Analysis of Algorithms

Lecture Time and Place

Monday, Wednesday at 3:35pm to 4:50pm at HWC 3100.
Office Hours: Monday, 4:50pm to 5:50pm.
Instructor: Piyush Kumar, Love 161. Phone: 850-270-1642. Email: (piyush at acm .dot. org).

Recitation Time and Place

Will be held in accordance with notifications provided either through canvas/email/in class.
Venue: MCH 0202. Attend one of the following based on your section:

Monday 1:25pm to 2:15pm

Tuesday 8:00am to 8:50am

Tuesday 3:35pm to 4:25pm

TA

Ahana Roy Choudhury. Email: roychoud@cs.fsu.edu
Office hours: Love 267, 4:00pm to 5:00pm, Thursdays.

Grader

Yili Ren. Email: yr17@my.fsu.edu
Office hours: TBD.

Course Description

This is a undergraduate course in algorithms. You will be expected to know the material taught in 4530 well. You can find more about the course in the Course Information Handout. The midterm will be on Oct 8th, in the classroom. Final Exam is on Monday, Dec 10th from 5:30pm to 7:30pm. There will be four or five problem sets, one midterm, one small programming assignment, two surprise quizzes, and a final exam.

Learning Objectives

The objective of this course is to encourage you to learn how to :

design and implement new algorithms in the real world.
map problems to algorithmic problems.
develop writing skills to present your own algorithms.
collaborate and work together with other people to design new algorithms.

Class Mailing List

Announcements for the course, homeworks, reading assignments will be available using email and the course web page. Make sure you check both the course web site and your email at least once in two days throughout the semester. The email address we will use is the one that you have on your canvas account.