Course Syllabus and Schedule/Map – Fall 2020 (Session A)

CSE 551: Foundations of Algorithms

Instructor Vinaya Chakati

Teaching Assistant TBD
Virtual Office Hours Details provided in Live Events section below and on course’s Live Events page
Content Questions Weekly discussion forums and live events
Course Issues Course “Feedback” tool (blue button on every course page)
Technical Support Coursera Learner Help Center
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personnel recognize you as an ASU degree student.
Private Support mcsonline@asu.edu
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the subject line of your message.
Slack Channel TBD
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mcsonline.slack.com), which you must join/access using your ASURITE
credentials.

Course Description
Algorithms, or a step-by-step process to efficiently reach the desired goal, have been part of
human history since the 1200s. Algorithms are a fundamental component to any computerized
system. In this foundational course, you to learn several different algorithms and be able to
explain how they work and why they are considered good. This will help you:

1. Evaluate appropriate algorithmic techniques that can lead to more efficient solutions for a
problem, instead of just coding the first idea that comes to mind.

2. Develop sound background knowledge on algorithms that will allow you to navigate the
literature, beyond the context of this class.

In order to gain these skills, you will have to work through and understand several algorithmic
techniques and the mathematical background necessary for analyzing the properties of these
techniques and the algorithms based on them.

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Specific topics covered include:

• Greedy Algorithms
• Stable Matching
• Divide-and-Conquer
• Dynamic Programming
• Amortized Analysis
• Network Flows
• NP-completeness
• Introduction to Randomized and Approximation Algorithms

Learning Outcomes
By completing this course, you will be able to:

• Identify and apply algorithmic techniques to solve a problem

• Apply knowledge of algorithms in multiple contexts using multiple programming languages
• Evaluate correctness and efficiencies of algorithms

Estimated Workload/Time Commitment

15 - 20 hours per week

Required Prior Knowledge and Skills

• Basic understanding of Asymptotic Notation (Big-Oh), recurrence relations, proof techniques,
recursion, worst-case analysis, and basic discrete math (e.g., set theory, functions, logic,
basic graph theory, etc.).
• Understanding of basic data structures and algorithms such as Sorting Algorithms, Hash
Tables, Binary Search Trees, Heaps, and Red-Black Trees.
• Basic understanding of Greedy Algorithms, Divide-and-conquer, Dynamic Programming
• Basic understanding of Graph Algorithms such as Depth-First Search, Breadth-First Search,
Minimum Spanning Trees (Kruskal's and Prim's algorithms), and Shortest-paths (Dijkstra's
algorithm)

Technology
Hardware
Standard with major OS

Software
No specialized software or other technology is needed to successfully complete this course.

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Textbook
There is no required textbook for this course. However, the following textbook is recommended:

J. Kleinberg and E. Tardos, Algorithm Design. United States: Pearson Education, 2006.

Important Course Dates

The following dates will be key to your success in this course.

Event Date Please Note

Class begins Thursday, August 20, 2020
Holidays Monday, September 7, Labor University closed
Day
Midterm exam Opens: Friday, September 11, Last appointment will be
12:15 AM (AZ) Sunday, September 13, 9:15
Closes/must be completed PM (AZ)
by: Sunday, September 13,
11:59 PM (AZ)
Final exam Opens: Wednesday, October Last appointment will be
7, 12:15 AM (AZ) Friday, October 9, 9:15 PM
Closes/must be completed (AZ)
by: Saturday, October 9,
11:59 PM (AZ)
Class ends Friday, October 9, 2020
Grades due Sunday, October 11, 2020

Course Deadlines and Late Penalties

Unless otherwise noted, all graded work is due at 11:59 PM the Sunday ending the week for
which it is assigned. Solutions will be made available at 12:01 AM the Monday immediately
following.

Late work: Late work will not be accepted and will result in a one-time 100% penalty.

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Week Main Topic Begin Date End Date Graded Solutions
Work Due Available
See Course
Map

1 Stable Matching 8/20 8/23 8/23 8/24

2 Greedy Algorithms 8/24 8/30 8/30 8/31

3 Amortized Analysis and 8/31 9/6 9/6 9/7

Splay trees

4 Divide and Conquer 9/7 9/13 9/13 9/14

5 Dynamic Programming 9/14 9/20 9/20 9/21

6 Network Flows 9/21 9/27 9/27 9/28

7 Polynomial Time 9/28 10/4 10/4 10/5

Reductions and NP-
Completeness

8 Approximation and 10/5 10/9 10/9 10/10

Randomized Algorithms,
Final Exam, and Course
Wrap-Up

Live Events/Virtual Office Hours

This course will offer several live event/virtual office hour sessions each week, all of which will be
hosted on Zoom. These sessions have an open, “drop-in” format to provide everyone an
opportunity to meet with the course instructor and/or teaching assistants as well as classmates to
ask questions and learn more about course topics and assignments

Live events/virtual office hours may be joined using a computer or a mobile device. iOS devices,
however, are not fully supported at this time. To join from an iOS device, use the Zoom app and
paste in the session URL. Using other mobile operating systems or a computer, simply open the
Coursera app, navigate to “Live Events,” and click the active link to join.

Event Dates and Times

All live events will run for one hour. Times shown are Arizona.

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 Day Start Time Hosted By
Mon 1:00-2:00pm Vinaya Chakati
(Instructor)
Tue 1:00-2:00pm Vinaya Chakati
(Instructor)
Wed 6:00-7:00 pm Vinaya Chakati
(Instructor)
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun

Watch for announcements and check the Live Events page in the course for possible revisions to this
schedule. The September 7 event will be rescheduled due to the Labor Day holiday.

Note: These events will be recorded and the instructor’s events will be uploaded to the course by
the end of the day following each event. Look for the “Weekly Live Event/Office Hour Recordings”
section at the end of each week.

Course Content
The course comprises the following elements:

Instruction Assessments
Video Lectures Practice quizzes (auto-graded)
Readings Graded assignments (instructor- and auto-
Live Events/Virtual Office Hours graded)
NOTE: Transcripts are provided with Midterm and Final exam (proctored, partially
the videos. PDFs of all lecture slides auto-graded, instructor reviewed)
are provided in Week 1 in the NOTE: Solutions will be provided for graded
quizzes and assignments.
“Welcome—Start Here” module.”

Assessment Settings
The table below summarizes the course’s assessment settings:

Assessment Description Time Limit # of Feedback

Type Attempts
Practice Each module includes None Unlimited Full (score,
quizzes – Knowledge Check practice correct/incorr
quizzes, which cover only
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 Assessment Description Time Limit # of Feedback
Type Attempts
Knowledge each module’s topic. The ect choices,
Check system may present a explanations)
different selection of
questions to you after your
first attempt. These
quizzes do not contribute
toward your final score in
the class.
Practice Each unit includes a 2 hours Unlimited Full
quizzes – Unit/Weekly practice quiz,
Unit/Weekly which covers the entire
unit. These practice
quizzes immediately
precede the graded
Unit/Weekly quizzes. The
system may present a
different selection of
questions to you after your
first attempt. These
quizzes do not contribute
toward your final score in
the class.
Graded All weeks except Week 8 None 1 Full
Quizzes – include one or more immediately,
Graded graded “homework” NOTE: and solutions
assignment assignment. The nature There is no will be
and complexity of these time limit for released
assignments varies, but completing (day after
each comprises a reading the work quiz due
that presents the problems required to date)
and a graded companion prepare for
quiz where you submit the the graded
results of your work. assignment
NOTE: These assignments quizzes.
are complex and time-
consuming, and you will
not pass the course without
completing them and giving
them your full attention.
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 Assessment Description Time Limit # of Feedback
Type Attempts
Graded Each unit includes a 2 hours 1 Full
Quizzes – Unit/Weekly graded quiz, immediately,
Unit/Weekly which covers the entire and solutions
unit. These graded quizzes will be
immediately follow the released
practice Unit/Weekly (day after
quizzes. quiz due
date)
Exams You will have two (2) Midterm: 1 Limited
proctored exams, a 135 (score only)
midterm and a final, taken minutes,
in the course with including
ProctorU, each available 15-minute
for three (3) days. start-up
Additional ProctorU Final:
information is provided in 135
Week 1. See Course Map minutes,
below and Exam including
Instructions in the course 15-minute
for full exam details. start-up

Grade Breakdown
Course Work Quantity Format %

Graded assignments 8 Individual 5

Graded quizzes 8 Individual 5

Midterm exam (will cover Units 1 Individual 45

1-4, i.e., Weeks 1 -3)

Final Exam (will cover Units 5-8, 1 Individual 45

i.e., Weeks 4-7)

Grade Scale

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Consistent with CIDSE policy, you must have a cumulative grade of at least 83% to earn a “B” in this course,
and 73% (“C”) to earn credit for this course. The full list of cutoffs that will be used to generate your letter
grade follows:

A+ ≥97%

A ≥93%

A- ≥90%

B+ ≥87%

B ≥83%

B- ≥80%

C+ ≥77%

C ≥73%

C- ≥70%

D ≥60%

E < 60%

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NOTE: Grades may be curved based on overall class performance. For more information about
grading, visit ASU’s Grades & Records webpage.

Policies
All ASU and Coursera policies will be enforced during this course. For policy details,
please consult the MCS Graduate Handbook and the MCS Onboarding Course.

Absence Policies
a. If you are not able to attend live events, you are encouraged to watch the
recording(s) that will be made available each week. In addition, participation in
the discussion forums may be considered a measure of your engagement.
b. Excused absences are governed by the following policies:
i. Related to religious observances/practices: ACD 304–04,
“Accommodation for Religious Practices.”
ii. Related to university sanctioned events/activities: ACD 304–02, “Missed
Classes Due to University-Sanctioned Activities.”
iii. Related to missed class due to military line-of-duty activities: ACD 304–
11.

Policy Regarding Expected Course Behavior

You are expected to observe Coursera’s policies as well as ASU’s netiquette standards.

Academic Integrity
Students in this class must adhere to ASU’s academic integrity policy, which can be found
at https://provost.asu.edu/academic-integrity/policy). Students are responsible for
reviewing this policy and understanding each of the areas in which academic dishonesty
can occur. In addition, all engineering students are expected to adhere to both the ASU
Academic Integrity Honor Code and the Fulton Schools of Engineering Honor Code. All
academic integrity violations will be reported to the Fulton Schools of Engineering
Academic Integrity Office (AIO). The AIO maintains record of all violations and has
access to academic integrity violations committed in all other ASU college/schools.

Copyright
Course content, including lectures, are copyrighted materials and students may not share
outside the class, upload to online websites not approved by the instructor, sell, or
distribute course content or notes taken during the conduct of the course (see ACD 304–
06, “Commercial Note Taking Services” and ABOR Policy 5-308 F.14 for more
information).

You must refrain from uploading to any course shell, discussion board, or website used
by the course instructor or other course forum, material that is not the student's original

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work, unless the students first comply with all applicable copyright laws; faculty members
reserve the right to delete materials on the grounds of suspected copyright infringement.

Policy Against Threatening Behavior (SSM 104-02)

Students, faculty, staff, and other individuals do not have an unqualified right of access
to university grounds, property, or services. Interfering with the peaceful conduct of
university-related business or activities or remaining on campus grounds after a request
to leave may be considered a crime. All incidents and allegations of violent or
threatening conduct by an ASU student (whether on- or off-campus) must be reported to
the ASU Police Department (ASU PD) and the Office of the Dean of Students.

Disability Accommodations
Suitable accommodations will be made for students having disabilities. Students
needing accommodations must register with the ASU Disabilities Resource Center and
provide documentation of that registration to the instructor. Students should
communicate the need for an accommodation in sufficient time for it to be properly
arranged. See ACD 304-08 Classroom and Testing Accommodations for Students with
Disabilities.

Harassment and Sexual Discrimination

Arizona State University is committed to providing an environment free of discrimination,
harassment, or retaliation for the entire university community, including all students,
faculty members, staff employees, and guests. ASU expressly prohibits discrimination,
harassment, and retaliation by employees, students, contractors, or agents of the
university based on any protected status: race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age,
disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and genetic information.

Title IX is a federal law that provides that no person be excluded on the basis of sex
from participation in, be denied benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any
education program or activity. Both Title IX and university policy make clear that sexual
violence and harassment based on sex is prohibited. An individual who believes they
have been subjected to sexual violence or harassed on the basis of sex can seek
support, including counseling and academic support, from the university. If you or
someone you know has been harassed on the basis of sex or sexually assaulted, you
can find information and resources at https://sexualviolenceprevention.asu.edu/faqs.

Mandated sexual harassment reporter: As a mandated reporter, I am obligated to

report any information I become aware of regarding alleged acts of sexual
discrimination, including sexual violence and dating violence. ASU Counseling
Services, https://eoss.asu.edu/counseling, is available if you wish to discuss any
concerns confidentially and privately.

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Course Faculty
The following faculty member created this course.

Andrea Richa

Professor Andrea W. Richa joined Arizona State University (ASU) in 1998. She is
currently affiliated with the Biomimicry Center at ASU, and the Biosocial Complexity
Initiative in general. Prof. Richa’s main areas of expertise are in distributed/network
algorithms and computing in general. More recently she has focused on developing the
algorithmic foundations on what has been coined as programmable matter, through her
work on self-organizing particle systems (SOPS) (see sops.engineering.asu.edu ). Her
work has been widely cited, and includes, besides SOPS, work on bio-inspired
distributed algorithms, distributed load balancing, packet routing, wireless network
modeling and topology control, wireless jamming, data mule networks, underwater
optical networking, and distributed hash tables (DHTs). Dr. Richa received the 2017
Best Senior Researcher award from the School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision
Systems Engineering (CIDSE). She was the recipient of an NSF CAREER Award in
1999, an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, and the keynote
speaker and program\general chair of several prestigious conferences. In particular,
Prof. Richa was the Program Committee Chair of the 31st International Symposium on
Distributed Computing (DISC), 2017, one of the top two conferences in distributed
computing. Prof. Richa has also delivered several invited talks both nationally and
internationally. For a selected list of her publications and other accomplishments, CV,
and current research projects, please
visit www.public.asu.edu/~aricha or sops.engineering.asu.edu .

Course Schedule/Map
WEEK 1 (Unit 1)

Unit 1: Stable Matching

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Learning Objectives
• Explain the importance of algorithms
• Identify and apply algorithmic techniques to solve the stable matching problem
• Evaluate the correctness and efficiency of the proposed stable matching
algorithm

Modules
Module 1: Welcome, Start Here!
Module 2: Stable Matching

WEEK 1 – To Do
❏ Introduce yourself and start getting to know your classmates
❏ Attend and/or access Live Event/Virtual Office Hour(s)
❏ Create your ProctorU account (if you do not already have one)
❏ Schedule your midterm exam and complete the system test with ProctorU

WEEK 1 – Graded Work - Due by August 23, 2020

❏ Getting Started Quiz
❏ Graded Assignment 1 and Quiz
❏ Unit 1 Graded Quiz

WEEK 2 (Unit 2)

Unit 2: Greedy Algorithms

Learning Objectives
• Explain interval scheduling and interval partitioning
• Explain the problem of scheduling to minimize lateness
• Explain how to solve the optimal caching problem
• Present cut and cycle properties of minimum spanning trees
• Explain how to solve the shortest path problem using Dijkstra’s algorithm

Modules
Module 1: Interval Scheduling and Interval Partitioning
Module 2: Scheduling to Minimize Lateness
Module 3: Optimal Offline Caching
Module 4: Revisiting Minimum Spanning Trees and Shortest Paths (Dijktra’s)

WEEK 2 – To Do
❏ Attend and/or access Live Event/Virtual Office Hour(s)
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❏ If you haven’t already, schedule your midterm exam and complete the system test
with ProctorU

WEEK 2 – Graded Work - Due by August 30, 2020

❏ Graded Assignment 2 and Quiz
❏ Unit 2 Graded Quiz

WEEK 3 (Unit 3)

Unit 3: Amortized Analysis and Splay Trees

Learning Objectives
• Explain Amortized Analysis
• Explain different methods of Amortized Analysis
• Review Dynamic Binary Search Trees and Balanced Search Trees
• Explain Splay Trees
• Prove amortized analysis of Splay Trees

Modules
Module 1: Amortized Analysis
Module 2: Splay Trees

WEEK 3 – To Do
❏ Attend and/or access Live Event/Virtual Office Hour(s)
❏ If you haven’t already, schedule your midterm exam and complete the system test
with ProctorU
❏ Study for midterm exam – covers Units 1, 2, 3, and 4

WEEK 3 – Graded Work - Due by September 6, 2020

❏ Graded Assignment 3 and Quiz
❏ Unit 3 Graded Quiz

WEEK 4 (Unit 4 and Midterm Exam)

Unit 4: Divide and Conquer

Learning Objectives
• Review the basics of divide-and-conquer technique
• Demonstrate general techniques of divide-and-conquer via examples
• Explain the closest pair of points algorithm
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 • Demonstrate the algorithm with an example
• Explain Karatsuba’s integer multiplication algorithm
• Explain Strassen’s fast matrix multiplication algorithm

Modules
Module 1: General Technique
Module 2: Closest Pair of Points
Module 3: Integer Multiplication and Matrix Multiplication

WEEK 4 – To Do
❏ Attend and/or access Live Event/Virtual Office Hour(s)
❏ If you haven’t already, schedule your midterm exam and complete the system test
with ProctorU

WEEK 4 – Graded Work - Due by September 13, 2020

❏ Graded Assignment 4 and Quiz
❏ Unit 4 Graded Quiz
❏ Midterm Exam (see below)

Midterm Exam
❏ Midterm exam (duration: 120 minutes + 15 minutes for startup with proctor)
Opens: Friday, September 11, 12:01 AM (AZ)
Closes: Sunday, September 13, 11:45 PM (AZ)

NOTICE: To avoid fees, you MUST schedule your exam on ProctorU at least 72 hours
prior to your desired appointment date. The last appointment will be Sunday, September
13, starting at 9:15 PM (AZ).

Conduct a system test prior to your appointment!

Allowed materials:

• One side of one sheet of 8.5x11 paper of hand-written notes

• One sheet (both sides) of 8.5x11 paper to use as scratch paper.

NOTE: Use of supplemental electronic devices (calculators, etc.) will not be

permitted during the exam.

WEEK 5 (Unit 5)

Unit 5: Dynamic Programming

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Learning Objectives
• Describe Dynamic Programming and its applications
• Explain solution of Weighted Interval Scheduling problem using Dynamic
Programming
• Explain the solution of Knapsack problem using Dynamic Programming
• Explain the solution of the Shortest Path problem using Dynamic Programming
and Bellman-Ford Algorithm

Modules
Module 1: General Technique
Module 2: Weighted Interval Scheduling
Module 3: Knapsack
Module 4: Shortest Path: Bellman-Ford

WEEK 5 – To Do
❏ Attend and/or access Live Event/Virtual Office Hour(s)
❏ If you haven’t already, schedule your final exam and complete a ProctorU system
test.

WEEK 5 – Graded Work - Due by April 12, 2020

❏ Graded Assignment 5 and Quiz
❏ Unit 5 Graded Quiz

WEEK 6 (Unit 6)

Unit 6: Network Flows

Learning Objectives
• Explain the Maximum Flow problem
• Explain the Minimum Cut problem
• Explain the Ford-Fulkerson Algorithm
• Explain Max Flow-Min Cut Theorem
• Explain Capacity Scaling Algorithm
• Explain Bipartite Matching
• Explain Edge Disjoint Path problem
• Explain Network Connectivity problem

Modules
Module 1: Ford-Fulkerson Algorithm
Module 2: Max Flow-Min Cut Theorem
Module 3: Capacity Scaling Algorithm/Edmonds-Karp Algorithm

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Module 4: Applications: Max Cardinality Bipartite Matching, Edge Disjoint Paths, and
Network Connectivity

WEEK 6 – To Do
❏ Attend and/or access Live Event/Virtual Office Hour(s)
❏ If you haven’t already, schedule your final exam and complete the system test with
ProctorU

WEEK 6 – Graded Work - Due by September 27, 2020

❏ Graded Assignment 6 and Quiz
❏ Unit 6 Graded Quiz

WEEK 7 (Unit 7)

Unit 7: Polynomial Time Reductions and NP-Completeness

Learning Objectives
• Explain polynomial-time reductions/transformations
• Explain classes P and NP
• Define NP-complete problems
• Explain proofs of NP-completeness
• Decribe examples of NP-completeness proofs

Modules
Module 1: Classes P and NP
Module 2: Polynomial-Time Reductions
Module 3: NP-Completeness

WEEK 7 – To Do
❏ Attend and/or access Live Event/Virtual Office Hour(s)
❏ If you haven’t already, schedule your final exam and complete the system test with
ProctorU
❏ Study for final exam – covers Units 5, 6, 7, and 8

WEEK 7 – Graded Work - Due by October 4, 2020

❏ Graded Assignment 7 and Quiz
❏ Unit 7 Graded Quiz

WEEK 8 (Unit 8 and Final Exam)

Unit 8: Introduction to Approximation and Randomized Algorithms

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Learning Objectives
• Describe Approximation Algorithms
• Explain List Scheduling Algorithm via Load Balancing problem.
• Explain solution of Knapsack Problem via Approximation Algorithms
• Explain Skip Lists via examples

Modules
Module 1: Introduction to Approximation Algorithms
Module 2: Knapsack
Module 3: Skiplists

WEEK 8 – To Do
❏ Attend and/or access Live Event/Virtual Office Hour(s)
❏ Study for final exam – covers Units 5, 6, 7, and 8
❏ Complete course evaluation survey

WEEK 8 – Graded Work - Due by October 9, 2020

❏ Graded Assignment 8 and Quiz
❏ Unit 8 Graded Quiz
❏ Final exam (see below)

Final Exam
❏ Final exam (duration: 120 minutes + 15 minutes for startup with proctor)
Opens: Wednesday, October 7, 12:01 AM
Closes: Friday, October 9, 11:45 PM

NOTICE: To avoid fees, you MUST schedule your exam on ProctorU at least 72 hours
prior to your desired appointment date. The last appointment will be Friday, October 9,
starting at 9:15 PM (AZ).

Conduct a system test prior to your appointment!

Allowed materials:

• One side of one sheet of 8.5x11 paper of hand-written notes

• One sheet (both sides) of 8.5x11 paper to use as scratch paper.

NOTE: Use of supplemental electronic devices (calculators, etc.) will not be

permitted during the exam.

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