Duration
24h Th, 24h Pr, 70h Proj.
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course runs as two parts: the first part addresses algorithmic problem solving and describes examples of advanced algorithms, using C as the reference programming language. The second part provides an introduction to programming design patterns, using Java as the reference programming language.
Specifically, the first part content comprises the following topics: programming as problem solving; advanced sorting; balanced search; radix search; external algorithms; algorithms on graphs.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
In this course, the students learn: - the principles of complex program decomposition; - to write efficient programs - knowledge of advanced algorithmic techniques - to apply programming patterns
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Knowledge of basic algorithms. Practical knowledge of the C and Java programming languages.
INFO0902 or INFO2050
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures and practicals, both involving problem solving in class. The students carry out several assignments: some individual programming assignments and some group mini-projects. The exact number and type of assignment varies depending on the year, although the student workload is kept similar.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Weekly lectures and practicals, Q2
Recommended or required readings
Optional recommended readings:
Introduction to algorithms; Cormen, Leiserson, Rivest and Stein; MIT press.
Algorithms in C; Sedgewick; Addison Wesley.
Design patterns; Gamma, Helm, Johnson, Vlissides; Addison-Wesley.
Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam and assignments.The assignments count towards 40% of the final mark, while the exam counts towards 60% of the final mark. Each part of the course bears equal weight in the final mark.
During the written exam, the students can use the lecture and practical notes that were officially distributed on the myULiege course page (and only those).
Students who do not submit at least half the projects receive an absence mark for the corresponding exam session.
There is no guaranteed support for projects to be resubmitted for the resit session.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
- Coordinator: L. Mathy, mailto: Laurent.Mathy@uliege.be
- Assistant: Gaulthier Gain , mailto: gaulthier.gain@uliege.be