ECE 365: Data Structures and Algorithms, Part II

• Instructor Info
• Textbook
• Grading
• Assignments
• Schedule

Instructor Info

Instructor: Carl Sable
e-mail: carl.sable@cooper.edu
Office: Room 614

Textbook

"Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis in C++", 4th Edition
by Mark Allen Weiss

Grading

• 4 Programming Assignments: 50% total (12.5% each)
• Midterm: 25%
• Final: 25%

Assignments

Programs will be posted when they are assigned.

• Program #1
  Due Tuesday night, September 24, by midnight
  Click here for sample input file
  Click here for sample dictionary
  Click here for sample output file
  Click here for my header file
  Click here for my Makefile

Schedule

• Wednesday, September 3
  Course Introduction and Review of Data Structures and Algorithms, Part I (slides)
  See the syllabus as a single document
• Wednesday, September 10
  Program #1 Assigned
  Discussion of multiple files and makefiles
  Topic: Priority Queues and Heaps (slides)
  Suggested Reading: Weiss Ch. 6
• Wednesday, September 17
  Topic: Priority Queues and Heaps (cont.)
• Wednesday, September 24
  Topic: Priority Queues and Heaps (cont.)
  Program #2 Assigned
• Wednesday, October 1
  Topic: Graph Algorithms
  Suggested Reading: Weiss Ch. 9
• Wednesday, October 8
  Topic: Graph Algorithms (cont.)
• Wednesday, October 15
  Topic: Graph Algorithms (cont.)
• Wednesday, October 22
  Topic: Graph Algorithms (cont.)
  Program #3 Assigned
• Wednesday, October 29
  MIDTERM
• Wednesday, November 5
  Topic: Algorithm Strategies
  Suggested Reading: Weiss Ch. 10
• Wednesday, November 12
  Topic: Algorithm Strategies (cont.)
• Wednesday, November 19
  Topic: Algorithm Strategies (cont.)
  Program #4 Assigned
• Wednesday, December 3
  Topic: Theoretical Computer Science
• Wednesday, December 10
  Topic: Theoretical Computer Science (cont.)
• Wednesday, December 17
  FINAL EXAM