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CS503: Advances in Algorithms
This course deals with advanced topics of algorithms.
Class timings
- Tuesday (0900-100)
- Thursday (0900-1000)
- Friday (0900-1000)
Course Syllabus
Broad syllabus is as follows: Algorithmic paradigms: Dynamic Programming, Greedy, Branch-and-bound; Asymptotic complexity, Amortized analysis; Graph Algorithms: Shortest paths, Flow networks; NP-completeness; Approximation algorithms; Randomized algorithms; Linear programming; Special topics: Geometric algorithms (range searching, convex hulls, segment intersections, closest pairs), Numerical algorithms (integer, matrix and polynomial multiplication, FFT, extended Euclid's algorithm, modular exponentiation, primality testing, cryptographic computations), Internet algorithms (text pattern matching, tries, information retrieval, data compression, Web caching).
Books
- T. H. Cormen, C. L. Leiserson, R. L. Rivest, and C. Stein, Introduction to Algorithms, 2nd edition, Prentice-hall Of India Pvt.. Ltd.
Lectures
- Week 1: