Announcements


  • The tutorial on Dec 2 will be an office hour, where you can ask course-related questions to the TAs. Today, we will reduce the number of tutorials to 3 (one per section). Please go to the following rooms.
    • LEC 5101: SS 1073, 5-6pm
    • LEC 5201: SS 1074, 5-6pm
    • LEC 5301: UC 244, 6-7pm
  • Assignment 1 marks are released on MarkUs. Please submit any remark requests through MarkUs by Nov 29.
  • The deadline to CR/NCR or drop CSC373H1F has been extended until Wednesday, November 27. No late requests will be considered. Please note that adding a CR/NCR option is only available to students who have not exceeded the maximum amount of credits they can CR/NCR, which is 2.0 FCE. Students who wish to CR/NCR or drop CSC373H1F should email ug@cs.toronto.edu with their Full Name, Student Number, and Request Type (CR/NCR or drop).
  • Assignment 4 has been posted.
  • Midterm 2 rooms are as follows. Please aim to reach your exam room at least 5 (preferably 10) minutes prior to the start of the exam.
    • LEC 5101 and 5201: EX 100 (Exam Centre), 5:10-6pm
    • LEC 5301: EX 310 (Exam Centre), 6:10-7pm
  • To make sure that there are enough hours for you to pick up your midterm, we have solicited help from the instructional support office. You can pick up your midterm paper from BA 4201, Mon-Fri, 10-12pm or 2-4pm. If you have a remark request, please bring your paper with an attached note explaining your concern, and hand it to any instructor either before/after a lecture or during the office hours. Please submit any remark requests by the end of Nov 21.
  • Midterm 2 will be held on Monday, Nov 25, during the tutorial slot (5:10-6pm for LEC 5101 and 5201, and 6:10-7pm for LEC 5301). The syllabus will include network flow, linear programming, and complexity. You will be allowed to bring one 8.5” × 11” aid sheet of handwritten notes on one side. If you have a conflict with your tutorial slot, you can write the exam in another section's tutorial slot. If you do so, please let the invigilating TAs know, so they can put your paper in the right pile.
  • Assignment 3 is posted. It is due by Nov 17, 11:59pm.
  • Solution sketches for midterm 1 and assignment 1 are now available.
  • Midterm 1 marks are now available on MarkUs. To adjust for the difficulty of the midterm, we have decided to give 5 bonus marks to everyone.
  • Two clarifications regarding Assignment 2:
    • Q1: A chain can have a pixel in the middle, beginning, or end whose individual likelihood is zero. As long as that pixel is still part of the chain, the chain is still contiguous. It just means that this pixel would not contribute to the overall likelihood of the chain.
    • Q2: You can assume that all E[i,j] are pre-computed and you have $$O(1)$$ time access to any E[i,j]. In other words, you can only look at the time of your DP algorithm, ignoring any time spent in computing E[i,j].
  • Regarding midterm 1 on Mon, Oct 28:
    • The room information is now available (see below).
      • SEC 5101: 5:10-6pm, MS 3153 (Medical Sciences Building, 1 King's College Circle)
      • SEC 5201: 5:10-6pm, MS 3154 (Medical Sciences Building, 1 King's College Circle)
      • SEC 5301: 6:10-7pm, BR 200 (Brennan Hall, 81 St. Mary Street)
    • If you have another midterm during your section's time slot, please attend the midterm in the other time slot. In this case, please let the invigilating TAs know that you belong to another section so that your paper can end up in the right pile. If you cannot attend the midterm in either of the two time slots, and haven't already let us know, please email us immediately.
    • Remember the aid sheet instruction: "You are allowed to bring one 8.5” × 11” aid sheet of handwritten notes on one side." NOTE: Some of the instructors/TAs may have misspoken that no aid sheets are required/allowed, but you are allowed to bring an aid sheet as per the instruction above.
  • Two midterms from Fall'08 have been uploaded on the Tutorials & Assignments page as practice for midterm 1.
  • Assignment 2 is now available, and is due on Nov 1 by 11:59pm.
  • Given the overwhelming support in favor of postponing the midterm in the polls conducted in all three sections, midterm 1 will now be conducted on Oct 28, Monday, during the tutorial slot. On Monday, Oct 21, there will be a regular tutorial instead, in which the TAs will go over solutions to Assignment 1.
  • Due to concerns and conflicts raised by a vast number of students, there is a suggestion to postpone the midterm by one week and conduct it on Oct 28 during the tutorial slot. We will hold a poll for this in all three sections. Nisarg Shah will conduct a poll in his lecture on Oct 16 at 8:45pm. Karan Singh will conduct a poll in his two sections on Oct 17 at 2:45pm and 4:45pm. If you wish to participate in the poll, please drop by at those times, even if you cannot stay for the entire lecture. We appreciate your patience!
  • Midterm 1 will be on Oct 21 during your assigned tutorial slot. Exam rooms will be announced soon. You are allowed to bring one 8.5"x11" aid sheet of handwritten notes on one side. The syllabus will include divide-and-conquer, greedy algorithms, and dynamic programming.
  • Assignment 1 is released and due on Oct 14 by 11:59pm. Remember that you can take up to min(2,number of late days you have left) many late days on any assignment.
  • Tutorial and office hour information is now updated. Please check it under the "Course Info" section.
  • Lectures for SEC 5101 and 5201 (instructor: Karan Singh) will begin on Thursday, Sep 5. Lectures for SEC 5301 (instructor: Nisarg Shah) will begin on Wednesday, Sep 11. The first tutorial will be on Monday, Sep 16.