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Welcome to CSE 331

Welcome to CSE 331. Let ’ s do some introductions. http://www.zazzle.com/warning_teaching_assistant_bag-149882665435161818. TAs first. Md S Q Zulkar Nine. Frank Schoeneman. mdsqzulk “ at ” buffalo. fvschoen “ at ” buffalo. OHs start next week. Office hours: TBA.

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Welcome to CSE 331

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  1. Welcome to CSE 331

  2. Let’s do some introductions http://www.zazzle.com/warning_teaching_assistant_bag-149882665435161818

  3. TAs first Md S Q Zulkar Nine Frank Schoeneman mdsqzulk “at” buffalo fvschoen “at” buffalo OHs start next week Office hours: TBA Office hours: TBA

  4. About Me Atri Rudra atri “at” buffalo Office: 319 Davis Office hours: Mon, Wed 2:00-2:50pm OH starts today

  5. http://funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/141674/introductions/

  6. Introduction Format Name Anything else you might want to add

  7. Handouts for today Syllabus (online) Homework Policy document (online) Feedback form (online) Homework 0 (online)

  8. Read the syllabus CAREFULLY! I’ll need confirmation in writing. No graded material will be handed back till I get this signed form from you!

  9. Pre-requisites Required (officially) CSE 250, CSE 191 and MTH 142 At least a C- Required (for practical purposes) Comfort with proofs Willingness to work hard!

  10. Academic Dishonesty All your submissions must be your own work Penalty: Minimum: An F grade Possible: F“due to academic dishonesty” on your transcript YOUR responsibility to know what is cheating, plagarism etc. If not sure, come talk to me Excuses like “I have a job,”“This was OK earlier/in my country,” etc. WON’T WORK I WILL NOT HAVE ANY PATIENCE WITH ANY CHEATING THIS YEAR: YOU WILL GET AN F FOR YOUR FIRST MISTAKE

  11. Disabilities Information included in the syllabus In short, let me know and consult with Office of Disability Services

  12. TA Office hours YOU decide! (Choose options on the feedback form: coming soon)

  13. Recitations Will start from Tuesday, Aug 26

  14. Exams Mid term (two parts) Mon, Oct 20 and Wed, Oct 22, 2014. Usual place and time. Final exam Fri, Dec 12, 2014. NSC 215, noon-2:30pm

  15. One stop shop for the course… https://piazza.com/buffalo/fall2014/cse331/home

  16. Syllabus and Resoures

  17. Class Calendar

  18. This course: how to solve problems! http://xkcd.com/173/

  19. Why should I care ?

  20. If a picture is worth 1K words

  21. Yes, I’m promising you http://www.drsukhi.com/world-domination-summit World Domination

  22. If world domination is not for you

  23. From someone who got a Google job “You can let your algorithms class know that the phone interviews are essentially like a difficult algorithms test. Lots of data structures, specifying the algorithm, analyzing the run time and space requirements... And all on the phone and you're supposed to talk through your thought process.”

  24. Why care about algorithms? Driving directions

  25. Why care about algorithms? Computing Bestsellers on the fly

  26. Why care about algorithms? Booking cheapest air tickets

  27. Why care about algorithms? Google searches

  28. Why care about algorithms? http://www.di.ens.fr/~cherniav/teaching.html Data compression

  29. Why care about algorithms? http://www.switched.com/2010/02/11/fix-dvd-scratches-using-a-banana-and-toothpaste/ Error correction

  30. (And I could) go on… http://www.movieposter.com/poster/MPW-33672/Titanic.html

  31. Find out for yourself Mini project: Report+ presentation on one algorithm. Groups of size = 6

  32. Read Chazelle’s article

  33. Resources

  34. Questions/Comments?

  35. Now about the course IT’LL BE

  36. We’ll do loads of s http://www.impawards.com/2005/proof.html Writing down your thought process formally and precisely!

  37. The language of proofs Brad Pitt had a beard waleg.com Every goat has a beard animaldiversity.org Hence, Brad Pitt is a goat.

  38. HW 0 and Resources

  39. Why do proofs? Makes you think logically about problems and solutions From a friend who works on Google Maps: Proving that the algorithm I am implementing is correct helps me identify corner cases

  40. A common complaint Your examples in class look nothing like HW questions.

  41. True because…. zazzle.com

  42. False because… HWs and exams will test your understanding of the material

  43. To get an A in the class Have to get at least 90.0000000000000000000000% Rest graded on the curve

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