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CSCI H343 Data Structures

Indiana University, Fall 2022

This course studies the fundamental ideas for efficiently analyzing large amounts of data, such as DNA sequence databases and geographic information. These fundamental ideas come in two kinds: algorithms and data structures. Algorithms are instructions for solving problems and data structures are strategies for organizing information on computers. Efficient algorithms require appropriate data structures, and vice versa, so the study of algorithms and data structures is tightly linked. In this course we learn about the algorithms and data structures that form the building blocks for many of Today’s large-scale computer systems. We apply these ideas to solve challenging problems in bioinformatics and geographic information systems. Warning: a possible side-effect of taking this course is doing better on job interview questions.

Lecture

Mondays and Wednesdays 1:15pm-2:30pm, Geological Sciences (GY), Room 4069.

Lab

Fridays 10:20am-12:15pm, Ballantine Hall 118.

Instructors and Office Hours

Textbook

Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis in Java, 3rd Ed. by Mark A. Weiss

Slack (communicating with instructors and other students)

Workspace (signup)

Schedule

Day Lecture Topic Reading Due Assignment Due
Aug. 22 Introduction    
Aug. 24 Arrays, Rotation, Correctness Ch. 1  
Aug. 26     Lab: Array Search submit
Aug. 29 Code Review & Algorithm Analysis Ch. 2  
Aug. 31 Algo. Analysis cont’d    
Sep. 2     Project: Flood It! submit
Sep. 5 Labor Day    
Sep. 7 Linked Lists and Abstract Data Types Ch. 3 sec. 1-5 Homework 1
Sep. 9     Lab: Merge Sort on Linked List submit
Sep. 12 More ADTs, Binary Trees Ch. 3 sec. 6-7, Ch. 4 sec 1-2  
Sep. 14 Binary Search Trees Ch. 4 sec. 3 and 7  
Sep. 16     Lab: NextPrevBinaryTree
Sep. 19 Balanced Search Trees (AVL)   Lab NextPrevBinaryTree submission due
Sep. 21 Code Review, Finish AVL Ch. 4 sec. 4  
Sep. 23     Lab: work on Segment Intersection
Sep. 26 Testing, Hash tables    
Sep. 28 Assertions, Pre and Post-conditions, Correctness    
Sep. 30     Lab: finish Segment Intersection
Oct. 3 Heaps and Priority Queues Ch. 6 sec. 1-4, 9 Project: Segment Intersection, submit
Oct. 5 Code Review    
Oct. 7   Lab: HashTable, submit test cases  
Oct. 10 Review for Midterm Exam Hashtable, submit  
Oct. 12 Midterm Exam 2019 Exam, 2021 Exam, 2022 Exam A 2022 Exam B  
Oct. 14 Fall Break    
Oct. 17 Binomial Queues Ch. 6 sec. 8  
Oct. 19 Quicksort Ch. 7, sec. 1-7  
Oct. 21     Lab: BinomialHeap, submit test cases
Oct. 24 Sorting in Linear Time Ch. 7 sec. 11 Due: BinomialHeap, submit
Oct. 26 Graphs, Topological Order Ch. 9, sec. 1-2  
Oct. 28     Lab: QuickSort, submit tests
Oct. 31 Breadth and Depth-first search Ch. 9 sec. 3 Due: QuickSort, submit
Nov. 2 DFS cont’d, Shortest Paths Ch. 9 sec. 6 Due: Homework Chapter 5 and 6 Exercises
Nov. 4     Lab: Connected Components, submit tests
Nov. 7 Union Find Ch. 8 Due: Connected Components, submit
Nov. 9 Minimum Spanning Tree Ch. 9 sec. 5  
Nov. 14 Backtracking Ch. 10 sec. 5  
Nov. 16 Greedy Algorithms Ch. 10, sec. 1-2  
Nov. 18     Due: Routing Wires Project, submit
Nov. 20 - Nov. 27 Thanksgiving Break    
Nov. 28 Dynamic Programming Ch. 10, sec. 3  
Nov. 30 DNA Alignment   HuffmanCoding submit test cases
Dec. 2     Lab: HuffmanCoding
Dec. 5 Code Review Due: HuffmanCoding submit  
Dec. 7 Review for Final Exam    
Dec. 9     Lab: DNA Alignment submit tests
Dec. 12 Final Exam 5:20-7:20pm in class Due: DNA Alignment submit

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