Teaching Assistant: Haroan Chang, 211 Harris Center, hchang2014@my.fit.edu, office hours: Thu 9-11am

This course introduces data structures and algorithms, which are the "backbones" of programs. You can think of programs = data structures + algorithms. Data structures organize the information in such a way that algorithms can efficiently manipulate the information. We will discuss how to analyze the efficiency of algorithms. Data structures and algorithms are generally independent of programming languages. Since CSE 1001 and 1002 use C, we will use C. (Homework assignments may be submitted using C or Java.)

Book

• Thomas A. Standish, Data Structures, Algorithms & Software Principles in C, Addison Wesley, 1994.

Topics

• Lists (Ch8: 8.1-8.2)
• Analysis of Algorithms (Ch6: 6.1-6.4)
• Recursion (Ch3)
• Stacks and Queues (Ch7)
• Trees (Ch9)
• Graphs (Ch10: 10.1-10.6, MST)
• Hashing (Ch11)
• Sorting (Ch13: Priority Queue Sorting, HeapSort, MergeSort, QuickSort)

• Test 1 (15%), Test 2 (15%) & Final Exam (20%)
• 6 homework assignments (50%)
• A: 90%, B: 80%, C: 70%, D: 60%

Important Dates (Assignment due dates might be adjusted due to circumstances)

Policies

• Students are encouraged to help each other on assignments, but plagiarism (copying) is prohibited.
  • first violation: zero on assignment/test
  • second violation: 'F' for the course
• Late assignments are accepted, but 20% is deducted for each day.
• Documentation constitutes 10% of each programming assignment.
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Prerequisites

• CSE 1001 and 1002: Familiar with a high-level programming language.
• CSE 1400 / MTH 2051: Discrete Math.