Calendar

SESS # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Introduction  
2 3-partition I Problem Set 1 Out
3 3-partition II, 2–partition  
4 SAT (Satisfiability)  
5 SAT Reductions  
6 Circuit SAT

Problem Set 1 Due one day before Session 6,

Problem Set 2 Out

7 Planar SAT  
8 Hamiltonicity Project Proposal Out
9 Graph Problems  
10 Inapproximability Introduction Problem Set 2 Due one day after Session 10
11 Inapproximability Examples Problem Set 3 Out one day after Session 11
12 Gap Inapproximability  
13 Parameterized Complexity I: W Hierarchy  
14 Parameterized Complexity II: ETH & Planar Problem Set 3 Due one day after Session 14
15 P and ASP  
16 NP & PSPACE Video Games Project Proposal Due one day after Session 16
17 Nondeterministic Constraint Logic Problem Set 4 Out one day after Session 17
18 0- and 2–player Games  
19 More Games  
20 Undecidability & P-completeness Problem Set 4 Due one day before Session 20
21 3SUM & APSP  
22 PPAD (guest lecture by Constantinos Daskalakis)  
23 PPAD Reductions (guest lecture by Constantinos Daskalakis) Project Paper Due

Course Info

Instructor
As Taught In
Fall 2014
Level
Learning Resource Types
Lecture Videos
Problem Sets with Solutions
Lecture Notes
Projects
Instructor Insights