and representation.Traversal algorithms.
Chapter 10, pp. 214-217 Lecture 10
March 5 Problem set 4 assigned
Binary Search Trees
Chapter 12, pp.253-268 Lecture 11
Problem Set 4
March 10 Binary Search Trees Lecture 12
March 12 Problem set 4 due
March 17 Self balancing binary search trees
Algorithm Design: divide and conquer
Chapter 13, sec. 13.2, pp.277-279 Lecture 13
March 19 Problem set 5 assigned
Sorting: merge sort and quick sort
Chapter 2, sec. 2.3, pp.27-40
Chapter 7, pp.145-159
Lecture 14
Problem Set 5
March 24 Hashing Chapter 11 Lecture 15
March 26 Hashing Chapter 11 Lecture 16
March 31 Problem set 5 due
Review for Exam 2
Lecture 17
April 2 EXAM 2
April 7 Heaps Chapter 6 Lecture 18
April 9 Sorting in linear time:Counting sort, Radix sort, Bucket sort Chapter 8 Lecture 19
April 14 Graphs: terminology, representations of graphs, BFS and DFS Chapter 22, pp. 525-552 Lecture 20
April 16 Problem set 6 assigned
Graphs algorithms: BFS, DFS, Topological sort
Minimum Spanning Trees, Kruskal's algorithm
Shortest Path, Dijkstra's algorithm
Chapter 22, pp. 525-552
Chapter 23, pp. 561-570
Chapter 24, pp. 580-587, pp. 595-599
Lecture 21
Problem Set 6
April 21 NO CLASS (Spring recess)
April 23 NO CLASS (Spring recess)
April 28 Problem set 6 due
Red-Black trees
Lecture 22
Final Review
April 30 Final exam