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I am generally in my office every day except Friday. If the door is
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I will normally try to be in my office in the evening on Wednesdays when an assignment is due. You can e-mail me, call me (x71610), or stop by with your questions.
On Fridays I do research. You can sometimes reach me by calling 310-267-5645, though you'll rarely get an answer between 1 and 3 PM, when I'm in meetings. In general, if I'm available to answer the phone, I'm also available to answer questions. If you can't get me by phone, send e-mail.
Note: the following catalog description is outdated. It will be replaced with the current description when possible. Abstract data types including priority queues, dynamic dictionaries, and disjoint sets. Efficient data structures for these data types, including heaps, self-balancing trees, and hash tables. Analysis of data structures including worst-case, average-case, and amortized analysis. Storage reclamation and secondary storage considerations. Extensive practice in implementing these data structures in several languages for a variety of applications.
What's really covered: as with most courses, the catalog description isn't 100% accurate. A better description of what we cover is:
Major features of the C++ language, including pointers, classes, templates, and operator overloading. Programming style. Extensive practice in professional-quality programming. Abstract data types and data structures, including arrays, lists, stacks, queues, dequeue, dynamic dictionaries. Efficient data structures for these data types, including arrays, lists, trees, self-balancing trees, hash tables, and B-trees. Memory management. Practical aspects of using data structures in programs. Analysis of data structures, including worst-case, average-case, and amortized analysis.
Prerequisites: Computer Science 60.
3 credit hours.
In this course, you should learn
You will also get lots of practice writing software, including some fairly large programs, so as to improve your coding skills and speed.
There will be 11 homework assignments. Most will take 1 week, but you will be given 2 weeks to complete a few of them, due either to difficulty or to other factors such as school breaks. Assignments will be posted in the class calendar. Note that the calendar link is placed on the homework due date! Assignments will normally be due on Wednesday evenings at 9 P.M. See the homework policies and homework grading guidelines pages for general information on homework. There is also a page of frequently asked questions about homework that is worth checking from time to time.
The midterm has been graded and the curve is available.
The final has been graded and the curve is available.
Reading assignments are selected from all three texts. The exact assignments will be provided later.
See the administrivia page for details of administrative matters:
You are responsible for being familiar with the contents of the administrivia page!
If you have questions that you prefer not to ask during class, or suggestions that you would rather have remain anonymous, there is now a class suggestion box on the Web. This interface will allow you to send e-mail to Prof. Kuenning such that it appears to have also come from him, instead of from yourself.
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