CSE 3318 - Algorithms and Data Structures

CSE 3318 - Algorithms and Data Structures

Fall 2024
Section 001 Lectures Tue,Thu 9:30am-10:50am, GACB 103 face-to-face,
Section 002 Lectures Tue,Thu 11am-12:20pm, GACB 103 face-to-face

Instructor: Alexandra Stefan

Syllabus

This course teaches students how to design, choose, and evaluate appropriate algorithms when designing and implementing software. Students will learn a broad set of algorithms covering different problems, including sorting, search, spanning trees, and network flow. Students will also learn about basic data structures, such as linked lists, stacks, and queues. The course will also teach students basic methods for analyzing algorithmic properties such as time and space complexity.

Textbook not required. Optional: Introduction to Algorithms, by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald E. Rivest, Clifford Stein,3rd edition (CLRS). - NOT required. All the material covered in homework and exams/quizzes will be provided in slides and discussed in lectures.

Other reference: Algorithms in C, Parts 1-5, by Robert Sedgewick. 3rd Edition, 2001, Addison-Wesley. ISBN-10: 0201756080. ISBN-13: 978-0201756081. NOTE: this book is usually sold as two volumes, one for parts 1-4, and one for part 5. Most of the class topics are covered in part 1. This is a good text book with interesting code (available online as well) and algorithms. - NOT required

Office hours
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You can see any TA for help (not only the ones assigned to your section). For grading-related questions contact the TA that graded your homework based on the comments posted in Canvas.
For privacy , online office hours will be through individual one-on-one calls or chat. There will not be any online open meeting (like a lecture) going on. Send us a message on Teams to contact us, regardless of what our status shows in Teams (Busy/Away/Available).

		During in person office hours, we will also help online if we are free. Send us a chat in Teams. Include your question. The TA hours marked with *** are dedicated to only our class. (TAs hours at the CSE Student Center, are for any student that needs help, not only from 3318.)
Alexandra Stefan	astefan(at)uta.edu	Mon, Wed 2:45-3:30pm, ERB 625 Tue, Thu 12:40-1:40pm, ERB 625 I am available outside my office hours, mainly online, by appointment.
Aryan Mediratta	axm0693(at)mavs.uta.edu	*** Tues 3-6pm, ERB 501 Thurs 3-6pm, ERB 570, CSE Student Success Center.
Carl Nguyen	cxn0679(at)mavs.uta.edu	*** Mon,Wed 9-10:30am, ERB 501 Mon 12-1:30, Fri 1-2:30, ERB 570, CSE Student Success Center.
Jack Pankaj	hxp6103(at)mavs.uta.edu	*** Mon 1-2pm, Thurs 4:20-5:20pm, Fri 12:50-1:50pm online Mon 2-5pm, ERB 570, CSE Student Success Center.