CS 445: Data Structures

Daily Schedule

Week	Day	Topics	References	Announcements & Assignments
1	8/31	Introduction to the course Syllabus Review of CS/COE 401 Classes and Objects	Gaddis Ch. 6 Carrano App. C, D Notes Code from class: PersonNotes01	Recitation 1 Review Course Information & Policies
1	9/2	References, pointers and memory Building new classes via composition and inheritance	Review Gaddis Ch. 10 Carrano App. C, D plus Prelude Notes PersonDriver02.java	Recitation 1 Review Course Information & Policies
2	9/7	No class		Assignment 1 due Wed, Sept. 23 Review Course Information & Policies
2	9/9	Polymorphism Class Hierarchy Abstract Classes Interfaces	Review Gaddis: Chapter 11 Carrano: Appendix D, Prelude Notes Payroll Example
3	9/14	Generics Abstract Data Types (ADTs)	Review Gaddis Ch. 17 Carrano: Java Interlude 1 (Generics) Notes	Recitation 2 Assignment 1 due Wed, Sept. 23 For copyright reasons, some examples are now protected. If you are on Pitt's network, you can access them without problem. If you are not on Pitt's network, you must enter: Username: cs445 Password: data Review Course Information & Policies CS Welcome Party and Activities Fair on Friday
3	9/16	Bag Data Type Arrays	Review Carrano Chapter 1 & 2 Notes ArrayBag.java (original) ArrayBag1.java (version 1)
4	9/21	Bag: Dynamic size array Introduction to Linked Lists Bag: Linked list	Review Carrano: Chapter 2 & 3 Notes ArrayBag2.java (version 2)	Recitation 3 - Discuss review questions - Work on assignment 1 Assignment 1 due Wed, Sept. 23 Women in Computer Science (WiCS) First meeting Tuesday, Sept. 22, 8:30 pm in 5317 Sennott Square (meets every other Tuesday)
4	9/23	Bag: Linked list Stacks: Introduction and uses	Review Carrano: Chapter 3 & 5 Notes 2 (Creating Container Classes) Notes 3 (Stack) LinkedBag.java
5	9/28	Stacks: Implementation Algorithm Analysis: Idea, Background & Simple Examples	Review Carrano: Chapter 6 & 4 Notes (Stacks) Notes (Algorithm Analysis)	Recitation 4 Quiz 1 next week Assignment 2
5	9/30	Algorithm Analysis	Review Carrano: Chapter 4 Notes	Recitation 4 Quiz 1 next week Assignment 2
6	10/5	Algorithm Analysis: Amortized Analysis Recursion	Review Carrano: Chapter 7 & 18 (sequential search) Notes (algorithm analysis) Notes (recursion)	Recitation 5 - Quiz 1 (includes 9/28 lecture) - Algorithm Analysis Assignment 2 Wednesday Office Hours Rescheduled to: Monday, Oct. 5: 7:15pm - 8:00pm Wednesday, Oct. 14: 5:05pm - 5:50pm
6	10/7	Recursion: Divide & Conquer	Review Carrano: Chapter 7 & 18 Notes
7	10/12	Recursion (Backtracking) Introduction Eight Queens problem (discussion, idea, solution) Towers of Hanoi problem	Review Carrano: Chapter 7 Notes Code from class: RecursionExample.java	Recitation 6 Assignment 2 Due Thursday Midterm on Monday, Oct. 26 in lecture Assignment 3 due 10/29 Additional Office Hours: Wednesday, Oct. 14: 5:05pm - 5:50pm
7	10/14	Recursion (Backtracking): Finish Tower of Hanoi problem Sorting Introduction Insertion Sort Bounded Generics	Review Carrano: Chapter 7 & 8 Notes (recursion) Notes (sorting)
8	10/20 Tuesday	Sorting Insertion Sort Selection Sort Shellsort	Review Quiz 1 Solution Carrano: Chapter 8 Notes	Recitation 6: - Review for midterm Midterm on Monday, Oct. 26 in lecture Assignment 3 due 10/29 Minor change to Extra Credit Option 2
8	10/21	Sorting : Faster Sorts Merge Sort Quick Sort	Review Carrano: Chapter 9 Notes
9	10/26	Midterm		Recitation 7 Assignment 3 due 10/29
9	10/28	Sorting Quick Sort Merge Sort vs. Quick Sort	Review Carrano: Chapter 9 Notes	Recitation 7 Assignment 3 due 10/29
10	11/2	List ADT Introduction Java List Interface Array implementation Java ArrayList and Vector	Review Carrano: Chapter 12 & 13 Notes Typed Notes from Class	Recitation 8 Return quizzes Assignment 4 Final Exam Schedule on CourseWeb
10	11/4	List ADT Linked implementation Linked List Variations Runtime Analysis	Review Carrano: Chapter 13 & 14 Notes
11	11/9	List ADT : Iterators Introduction Interface and Operators	Review Carrano: Chapter 15 Notes Typed notes from class	Recitation 9 Midterm Exams returned Assignment 4 due 11/16 Quiz 2 next week Final Exam Schedule on CourseWeb CS Undergraduate Town Hall Meeting Addressing new CS/IS unit Monday, November 16 at 9am in 5317 SENSQ RSVP
11	11/11	List ADT : Iterators List Iterator Trees Introduction	Review Carrano: Chapter 15 & 23 Notes (List) Notes (Trees)
12	11/16	Trees : Binary Trees More tree definitions Binary trees Height of a tree Tree implementations (interfaces and classes) `getHeight()` method	Review Carrano: Chapter 23 & 24 Notes	Recitation 10 Quiz 2 Midterm Exams returned Assignment 4 due 11/16 Assignment 5 Finals Week: Monday (12/14): Review Wednesday (12/16): Final Exam
12	11/18	Trees : Binary Trees `copy()` method Tree traversals (preorder, inorder, postorder) Runtime of traversals	Review Carrano: Chapter 24 & 23 Notes
13	11/23	Trees : Binary Search Trees Introduction Specifications Implementing a Binary Search Tree (`getEntry()`, `add()`, `remove()`)	Review Carrano: Chapter 23 & 25 Notes	Recitation 11 - Discuss Binary Trees and Binary Search Trees Assignment 5 Finals Week: Monday (12/14): Review Wednesday (12/16): Final Exam
13	11/25	No class
14	11/30	Trees : Binary Search Trees Finish BST remove() method Iterating on a Binary Search Tree Overall BST performance Queues Introduction	Review Carrano: Chapter 25 & 10 Notes (BST) Notes (Queues)	Recitation 12 Assignment 5 OMET Teaching Evaluations Finals Week: Monday (12/14): Review Wednesday (12/16): Final Exam
14	12/2	Queues linked implementations / variations array implementation comparison	Review Carrano: Chapter 11 Notes
15	12/7	Priority Queue ADT Heap ADT	Review Carrano: Chapter 10, 11, & 26 Notes	Recitation 13 Assignment 5 Due Friday, December 11 OMET Teaching Evaluations Finals Week: Monday (12/14): Review Wednesday (12/16): Final Exam Final Exam Review Survey (due December 12)
15	12/9	Heaps Queues and Trees Mutable Objects and Cloning CS/COE 1501 Introduction Review for final	Review Notes (Heaps) Recitation 13 (Queues & Trees) Notes (Mutable Objects & Cloning) Data Structure & Algorithm Visualizations
16	12/14	Review for Final (6:00pm - 7:15pm in 5502 Sennott Square)
16	12/16	Final Exam (6:00pm - 7:15pm in 5502 Sennott Square) No office hours after the exam