A Tango tree, covered in lecture 2. (Image by MIT OpenCourseWare.)
Prof. Erik Demaine
Dr. André Schulz
6.851
Spring 2010
Graduate
Data structures play a central role in modern computer science. You interact with data structures much more often than with algorithms (think of Google, your mail server, and even your network routers). In addition, data structures are essential building blocks in obtaining efficient algorithms. This course will cover major results and current directions of research in data structures.