CS3381 Des & Anal of Alg (2001-2002 SemA)City Univ of HK / Dept of CS / Helena Wong 0. Course Introduction - 1

CS3381 Design and Analysis of

Algorithms

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Lecturer

Room : Y6420

Phone : 2788-8042 (voice mail)

Email : cshwong@cityu.edu.hk

Mail box : P44 (Outside CS General Office, Yellow zone, 6/F)

Info : www.cs.cityu.edu.hk/~helena

Dr. Helena Wong

Department of Computer Science

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Text Book

Introduction to Algorithms

2nd Edition, 2001

Cormen, Leiserson, Rivest, Stein

[MIT-Press]

Do I need to by it?

Yes. Because …

No. Because …

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Course Materials

http://www.cs.cityu.edu.hk/~helena/cs3381

Lecture Slides (Please print)

Ready at least 24 hours before the lecture.

Tutorial Sheets

Distributed during tutorial. (Also available for download.)

Announcements

Broadcasted by email. (Also shown in course web page.)

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Assessment Pattern

Exam (70%)

1 Quiz (15%)

1 Assignment (15%)

Compulsory: exam mark >= 30

Around week 10-13

Around week 7

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Rules

Be prepared to

Take notes

Think

Please don’t

Use pagers or cellular phone during classes

Plagiarize when doing assignment

Please only

Attend assigned tutorials (except with permission)