CSE 521 - Design and Analysis of Algorithms, Autumn 2006

Course Info

Lectures:
TTh 12:00 - 1:20 PM, EEB 026

Course Staff:
Instructor: Anna Karlin
TA: Roee Engelberg

Office Hours:

Anna: Monday 9:30-10:30, CSE 594
Roee: Tuesday 10:30-11:30 and Thursday 10:30-11:30, CSE 218

If you need an appointment and can't make it to the scheduled office hours, please email us, and we will set up some other time.

Textbook

We will be using the book, Algorithm Design (Addison Wesley, 2005), by Jon Kleinberg and Eva Tardos.

Grading

The rough grading split will be as follows:

5 problem sets (5*10%) (roughly bi-weekly)
1 take-home midterm (15-20%)
1 in-class (open book) final (30-35%)

Problem Sets

Problem set	Due	PDF
Homework 0	Oct 3	ps0
Homework 1	Oct 12	ps1
Homework 2	Oct 27	ps2
Homework 3	Nov 7	ps3
Midterm	Nov 16	midterm
Homework4	Nov 28	ps4
Homework5	Dec 11, at noon	ps5

We have a preference for typed solutions. If that is not possible, please be sure to write very clearly.

Here is an old take home midterm
Here is an old final.

Class Mailing List

The mailing list (cse521@cs.washington.edu) is used to communicate important information that is relevant to all the students. Make sure that you are registered to it, by visiting this page.

The mailing list is also a very useful tool for collaboration and interaction between students. You are encouraged to post questions, thoughts, and ideas, that you believe would interest your fellow students.

Messages to the mailing list are stored in the archive.

Academic Integrity and Collaboration

You are allowed to collaborate with your classmates to the extent of formulating ideas. When it comes to writing up solutions, I will allow pairs of students to collaborate on the preparation and submission of a single joint written homework. Other than with your partner, if you choose to have one, no collaboration on the writing up of homework solutions is allowed. On the homework you submit, please include a list of all the people that you discussed the problems with. You may not consult written materials other than the course materials in coming up with your solutions. Needless to say, you are expected to maintain the utmost level of academic integrity in the course.


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