CS 581 Algorithms

Spring Semester, 2025

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:05 to 5:20pm

Room 404, Min Kao Engineering Building

Instructor

Michael A. Langston

Teaching Assistant

Tyson Beach

Textbook

Introduction to Algorithms (Fourth Edition), Cormen, Leiserson, Rivest and Stein, The MIT Press, ISBN 9780262046305

Overview

CS 581 is a core graduate course in Computer Science. It is primarily devoted to the fundamentals of algorithm design and analysis. Topics are diverse. Asymptotics, relative efficiencies, and implementation strategies are prime concerns. CS 581 provides three hours graduate credit. The prerequisite is CS 302 or its equivalent.

Grading

35% Exam I, to be held on February 18, 2025

35% Exam II, to be held on April 1, 2025

15% Homework

15% Project

Additional Information

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