| Logistics: |
MW 1:30-3:00
-- NOTE NEW TIME TAY 3.144 Unique Number: 54250 Course web page: http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~diz/353 |
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| Professor: | David Zuckerman Email: diz@cs.utexas.edu Phone: 471-9729 Office: TAY 3.134 Office Hours: TBA |
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| Who should take this? |
Students interested in the science of computation, students who liked CS 341 or CS 341H, and students who like mathematics should like this class. This course is excellent preparation for graduate school. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Text: | Michael Sipser, Introduction to the Theory of Computation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Overview: |
This undergraduate course develops a theoretical framework
to understand computation.
It is essentially a continuation of CS 341, but
is more in depth and focuses on more modern topics.
Perhaps the most important concept in the class is that there are
limits to computation.
Some languages are uncomputable; others are "complete"
for certain hard classes, such as NP. Sometimes these
limitations prove useful, as in the case of cryptography. We will
also explore tradeoffs and relationships between different computational
resources, such as time and space.
This course should be similar to the
2009 version.
A list of topics and approximate times follows.
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| Prerequisite: | CS 341 or 341H with a grade of at least C. Often the prerequisite is waived for strong students, such as those who got an A in CS 336H or 357, who are willing to do some extra reading. Please discuss this with me first. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Students with Disabilites: |
Any student with a documented disability (physical or cognitive) who requires academic accommodations should contact the Services for Students with Disabilities area of the Office of the Dean of Students at 471-6259 (voice) or 471-4641 (TTY for users who are deaf or hard of hearing) as soon as possible to request an official letter outlining authorized accommodations. |