CS 574
Fall 2025 Part of Term 1
Aug 25-Dec 10
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.
Prerequisite: One of CS 473, CSE 414, or MATH 473; one of MATH 461, MATH 463 or STAT 400.
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65259
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Lecture-Discussion
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R
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9:30AM
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WF
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0216 Siebel Center for Comp Sci
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Chekuri, C
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