Summer 2021 - CMPT 307 D100

Data Structures and Algorithms (3)

Class Number: 3048

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    May 12 – Aug 9, 2021: Mon, Wed, Fri, 11:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Aug 19, 2021
    Thu, 7:00–10:00 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    CMPT 225, MACM 201, MATH 151 (or MATH 150), and MATH 232 or 240, all with a minimum grade of C-.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Analysis and design of data structures for lists, sets, trees, dictionaries, and priority queues. A selection of topics chosen from sorting, memory management, graphs and graph algorithms.

COURSE DETAILS:

The objective of this course is to introduce concepts and problem-solving techniques that are used in the design and analysis of efficient algorithms. This is done by studying various algorithms and data structures.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

Topics

  • The following topics may be included:
  • Motivating example: the stable matching problem
  • Greedy (graph) algorithms, BFS, DFS, Dijkstra's Kruskal's and Prim's
  • Simple data structures: priority queues (with heaps) and union-find
  • Divide and conquer algorithms ant their anaysis: solving recursions
  • Dynamic programing algorithms and their analysis
  • Flow algorithms and matching
  • Randomized algorithms
  • NP-completeness

Grading

NOTES:

The course has a final examination (worth 25% of the total grade). There will be five homework assignments which won't be collected and graded. There will be five 45-min quizzes (worth 15% each).

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

  • Algorithm Design, J. Kleinberg, É. Tardos, Addison Wesley, 2006,

ISBN: 9780321295354

Registrar Notes:

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TEACHING AT SFU IN SUMMER 2021

Teaching at SFU in summer 2021 will be conducted primarily through remote methods, but we will continue to have in-person experiential activities for a selection of courses.  Such course components will be clearly identified at registration, as will course components that will be “live” (synchronous) vs. at your own pace (asynchronous). Enrollment acknowledges that remote study may entail different modes of learning, interaction with your instructor, and ways of getting feedback on your work than may be the case for in-person classes. To ensure you can access all course materials, we recommend you have access to a computer with a microphone and camera, and the internet. In some cases your instructor may use Zoom or other means requiring a camera and microphone to invigilate exams. If proctoring software will be used, this will be confirmed in the first week of class.

Students with hidden or visible disabilities who believe they may need class or exam accommodations, including in the current context of remote learning, are encouraged to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca or 778-782-3112).