CS 574
Spring 2014 Part of Term 1
Jan 21-May 7
Credit: 4 hours.
Basic and advanced concepts in the design and analysis of randomized algorithms. Sampling; concentration inequalities such as Chernoff-Hoeffding bounds; probabilistic method; random walks, dimension reduction; entropy; martingales and Azuma's inequality; derandomization. Randomized algorithms for sorting and searching; graphs; geometric problems. Basics of pseudorandomness and randomized complexity classes.
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60442
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Lecture
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RA
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2:00PM
-3:15PM
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TR
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Siebel Center for Comp Sci
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Har-Peled, S
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