| WEEK |
DAY |
ANNOUNCEMENTS |
TOPIC & SUGGESTED READING |
LABS |
| 1 | Sep 02 | no classes -- Labor Day | Course Introduction
Stable matching
read: chapter 1 | set up github
LearningLaTeX.tex |
Sep 04 | |
Sep 06 | |
| 2 | Sep 09 | | Lab 1
Homework 1 |
Sep 11 | |
Sep 13 | | Analysis
read: chapter 2.1-2.4 |
| 3 | Sep 16 | Drop/add ends | Lab 2
Homework 2 |
Sep 18 | |
Sep 20 | |
| 4 | Sep 23 | | Graph algorithms
read: chapter 3 | Lab 3
Homework 3 |
Sep 25 | |
Sep 27 | |
| 5 | Sep 30 | Test 1 in lab |
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Oct 02 | |
Oct 04 | | Greedy algorithms
read: chapter 4 |
| 6 | Oct 07 | | Lab 4
Homework 4 |
Oct 09 | |
Oct 11 | |
| | Oct 14 | Fall break |
Oct 16 |
Oct 18 |
| 7 | Oct 21 | | Divide and conquer
read: chapter 5 | Lab 5
Homework 5 |
Oct 23 | |
Oct 25 | |
| 8 | Oct 28 | | Lab 6
Homework 6 |
Oct 30 | | Dynamic programming
read: chapter 6.1, 6.2, 6.5.
optional reading: chapter 6.3, 6.4 |
Nov 01 | |
| 9 | Nov 04 | Test 2 in lab | Homework 7 |
Nov 06 | | Network flow
read: chapter 7.1-7.3, 7.5, 7.9; see also CLRS chapter 26 |
Nov 08 | |
| 10 | Nov 11 | | Lab 8
Homework 8 |
Nov 13 | | Intractability
read: chapter 8.1-8.4; see also CLRS chapter 34 |
Nov 15 | |
| 11 | Nov 18 | | Lab 9
Homework 9 |
Nov 20 | |
Nov 22 | |
| 12 | Nov 25 | | Approximation algorithms
read: chapter 11.1-11.4, 11.6, 11.8; see also CLRS chapter 35 |
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Nov 27 | |
Nov 29 | Thanksgiving break |
| 13 | Dec 02 | Test 3 in lab | Approximation algorithms
read: chapter 11.1-11.4, 11.6, 11.8; see also CLRS chapter 35 (continued) |
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Dec 04 | |
Dec 06 | | TBA and Class Review |
| 14 | Dec 09 | |
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Dec 11 | Last day of classes |