UMBC CMSC441, Design & Analysis of Algorithms, Fall 2019

News Archive

• [Fri Dec 06 14:06 2019]   Some changes to Prof. Chang's office hours next week:

  Tue 12/10: 2pm - 5pm
  Wed 12/11: 10am - 11am, 1:30pm - 2:45pm

  Akshayvarun will not be there for office hours on Tuesday, so go see Prof. Chang instead

• [Tue Dec 03 15:25 2019]   Prof. Chang's office hours on Wed 12/4 will be 10:30am - 11:30am and 1pm - 2:15pm.

• [Thu Nov 21 14:18 2019]   Prof. Chang will not have office hours Wed November 27.

• [Thu Nov 21 14:15 2019]   Homework 13 posted (not due until Thursday December 5).

• [Thu Nov 14 08:30 2019]   Homework 12 posted.

• [Thu Nov 07 08:30 2019]   Homework 11 posted.

• [Sat Nov 02 16:30 2019]   Fixed typo in Homework 10: "bread-first" → "breadth-first"

• [Thu Oct 31 08:00 2019]   Homework 10 posted.

• [Thu Oct 24 00:25 2019]   Homework 9 posted.

• [Wed Oct 16 20:15 2019]   Changes:
  • Quiz 3 to be held on Tuesday, October 22 will take the entire class period. Do not be late.
  • Prof. Chang will not have office hours on Tueday, October 22 or Wednesday October 23. His office hours will resume Tuesday, October 29.

• [Wed Oct 16 20:15 2019]   Homework 8 posted. (Due Thu 10/24/19.)

• [Thu Oct 10 09:50 2019]   Homework 7 posted.

• [Thu Oct 03 08:20 2019]   Homework 6 posted.

• [Wed Oct 02 18:40 2019]   Starting Wednesday, October 9, Prof. Chang's Wednesday morning office hours will be 10:30am - 11:30am (instead of 10am - 11am). Office hours are listed on the contacts page.

• [Thu Sep 26 15:20 2019]   Regular office hours for the rest of the semester:
  • Prof. Chang: Tue 2pm - 3:30pm, Wed 10am - 11am & 1:30pm - 2:45pm (ITE 326).
  • Anushree Desai: Mon 1pm - 2pm, Thu 1pm - 2pm (in ITE 334).
  • Akshayvarun Subramanya: Tue 4pm - 5pm, Thu 4pm - 5pm (in ITE 344).

• [Thu Sep 26 08:08 2019]   Homework 5 posted.

• [Thu Sep 19 08:10 2019]   Homework 4 posted.

• [Tue Sep 17 10:50 2019]   Campus closed today, so no classes. Question #3 on Homework 3 is deferred until HW 4.

• [Fri Sep 13 15:20 2019]   UPDATED: Office hours for next week:
  • Prof. Chang: Tue 2pm - 3:30pm, Wed 10am - 11am & 1:30pm - 2:45pm.
  • Anushree Desai: Mon 1pm - 2pm, Thu 1pm - 2pm (in ITE 334).
  • Akshayvarun Subramanya: Tue 4pm - 5pm, Thu 4pm - 5pm (in ITE 344).

• [Fri Sep 13 14:50 2019]   Section 01 will meet in ITE 233 (instead of SOND 203) starting Tuesday, September 17.

• [Fri Sep 13 14:45 2019]   Office hours for next week:
  • Prof. Chang: Tue 2pm - 3:30pm, Wed 10am - 11am & 1:30pm - 2:45pm.
  • Anushree Desai: Mon 1pm - 2pm, Thu 1pm - 2pm (in ITE 334).

• [Fri Sep 13 10:45 2019]   Fixed typo in hint for Question 3.2 of Homework 3. (Should say "kth-largest" instead of "k-th smallest".) Also added clarification that the algorithm is not supposed to modify the heap H.

• [Thu Sep 12 07:45 2019]   Homework 3 posted.

• [Thu Sep 05 15:10 2019]   Office hours changes and additions:
  • Prof. Chang's office hours on Wednesdays will be 10am – 11am and 1:30pm - 2:45pm starting next Wednesday (9/11).
  • Our TA, Aniruddha Saha will begin holding office hours next week Tue & Thu 4pm – 5pm in ITE 344.

• [Thu Sep 05 09:42 2019]   Homework 2 posted.

• [Tue Sep 03 15:27 2019]   Fixed typo in Homework 1, Question 2.1. The function should be 3n³ + 6n². (There was an extraneous n.)

• [Thu Aug 29 14:15 2019]   Homework 1 posted

• [Thu Aug 22 12:05 2019]   Course description and schedule available in PDF: cmsc441.pdf. (Hard copies will be distributed on the first day of class.)

• [Thu Aug 22 12:05 2019]   Be aware of the in-class quizzes listed in the class schedule! Quiz 1 will take place on Tuesday September 24.

• [Thu Aug 22 12:05 2019]   Web page up.