Michigan State University

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

CSE 331 Algorithms and Data Structures
Fall 2009

Fall 2009 [Syllabus]

Tue & Thurs 3:00-4:20 PM

Instructor: John Weng

Phone: (517) 353-4388

Email: weng@cse.msu.edu
Office Hours (EB3144): Wed 5:00-6:00 PM, Thurs 4:30-5:30 PM
Emails and phone calls are not good for asking technical questions.

TA: Mehrdad Mahdavi

Office Hours (EB3203): Wed 12:30-2:30 PM, Fri 5:30 PM -7:30 PM

Email: mahdavim@msu.edu

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In this course, students will survey fundamental data structures and many associated algorithms. Study of classical abstract data types (ADT) will be fairly comprehensive. Emphasis will be placed on matching the appropriate data structures and algorithms to application problems. Analysis of algorithms is crucial to making proper selections, so analysis is important in the course. This course assumes that students are already familiar with advanced programming techniques including the definition of classes, and use of dynamic memory and linked data structures, including lists and trees.

Even though the treatment of algorithms and data structures is mostly conceptual, students are expected to be able to transform these algorithms and data structures into programs with proper approaches of software module development.