CSC375 Home Page (Fall 2007)

ANNOUNCEMENTS for week of December 10.

Good luck on the final exam. I think it is a little on the long side so dont worry if you do not complete every question. Same rules apply on the final exam as for all tests. Finally, I wish you all a very enjoyable holiday season.

Students are encouraged to check the undergrad announcements (UGA) website which contains announcements about things such as job and scholarship opportunities, academic and social events, and reminders of administrative deadlines.

This page provides general course information and access to various documents concerning CSC375. Lectures are held Mondays 3-4 and Wednesdays 2-3 and the tutorials take place Fridays at 2 PM. All lectures and tutorials are held in BA1240. Weekly announcements for the course will be posted on this web site. As the required text, we will use "Algorithm Design" by Jon Kleinberg and Eva Tardos. The text "Introduction to Algorithms" (second edition) by Corman, Leiserson, Rivest and Stein is an additional good reference. Another comparable text is ``Algorithmics: Theory and Practice" by Brassard and Bratley. More information is contained in the brief course syllabus . Please send any comments or questions to the instructor:

The following grading scheme will be used for this course: 3 assignments (worth 5% each), 3 term tests (closely related to the assignments and worth 15% each) and a final 3 hour exam worth 40%. As will be discussed in class, every (sub) problem in any assignment or test will be worth some multiple of 5 points. You will receive 1/5 points for any (sub) problem for which you state "I do not know how to answer this question". You will receive .5/5 if you leave a question blank. If instead you submit irrelevant or erroneous answers you will lose the 1/5 points. That is, you will receive some credit for knowing what you don't know. You can also receive some additional credit for partial work that is clearly "on the right track". Even if the assignments are worth only 5% each, you are still obliged to submit your own work. In our first lecture, I will give a pragmatic definition for distiguishing between genuine learning together and plagarism. If you have any questions please see the instructor immediately! Any cases of plagarism will be reported to the Faculty.
Schedule for assignments and term tests: Assignments are due at the start of the lecture held on the indicated date. I will answer questions about the assignments as soon as the assignments are submitted and hence I will not accept late assignments.
  • Assignments: October 3, October 31, November 28.
  • Term Tests: October 5, November 2, November 30.

    • IMPORTANT NOTE: I allow one page (double-sided) handwritten notes as an aid in all my tests and exams.

    Here are the free
  • lecture notes
    • that have been used previously in CSC364 and CSC366.

    You may also find it helpful to look at the problem sets and other handouts for the most recent versions of CSC373 and CSC375 that I have taught.

    Problem Sets, Tests and Other Handouts will be posted here.
  • Problem set 1 in pdf format
  • Problem set 2 in pdf format
  • Problem set 3 in pdf format