CSSE230 – Data Structures and Algorithms

Spring 2018 (aka 201830)

Schedule Overview

All non-Moodle web pages for the course are available from this index page.

This schedule page will begin with the schedule from a previous term, which will be updated as we go. We’ll try to update assignments and readings at least a week in advance. We’ll update daily schedules and slides just before class.

Preparation is to be completed before the class session.

Unless otherwise noted, all assignments are due at 11:00 PM on the day indicated.

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Schedule last updated Thu Mar 1.

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Week Session Preparation Due Topics Resources Major Programs
1

1

Tue Mar 6

Details
  • Read the Syllabus
  • Bookmark this schedule page.
  • Email your instructor if you forgot your SVN password
  • Review Weiss Ch. 1–6 this week: many pages, mostly review. Carefully read the new stuff and skim the rest: this document may help guide you).
  • Install software for the course:
    • Java 8,
    • Eclipse (current version - I use Java EE), and
    • Subclipse (Update from Eclipse > Help > Install, URL = http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.8.x
  • Nothing today
  • Always look at the Major Programs column, too, for the programming assignment of the week.

  • Course introduction
  • Growable Array analysis
  • Week 1:
    On your own: Skim/read review from the book and get back up-to-speed on programming by doing the WarmUpAndStretching assignment
    In class: Algorithm analysis
Warm Up and Stretching
1

2

Wed Mar 7

Details
  • Weiss §5.1, 5.2, 5.4–5.8, 7.2
  • Continue reviewing Weiss Ch. 1–6.
  • Post to "Introduce Yourself" on Piazza
  • Growable Arrays (at start of class)
  • Make progress on WarmUpAndStretching.
  • Growable Arrays discussion
  • Review of Asymptotic analysis and formal definition of Big O.
  • Big-oh’s cousins, big-Omega and big-Theta
 Warm Up and Stretching
1

3

Fri Mar 9

Details
  • Continue reviewing Weiss Ch. 1–6; focus on §5.3
  • Homework 1 Submit to HW1 drop box in Moodle. This and all other HW and programming assignments are due at 11:00 PM unless we specify otherwise for a particular assignment.
  • Make progress on WarmUpAndStretching.
  • MCSS Cubic and Quadratic Algorithms
 Warm Up and Stretching
2

4

Tue Mar 13

Details
  • MCSS Linear Algorithm
 Stacks and Queues
2

5

Wed Mar 14

Details
  • UML Diagram of Collections framework (from HW2)
  • Abstract data types (ADTs)
  • Review of basic data structures in the Java Collections Framework
 Stacks and Queues
2

6

Fri Mar 16

Details
  • Ch. 7.3 (review of recursion)
  • Ch. 15-17 (List implementation (review); skim, but may help for assignment)
  • Trees Intro
  • Implementing a Binary Tree using recursive methods.
 Stacks and Queues
3

7

Tue Mar 20

Details
  • §18.1-18.3
  • More recursive binary tree methods.
  • Binary tree traversals
 Doublets
3

8

Wed Mar 21

Details
  • Study for Exam 1, take practice exam on Moodle
  • StacksAndQueues partner evaluation (on Moodle)
  • Exam 1
    Wednesday
    7:00 - 9:00 PM
    Section 1, O159
    Section 2, O167
    Section 3, O169
    Night exam. No class today to compensate.
  Doublets
3

9

Fri Mar 23

Details
  • §18.4
  • Iterators: Simple and lazy ones
 Doublets
4

10

Tue Mar 27

Details
  • §19.1
  • Binary Search Tree (BST) methods: insert, remove, contains.
 Binary Search Tree
4

11

Wed Mar 28

Details 		 
  • Doublets partner eval
  • Size vs. Height in a binary tree
 Binary Search Tree
4

12

Fri Mar 30

Details
  • § 19.4
  • Need for trees that are height-balanced but not completely balanced
 Binary Search Tree
5

13

Tue Apr 3

Details
  • § 19.4
  • AVL Trees: How to find the node where rotation is needed
  • Single and double rotations; effect on subtree height.
  • Intro EditorTree and need for rank field
  • Meet team
 EditorTrees
5

14

Wed Apr 4

Details
  • Re-write any tree methods you haven't yet mastered
  
  • Student questions on EditorTree Requirements
  • Practice with AVL Tree Rotations
  • Exam 2a in class
 EditorTrees
5

15

Fri Apr 6

Details
  • § 19.2
  • Discuss usage of rank field
  • EditorTrees work time with your team
 EditorTrees
6

16

Tue Apr 17

Details 		 
  • EditorTrees workday
   EditorTrees
6

17

Wed Apr 18

Details
  • § 19.5
  
  • Red-black trees
 EditorTrees
6

18

Fri Apr 20

Details
  • Chapter 20
  • Hash Table intro
 EditorTrees
7

19

Tue Apr 24

Details
  • Review chapter 20
  • Hash Table implementation
 EditorTrees
7

20

Wed Apr 25

Details
  • §21.1-21.3
  
  • Priority Queues and Binary heaps
  • Heaps work time
 EditorTrees
7

21

Fri Apr 27

Details
  • §21.5
  • Heapsort
  • Heapsort work time
 EditorTrees
8

22

Tue May 1

Details
  • § 14.1, 14.2
  • Graphs
 GraphSurfing
8

23

Wed May 2

Details
  • Study for the exam!
  • EditorTrees team member performance evaluation survey (required; Thursday 11:00 AM)
  • Exam 2
    Wednesday
    7:00 - 9:00 PM
    Section 1, O159
    Section 2, O167
    Section 3, O169
    Night exam. No class today to compensate.
  GraphSurfing
8

24

Fri May 4

Details 		 
  • TBA
   GraphSurfing
9

25

Tue May 8

Details
  • § 7.5
  • Extended Binary Trees
  • Intro to Recurrences
 GraphSurfing
9

26

Wed May 9

Details
  • § 7.5.2, 7.5.3
  • § 8.1 – 8.5 (skip 8.4.1)
  
  • Recurrences and Master Theorem
  • Sorting review/overview
 GraphSurfing
9

27

Fri May 11

Details
  • § 8.6 – 8.7 (skim Average case analysis of Quicksort)
  • Quicksort
  • Quicksort average case analysis
 GraphSurfing
10

28

Tue May 15

Details
  • § 8.8
  • Quicksort improvements
  • Lower bound for sorting algorithms.
  • Radix sort
 SortingRaces
10

29

Wed May 16

Details 		   
  • TBA
  • Worktime for sorting assignment
   SortingRaces
10

30

Fri May 18

Details 		 
  • Course evaluations
  • Discussion of Final Exam
  • Practice problems for final exam (no solutions posted, but can ask us)
 SortingRaces
11

31

Tue May 22

Details 		 
  • Final exam review packet (not collected)
  • Final Exam
    TBA