CS294-3: Algorithms in the Real World (Guy Blelloch, Fall 97)

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All notes and assignments are in postscript unless otherwise noted. The versions included here have been edited from the original versions (4/98).

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Aug 27: Class Introduction (overheads)

Compression
Aug 29: Compression 1 (Ben Zhao)
Sep 3: Compression 2 (Gabriel Moy)
Sep 5: Compression 3 (Ben Liblit)

Cryptography
Sep 10: Cryptography 1 (Tzu-Yi Chen)
Sep 12: Cryptography 2 (David Oppenheimer)
Sep 17: Cryptography 3 (Marat Boshernitsan)

Linear Programming
Sep 19: Linear Programming 1 (Richard Davis)
Sep 26: Linear Programming 2 (Steven Czerwinski)

Integer Programming
Oct 1: Integer Programming 1 (Andrew Begel)
Oct 3: Integer Programming 2 (Stephen Chenney)

Triangulation
Oct 8: Triangulation 1 (Aaron Brown)
Oct 10: Triangulation 2 (Franklin Cho)
Oct 15: Triangulation 3 (Michael Downes)

N-body
Oct 17: N-body 1 (Tajh Taylor)
Oct 22: N-body 2 (Steven Gribble)

VLSI Physical Design
Oct 24: VLSI 1 (Rich Vuduc)
Oct 29: VLSI 2 (Mehul Shah)

Patten Matching
Nov 5: VLSI 3 + Pattern Matching 1 (Noah Treuhaft)
Nov 7: Pattern Matching 2 (Felix Wu)

Indexing and Searching
Nov 12: Indexing 1 (Helen Wang)
Nov 14: Indexing 2 (Ben Horowitz)
Nov 19: Indexing 3 and Evolutionary Trees (Amar Chaudhary)

Clustering
Nov 21: Clustering 1 (Josh MacDonald)

Guest Lectures
Nov 26: Eric Brewer on Hotbot (Carleton Miyamoto)
Dec 3: Ed Rothberg on Fleet Scheduling If you find bugs in the notes please feel free to send me a message.

Assignments

  • Assignment 1: Compression, Due Sept 12.
  • Assignment 2: Cryptography, Due Oct 1.
  • Assignment 3: Linear and Integer Programming, Due Oct 15. (Solution for probs 1-5)
  • Assignment 4: Triangulation and N-body problems (html version only), Due Nov 5.
  • Assignment 5: VLSI and Pattern Matching, Due Nov 21.
  • Take home final. Hand out on Dec 3. Due Dec 5.

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    Guy Blelloch, guyb@cs.berkeley.edu.