Instructor: Jihoon Ryoo

Office: C413

Email: Jihoon.ryoo@sunykorea.ac.kr

Webpage: CSE373 analysis of algorithm for SUNY Korea at Google classroom (classcode: 1v7o5l)

Office Hours: Noon – 1pm Tuesday and Thursday (an hour after the class), by appointment if necessary

Course Time: Monday-Wednesday 2:00 – 3:20PM

Class Room: TBD

Textbook: Skiena, The Algorithm Design Manual, second edition, Springer-Verlag, 2008

Note to the class: This CSE373 is designed by Steven Skiena – Distinguished Teaching Professor of Computer Science at Stony Brook University; I am following his philosophy on teaching this class.

• Grading: Grades will be assigned based on the following formula, with cut-offs determined by my opinion of students on the boundary.

Weekly Programming Practices – 20% (2% points of 10 practices)

Homework Assignments – 10% (5% points for HW1/HW2)

Midterm 1 – 20%

Midterm 2 – 20%

Final – 30%

• Programming Practices: There will be weekly based ten programming practices over the course of the semester. All practices should be done by only you. Practices will not be graded only pass or fail, incorrect answer will be accepted but copied submission will consider as violation. Please try and practice, solution will be posted after the Thursday classes. You must submit printed solution before the Tuesday classes. No late acceptance. This is part of flipped learning.
• Homeworks: There will be three homeworks over the course of the semester. Most will contain some programming component. As discussed below, all homeworks should be done in pairs. Homeworks will be submitted electronically, and so must be typeset or scanned. On each homework assignment, only a subset of the problems will be graded.
• Exams: My exam strategy is as follows. Homeworks and midterm/final exam problems will be drawn from the coursework. Thus the correct way to study for this course is to review these problems and figure out how to solve them. The more you work, the better your grade will be. The midterms and final exams will be closed book, but there is no need to memorize solutions. Once you have solved them once you should be able to reconstruct them on demand. A page of (you can use front and back of the A4 or equivalent paper size) cheating sheet is allowed in the exams.

Rules of the Games:

1. We will use Piazza as a question and answer platform this semester. That said, I will be doing as little as possible with it, so students will have to fill the void. The Piazza link is given above.
2. The best way to learn the material is by solving problems. You are encouraged to work in pairs, for the best way to understand the subtleties of the homework problems are to argue about the answers. Each of you should look at all the problems independently, and not just divide the list in two parts each time. Don't be a leech and let your partner do all the work. Unless you learn how to solve problems, I promise that you will get burned on the exams and thus for your final grade.
3. The partner system relies upon a certain maturity among the students. If you don't have a partner, tell me and I will hook you up with one. If you are having trouble with your partner and want a divorce, tell me and I will set you up with a new one. I will act as a broker but not as a counselor. I do not want to hear what a louse your old partner is, and you will get a dirty look from me when you demand a divorce regardless of who was at fault.
4. Only one solution to the assignment per pair should be turned in. Unless announced otherwise in class, any solution to a part of a homework problem which takes more than one side of a sheet of paper will not be graded. This is to save you the ordeal of trying to impress with volume instead of quality.
5. If you have a physical, psychological, medical or learning disability that may impact your course work, please contact Disability Support Services office. They will review your concerns and determine, with you, what accommodations are necessary and appropriate. All information and documentation of disability is confidential. Students who require assistance during emergency evacuation are encouraged to discuss their needs with me.
6. Each student must pursue his or her academic goals honestly and be personally accountable for all submitted work. Representing another person's work as your own is always wrong. Any suspected instance of academic dishonesty will be reported to the Academic Judiciary. For more comprehensive information on academic integrity, including categories of academic dishonesty, please refer to the academic judiciary website at: http://www.stonybrook.edu/uaa/academicjudiciary Adopted by the Undergraduate Council September 12, 2006