Algorithmic Thinking (Part 1)

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  • 4 Sequences
  • Intermediate Level
  • Subtitles in Greek, Spanish

Course details

Syllabus

  • Week 1 - Module 1 - Core Materials
    What is Algorithmic Thinking?, class structure, graphs, brute-force algorithms
  • Week 2 - Modules 1 - Project and Application
    Graph representations, plotting, analysis of citation graphs
  • Week 3 - Module 2 - Core Materials
    Asymptotic analysis, "big O" notation, pseudocode, breadth-first search
  • Week 4 - Module 2 - Project and Application
    Connected components, graph resilience, and analysis of computer networks

Prerequisite

None

Instructors

Luay Nakhleh
Associate Professor
Computer Science; Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Scott Rixner
Professor
Computer Science

Joe Warren
Professor
Computer Science

Editor

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