Computer Science 477/677
Advanced Analysis of Algorithms
Spring 2008

Check the Assignments and Lecture Topics Page frequently.

Revised January 24, 2008.

Instructor:

Dr. Larmore

Office, TBE B378B. Telephone ☎ 702-895-1096, larmore "at" cs "dot" unlv "dot" edu

Office Hours: Subject to change.

9:30 -- 11:00 AM Tuesdays and Thursdays.

2:00 -- 3:30 PM Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Contacting Me:

It's best to send me email. Be sure to write "CS477" (or "CS677") in the subject field so that I know what the message is about. (I delete lots of messages without reading them, based on the subject fields.)

You may also telephone my office and leave a message.

Please, never try to communicate with me by leaving notes on my door, under my door, or in my mailbox in the department office, as those notes get lost, and I can't retrieve them remotely.

If it is absolutely necessary to give me something, please leave it with the department staff, but do not put it into my mailbox or push it under my door. In this case, please also send me an email message stating that the item has been left for me.

Graduate Assistant:

Deepthi Katta

Graduate Assistant's Office Hours: Subject to change.

11:30 -- 12:30 Mondays and Wednesdays, TBE B361

Days of Instruction:

January 22, 2008 - March 13, 2008, and March 25, 2008 - May 8, 2008.

Time of Instruction:

4:00 - 5:15, Tuesday and Thursday.

Place of Instruction:

TBE B172.

Final Examination:

Tuesday, May 13, 2008, 6:00 -- 8:00 PM.

Textbook:

Introduction to Algorithms, by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles Leiserson, Ron Rivest, and Cliff Stein, ISBN 0-262-03293-7.

We are using the second edition

Syllabus.

Prerequisites:

CS 302 (Introduction to Data Structures) (Formerly CSC 269)

MAT 351 (Discrete Mathematics II).

Click here if you did not take both CSC 269 and MAT 351 at UNLV and receive a grade of "C" or better in each of those two courses.

Graduate Students:

If you want graduate credit, you must enroll in 677, not 477.

Each CSC 677 student must turn in at least one challenge problem and turn it in by the last week of class. CS 477 students are also permitted to work challenge problems, but I will not permit students to improve a poor grade in this manner. The reason for this policy is that I want students who are doing poorly in the course to devote their energy to mastering the regular material.

Written Homework:

will be assigned, collected, and graded. You are permitted to discuss homework.

Examinations:

The first examination will be February 21.

The second examination will be April 3.

The final examination will be May 13, 6:00 -- 8:00.

Grading:

Your grade will be based on the three examinations and on homework.

Although the homework will take a substantial amount of time to work, and will actually be harder than the examinations, it counts for only a small part of the grade. The reason for this is that I allow you to work together on homework. If you work the homework regularly, you should do well on the examinations.