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Algorithmic Thinking (Part 1)
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 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
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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