This course is a 1-credit honors colloquium for COMPSCI 311. It requires a weekly 1-hour class meeting. Students will explore and discuss topics from the CS311 curriculum in greater detail. Students will also implement an algorithms programming project.
Prerequisites CICS 210 and either COMPSCI 250 or MATH 455, all with a grade of C or better. Concurrent or previous enrollment (with a grade of B or better) in COMPSCI 311.
When/Where: Wed 11am - 12pm, CS140. Class attendance is mandatory.Instructor: Marius Minea (marius at cs), office: LGRC A261
Topics (tentative)
Grading The final grade in this colloquium will be based on short homeworks, due weekly or biweekly, and a final programming project on algorithm design and implementation, on a topic of the student's choosing. The relative weights are:
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