CS 331: Data Structures and Algorithms (Bauer)

Calendar

• Lab Help Videos

Aug 17 - Sep 6

• Topic: Course Overview/Syllabus, Python
• Reading: PythonDS: Introduction
• Reading: Python tutorial, chapters 1-5, 9
• Slides: Overview
• Notebook: Language Intro Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
• Part 1-complete
• Part 2-complete
• Part 3-complete
• Lab 00 Preliminaries Readme
• Lab 00 Preliminaries Classroom50 link due midnight, Thursday 8/27 in Classroom50
• Lab 01 Python Basics Classroom50 link due midnight, Thursday 9/3 in Classroom50
• Lab 02 Generative AI Basics Canvas link due midnight, Thursday 9/10 in Canvas
• Lab 03 NGrams Classroom50 link due midnight, Thursday 9/17 in Classroom50

Sep 8 - Sep 16

• Topic: Algorithm Timing & Runtime Complexity
• Reading: PythonDS: Analysis
• Notebook: Searching, Sorting, and Timing
• SearchSortTime-complete
• Handout: Algorithm Complexity
• Lab 04 Runtime Complexity Experiment Utilizing Generative AI due midnight, Thursday 9/24 in Canvas

Resources

Administrivia

• Matthew Bauer

  • Lectures Mon/Wed 8:35-9:50am Room TBA
  • Labs Fri 9-9:50am Room TBA
  • Office Hours: F 10am-noon by appt OR F 8-11am OR any day/anytime Discord cs331

• Teaching assistants

  • TBA

• Course Shared OneDrive

Primary reference materials

• Problem Solving With Algorithms and Data Structures Using Python
• The Python Tutorial
• The Python Standard Library documentation

Development Tools

• Jupyter Notebook Install Guide