Data Structures
and Algorithms
Course Program, Evaluation, Exams, Resources
Data structures and algorithms
Telerik Software Academy
http://academy.telerik.com
Table of Contents
What's Coming Next in the Academy?
The Data Structures and Algorithms
Program
The Trainers Team
Exams and Evaluation
The Practical Exam
Recommended Books
Resources for the Course
Data Structures
& Algorithms
The Next Module in the Software
Academy (The Programming Track)
What's Coming Next?
Data Structures and Algorithms
(DS&A)
Continuation of High-Quality Code course
Data structures (lists, trees, hash-tables,
graphs), complexity, algorithms (recursion,
combinatorics, dynamic programming, graphs)
Lectures 3 times a week
The course exam?
Practical exam (@ BGCoder)
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What's Coming Next?
Data Structures and
Algorithms Course Program
What Will We Cover in the Course?
The Course Program
1.
Course Overview.
Overview of Data Structures, ADT and Algorithms.
Algorithm Complexity.
2.
Linear Data Structures: List, Queue, Stack
Trees, Tree-Like Structures, Balanced Search Trees.
Tree Traversals: BFS and DFS
3.
Dictionaries, Hash Tables and Sets
4.
Advanced Data Structures. Wintellect Power
Collections. Bag, Multi-Dictionary, Priority Queue.
Data Structure Efficiency.
5.
Sorting and Searching Algorithms
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The Course Program (2)
6.
Recursion
7.
Combinatorial Algorithms. Generating Variations,
Permutations, Combinations
8.
Dynamic Programming. Divide-and-Conquer.
Classical Dynamic Programming Problems
9.
Graphs, Representation and Basic Graph Algorithms
(Shortest Paths, Minimal Spanning Tree).
Other Algorithms (Greedy, Geometry, Randomized)
10.
Problem Solving Methodology.
11.
Exam Preparation and Exam
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The Trainers Team
Trainers Team
Nikolay Kostov
Team Lead, Senior Developer
and Trainer @ Telerik Corp.
Student at Sofia University
Computer Science
IT and Informatics competitions contestant
Graduate from the second season of
Telerik Software Academy
Email: nikolay.kostov [at] telerik.com
Blog: http://nikolay.it
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Trainers Team (2)
Doncho Minkov
Senior Technical Trainer
@ Telerik Software Academy
Student in Sofia University
Software Engineering
Contestant in the Informatics competitions
Graduate from the first season of
Telerik Software Academy
Email: doncho.minkov [at] telerik.com
Blog: http://minkov.it
Trainers Team (3)
Ivaylo
Kenov
Technical Trainer
@ Telerik Software Academy
Graduate from the fourth season
of Telerik Software Academy
Mathematical competitions contestant
E-mail: ivaylo.kenov [at] telerik.com
Champion in OOP and DSA
http://ivaylo.bgcoder.com
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Trainers Team (4)
Evlogi Hristov
Technical Trainer
@ Telerik Software Academy
Graduate from the fourth season
of Telerik Software Academy
E-mail: evlogi.hristov [at] telerik.com
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Evaluation
Thank God There Are Bonuses!
Data Structures &
Algorithms Evaluation
Evaluation
components
Practical exam 75%
Homework 10%
Homework evaluation 5%
Attendance in class 10%
Bonuses
Forums activity bonus up to 5%
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Pass / Excellence / Fail Criteria
Criteria
for pass / pass with excellence / fail
Pass with excellence
Very high exam results
or
High total results
Pass
Average total results
Fail
Low total results or low exam results
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Homework Peer Reviews
Everyone will
get feedback for their homework
Everyone will
give feedback for few random
homework submissions
Students submit homework anonymously
Please exclude your name from the submissions!
For each homework submitted
Students evaluate 3 random homeworks
From the same topic, after the deadline
Give written feedback, at least 200 characters
Low-quality feedback report for punishment
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Practical Exam
5 practical
problems for 8 hours
Real-time feedback @ BGCoder
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Use the Same Email!
Please use the same email address
in:
http://telerikacademy.com
http://bgcoder.com
http://forums.academy.telerik.com
Otherwise your score could be incorrectly
calculated!
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Recommended Books
The C# Textbook
The official textbook for the course
Introduction to Programming with
C#, Nakov S. and his team, 2010
Freely downloadable from:
www.introprogramming.info
The C# programming tracks
follows the book
Data Structures chapters 16-19
Algorithms
chapters 23-26 (partially)
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Recommended Books
Telerik Algo Academy
algoacademy.telerik.com
Introduction to Algorithms
Cormen, Leiserson, Rivest, and Stein
ISBN 9780262033848, goo.gl/cf3b5
Programming = ++Algorithms;
Preslav Nakov, Panayot Dobrikov,
ISBN 954-8905-06-X
www.programirane.org
Animated structures and algorithms
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Resources
What We Need in Addition to this Course Content?
Course Web Site & Forums
Register for the "Telerik Academy Forums":
forums.academy.telerik.com/csharpprogramming/data-structures-algorithms
Discuss the course exercises with your colleagues
Find solutions for the exercises
Share source code / discuss ideas
The DS&A official
web site:
http://academy.telerik.com/studentcourses/programming/data-structures-algorithms/
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Telerik Integrated
Learning System (TILS)
The Telerik Integrated Learning System (TILS)
www.telerikacademy.com
Important resource for all students
Homework submissions
Homework peer reviews
Presence cards with barcode
Reports about your results
telerikacademy.com/Courses/Courses/Details/186
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Required Software
Software needed for this
course:
Microsoft Windows (XP / Win7 / Win8)
Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 or Visual Studio
Express 2013 (free version of VS 2013)
.NET Framework 4.5 (included in Visual Studio)
Visual Studio 2012 is also OK
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and Algorithms
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