CS207
Algorithms and Data Structures
Faculty
Anier Velasco Sotomayor
Lead at the ML Theory group at Cohere for AI Open Science community.
Course length
Duration
Total hours
Credits
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Course type
Fee for single course
Fee for degree students
Skills you’ll learn
Overview
Every day, society is more informed, and it needs engineers to know how to tackle problems and solve them efficiently. A great skill to have is to know how commonly known algorithms and data structures work. In this course, students will learn these algorithms, data structures and paradigms to boost their problem-solving skills.
Learning highlights
- Understand a variety of algorithms theoretically and practically, and be able to modify them or apply them to unseen problems.
- Improve their problem-solving and pattern-recognition skills
- Introduction to Competitive Programming.
Course outline
15 classes
Session 1
Warm-up non-graded test. Time complexity, data structures overview.
Session 2
Recursion, full search, backtracking.
Session 3
Graphs I: DFS, trees, grids, pathfinding.
Session 4
Graphs II: shortest paths, A*.
Session 5
Test and solution discussion.
Session 6
Graphs III: DSU, MST.
Session 7
Dynamic Programming I.
Session 8
Dynamic Programming II.
Session 9
Segment Trees & Binary Search Trees.
Session 10
Segment Trees and Binary Search Trees. Practice.
Session 11
Test and solution discussion.
Session 12
Strings: Trie, Hashing, applications.
Session 13
Sliding window, two pointers.
Session 14
Sweep line, extended consultations.
Session 15
Final test and solution discussion.
Prerequisites
Basics of Math (basic counting, discrete math)
Basic programming skills in either Python or C++
Methodology
There will be lectures with both theory and practice. Students are highly encouraged to participate and give ideas for the problems discussed in class.
Grading
Anier started in computer science by doing programming Olympiads in high school, during which he obtained a gold medal in the Cuban National Olympiad and a bronze medal in the Ibero-American Olympiad in Informatics.
He has a BSc. in Computer Science and Data Science from Harbour.Space University. His main professional interest is Machine Learning Theory Research, and he’s an independent researcher.
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Algorithms and Data Structures
by Anier Velasco Sotomayor
Total hours
45 Hours
Dates
Feb 20 - Mar 10, 2023
Fee for single course
€1500
Fee for degree students
€750
How to secure your spot
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Schedule your Harbour.Space interview
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FAQ
Will I receive a certificate after completion?
Yes. Upon completion of the course, you will receive a certificate signed by the director of the program your course belonged to.
Do I need a visa?
This depends on your case. Please check with the Spanish or Thai consulate in your country of residence about visa requirements. We will do our part to provide you with the necessary documents, such as the Certificate of Enrollment.
Can I get a discount?
Yes. The easiest way to enroll in a course at a discounted price is to register for multiple courses. Registering for multiple courses will reduce the cost per individual course. Please ask the Admissions Office for more information about the other kinds of discounts we offer and what you can do to receive one.