Course Calendar

SJSU -- CS 255, Spring 2008 -- Jeff Smith

This calendar is subject to change with fair notice.

Because of the (unlikely) possibility that I will need to make last-minute announcements or changes or corrections to this calendar or to assignment specifications, you should make sure that MySJSU has your current email address.

Coverage for each exam will be determined by what we have covered in the class meeting 1 week before the exam, and will be posted here as the exam nears.

First day of class Thursday, January 24
Last day to drop or withdraw without a "W" grade Monday, February 4
Last day to add courses Monday, February 11
Assignment #1 due date Tuesday, February 19
Test #1 Thursday, February 28
Coverage: topics of Sections 9.1, 9.3, 15.1,
16.1, 16.5, 5.1-5.3, 7.3-7.4
Assignment #2 due date Tuesday, March 12
Spring Break -- no classes or office hours Monday, March 24 - Friday, March 28
Cesar Chavez Day -- no office hours Monday, March 31
Assignment #3 due date Thursday, April 3
Test #2 Tuesday, April 15
Coverage: topics of Sections 9.2, 11.3.3,
Chapter 34, Chapter 35 through 35.2.1
Assignment #4 due date Thursday, April 24
Your answer to the last question may be submitted
for full credit with your solutions to Assignment #5
Test #3 Tuesday, May 6
Coverage: Sections 35.2.2-35.3
 including the 2nd TSP approximation algorithm
 and the First Fit decreasing job scheduling algorithm
Sections 30.1-30.2, CLR, up to but not including Theorem 30.1
Assignment #5 due date Tuesday, May 13
However Question #4 may be submitted for full credit
any time before the beginning of the final exam
Last day of class Tuesday, May 13
Final Exam Tuesday, May 20, 1715-1930
coverage: material for Tests #1-3,
Theorems 30.1-30.4, and
Chapter 31 (primarily pp. 879-886 and Section 31.8
excluding the proofs of that section's theorems, although
some material from Sections 1-3 should be familiar)

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