Indiana University, Fall 2023
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, Ballantine Hall (BH), Room 344.
Lab
Fridays 10:20am-12:15pm, Ballantine Hall (BH) 118.
Expect at least one quiz per month during lab time.
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)
Schedule
| Day | Lecture Topic | Reading Due | Assignments and Due Dates | Link |
| Aug. 21 | Introduction | |||
| Aug. 23 | Arrays, Rotation, Testing | Ch. 1 | ||
| Aug. 25 | Lab 1: Array Search Testing | submit | ||
| Aug. 28 | Algorithm Analysis | Lab 1 due | video | |
| Aug. 30 | Algorithm Analysis continued | Ch. 2 | Homework 1 due | video |
| Sep. 1 | Lab 2: Array Search | submit | ||
| Sep. 4 | Labor Day | |||
| Sep. 5 | Lab 2: Array Search due | |||
| Sep. 6 | Linked Lists and Abstract Data Types | Ch. 3 sec. 1-5 | ||
| Sep. 8 | Quiz 1 | Lab: work on Project 1 FloodIt! | submit | |
| Sep. 11 | More ADTs, Binary Trees | Ch. 3 sec. 6-7, Ch. 4 sec. 1-2 |
Project 1: FloodIt! due | |
| Sep. 13 | Binary Search Trees | Ch. 4 sec. 3 and 7 | ||
| Sep. 15 | Lab 3: Merge Sort on Linked Lists Lab Notes |
test, code | ||
| Sep. 18 | Balanced Search Trees (AVL) | Ch. 4 sec. 4 | Lab 3 due | |
| Sep. 20 | More AVL, Code Review (Flood It!) | |||
| Sep. 22 | Lab 4: Next Prev Binary Tree Lab Notes |
test, code | ||
| Sep. 25 | Hash tables | Ch. 5 sec. 1,2,3,5,6 | Lab 4 due | |
| Sep. 27 | Code Review (Merge Sort), Assertions and Correctness |
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| Sep. 29 | Quiz 2 | Lab: work on Project 2 Segment Intersection Lab Notes |
test, code | |
| Oct. 2 | Heaps and Priority Queues | Ch. 6 sec. 1-4, 9 | ||
| Oct. 4 | Heaps Continued | |||
| Oct. 6 | Lab: finish Project 2 Segment Intersection |
test, code | ||
| Oct. 9 | Review for Midterm Exam | Project 2: Segment Intersection due | ||
| Oct. 11 | Midterm Exam (in class) | |||
| Oct. 13 | Fall Break | |||
| Oct. 16 | Binomial Queues | Ch. 6 sec. 8 | ||
| Oct. 18 | Quicksort | Ch. 7, sec. 1-7 | ||
| Oct. 20 | Lab 5: Binomial Heaps Lab Notes |
test, code | ||
| Oct. 23 | No class on Oct. 23 | Lab 5 due | ||
| Oct. 25 | Quicksort continued, Sorting in Linear Time | |||
| Oct. 27 | Quiz 3 | Lab 6: Generic Quicksort | test, code | |
| Oct. 30 | Graphs and Breadth-first Search | Lab 6 due | ||
| Nov. 1 | Depth-first Search | Ch. 9 sec. 3 | ||
| Nov. 3 | Lab 7: Connected Components | test, code | ||
| Nov. 6 | Shortest Paths | Ch. 9 sec. 6 | Lab 7 due | |
| Nov. 8 | Union Find | Ch. 8 | ||
| Nov. 10 | Quiz 4 | Lab: work on Project 3 Routing Wires Lab Notes |
code | |
| Nov. 13 | Minimum Spanning Tree | Ch. 9 sec. 5 | ||
| Nov. 15 | Backtracking | Ch. 10 sec. 5 | ||
| Nov. 17 | Lab: finish Project 3 Routing Wires |
code | ||
| Nov. 20 - Nov. 24 |
Thanksgiving Break | |||
| Nov. 27 | Dynamic Programming | Ch. 10, sec. 3 | Project 3: Routing Wires due | |
| Nov. 29 | DNA Alignment | |||
| Dec. 1 | Quiz 5 | Lab 8: DNA Alignment | test, code | |
| Dec. 4 | Code Review (Routing Wires) | Lab 8 due | ||
| Dec. 6 | Review for Final Exam | |||
| Dec. 8 | Extra Office Hours in Lab | No Lab Assignment | ||
| Dec. 11 | Final Exam 3-5pm |
Resources
Autograder for submitting coding assignments.
Grade Weighting
Late Policy
| 100% | before 1st deadline |
| 90% | before 2nd deadline (one week after 1st) |
| 0% | after 2nd deadline |
Bias-Based Incident Reporting.
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Counseling and Psychological Services.
CAPS has expanded their services. For information about the variety of services offered to students by CAPS visit: https://healthcenter.indiana.edu/counseling/index.html
Disability Services for Students (DSS).
The process to establish accommodations for a student with a disability is a responsibility shared by the student and the DSS Office. Only DSS approved accommodations should be utilized in the classroom. After the student has met with DSS, it is the student’s responsibility to share their accommodations with the faculty member. For information about support services or accommodations available to students with disabilities and for the procedures to be followed by students and instructors, please visit: https://studentaffairs.indiana.edu/disability-services-students/.
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Academic Misconduct.
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Sexual Misconduct.
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If you are seeking help and would like to speak to someone confidentially, you can make an appointment with:
The Sexual Assault Crisis Services (SACS) at (812) 855-8900 (counseling services)
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IU Health Center at (812) 855-4011 (health and medical services)
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