Schedule

15-121 Introduction to Data Structures - Fall 2010

Instructor: Dr. Margaret Reid-Miller

 
Day Comments Topic Resources
Week 1: Introduction + Programming Fundamentals
Mon Aug 24 Policies, Arrays Executable Mountain Goat Puzzle
Java basics [Eck 2.1-2.2]
Java control [Eck 3.1-3.5]
Arrays [Eck 7.1-7.2]
Wed Aug 26 Hw1 out
Arrays, Methods Methods [Eck 4.1-4.4]
Thu Aug 27Lab 1
Fri Aug 28Array algorithms MountainGoatsPuzzle.java
Week 2: Objects and ArrayLists
Mon Aug 30 Objects Objects[Eck 5.1-5.2]
Tue Aug 31 Hw1 due
Wed Sep 1 Quiz 1 ArrayLists Generics[Eck 7.3.4]
Thu Sep 2Hw2 out Lab 2
Fri Sep 3Using Objects and ArrayLists ArrayList summary
Facebook.zip
Week 3: Interfaces
Mon Sep 6 Labor Day - no classes
Tue Sep 7 Hw2 due
Wed Sep 8 Quiz 2
Hw3 out
Interfaces HeathGame.zip
Interfaces[Eck 5.7.1]
Thu Sep 9 Lab 3
Fri Sep 10 Interfaces and Introduction to Recursion
Week 4: Recursion
Mon Sep 13 Recursion examples
Tue Sep 14 Hw3 due
Wed Sep 15 Quiz 3
Hw4 out
RecursionRecursionExamples.java
Thu Sep 16 Lab 4
Fri Sep 17 EfficiencyLecture notes
Week 5: Efficiency
Mon Sep 20 Efficiency and Recursion Lecture notes
ForestFire.zip
Tue Sep 21 Hw4 due
Wed Sep 22 Quiz 4
Hw5 out
Backtracking Lecture notes
Thu Sep 23 Lab 5
Fri Sep 24 Big-Oh Lecture notes
Big-Oh[Eck 8.6]
Week 6: ArrayList Implementation
Mon Sep 27 ArrayList implementation Lecture Notes
MyList API using Javadoc
MyArrayList.zip
Partially filled arrays[Eck 7.3.1]
Tues Sep 28Hw5 due
Wed Sep 29 Midterm reviewReview slides
Thu Sep 30Exam 1
Fri Oct 1 Dynamic Arrays
Lecture Notes
Dynamic arrays & ArrayLists[Eck 7.3.2-7.3.4]
Week 7: Search and Sort
Mon Oct 4 Binary Search Lecture Notes
Search Algorithms[Eck 7.4.1]
Recursive Binary Search[Eck 9.9.1]
Tues Oct 5No Hw due
Wed Oct 6 Quiz 5 Quadratic Sorts Comparable lecture notes
Quadratic Sorts[Eck 7.4.3-7.4.4]
Equality and Comparison[Eck 10.1.6]
Thu Oct 7Hw6 out Lab 6
Fri Oct 8 Sub Quadratic Sorts Lecture notes
Quick Sort[Eck 9.1.3]
Sorting animations
Week 8: Linked Lists
Mon Oct 11 Linked Lists Intro Sorting lecture notes (cont'd)
Linked List Intro[Eck 9.2.1-9.2,2]
Tue Oct 12Hw6 due
Wed Oct 13 Quiz 6
Hw7 out
Linked Lists Linked Lists Basics[Eck 9.2.3]
Thu Oct 14 SinglyLinkedList implementation SinglyLinkedList.java
Linked Lists add/remove[Eck 9.2.4-9.2.5]
ArrayList & LinkedList[Eck 10.2.1] (ignore iterators)
Fri Oct 15 Midsemester break - no classes
Week 9: Stacks & Queues
Mon Oct 11 Other linked lists, Stacks Lecture notes
ListStack.java
Stacks[Eck 9-9.3.1]
Tue Oct 19Hw7 due
Wed Oct 20 Quiz 7
Queues Lecture notes
ListQueue.java
Queues[Eck 9.3.2]
Postfix expressions[Eck 9.3.3]
Thu Oct 21Hw8 out Lab 7
Fri Oct 22 Stack and Queue
Intro to binary trees
Stack & Queues example
Binary tree notes
Week 10: Binary Trees
Mon Oct 25 Binary Trees - traversals Binary tree notes
Binary Trees[Eck 9.4-9.4.1]
Tue Oct 26Hw8 due
Wed Oct 27 Quiz 8
Binary trees - recursive definitions Lecture notes
Thu Oct 28 Hw9 out Lab 8
Fri Oct 29 Binary trees examples Lecture notes
Week 11: Maps & Sets
Mon Nov 1 Files & Exceptions
Sets
Files & Exceptions slides 4 per page
Sets lecture notes
Tue Nov 2 No HW due
Wed Nov 3 Iterators Iterator lecture notes
Iterators[Eck 10.1.5]
Thu Nov 4 Maps Maps lecture notes
Maps[Eck 10.3-10.3.1]
Fri Nov 5Exam 2 Exam (in class)
Week 12: Binary Search Trees
Mon Nov 8 Inverting a Map
SimpleMap.java
Lecture notes
Sets & Maps Example[Eck 10.4.2]
Sets and Maps Worksheet
Tue Nov 9 Hw9 due
Wed Nov 10 Quiz 9
Intro to Binary Search Trees Lecture notes
Binary Search Trees[Eck 9.4.2]
Thu Nov 11Hw10 out Lab 9
Fri Nov 12 Binary Search Trees Lecture notes
Week 13: Hashing
Mon Nov 15 BST remove, hash tables Lecture notes
TreeSet & HashSet[Eck 10.2.3]
Tue Nov 16 Hw10 due
Wed Nov 17 hash tables Lecture notes
Hashing[Eck 10.3.3]
Thu Nov 18 Hw11 out Lab 10
Fri Nov 19 Quiz 10 hash codes, tree sort Lecture notes
Hashing Worksheet
Week 14: More sorting
Mon Nov 22 Bucket sort, Priority Queues Lecture notes
Tue Nov 23 No HW due
Wed Nov 24 Thanksgiving break - no classes
Thu Nov 25 Thanksgiving break - no classes
Fri Nov 26 Thanksgiving break - no classes
Week 15: Heaps
Mon Nov 29 Heaps Lecture notes
Heaps worksheet
Dave's lecture notes and solution to worksheet
Tue Nov 30 Hw11 due
Wed Dec 1 Quiz 11
Inheritance
Thu Dec 2 Lab 11
Fri Dec 3 Review

Margaret Reid-Miller