TCSS 342 Data Structures

How to reach me

 instructor: Prof. Paulo Barreto

 office: CP 127
 e-mail: pbarreto@uw.edu
 lectures: MWF 8:00–9:20pm @ CP 106
 office hours:
 MW 9:30–10:30 @ CP 127
 or else by appointment (please send e-mail)

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Course website

 available on Canvas <https://canvas.uw.edu>

 contains:
– syllabus
– slides
– homework assignments
– announcements
– up to date schedule (check often!)

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Textbook

 Data Structures and Problem

Solving Using Java, 4th
edition, Mark Allen Weiss,
Pearson Addison-Wesley,
2010.
 The slides cover most (though
not all) of the material in the
textbook.
 Yet, the slides may contain
some material that is not in
the textbook.

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Grading

 Midterm (25%)
 Final exam (35%)
 Average of 4 best grades out of 5 homework
assignments (40%).
 Homework is due at 1 minute to midnight (11:59pm)
on the due date, submitted through Canvas.
 Submissions more than 6 hours late will be penalized
20%, no submissions will be accepted after the
solution has been published.
 All assignments must be individual, or else in groups of
two students at most (cost: 1 deducted point).

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Replacement

 I’ll be representing UW Tacoma (go Huskies!)

from April 5 to April 13 in three consecutive
conferences.
 CBC 2018
 PQCrypto 2018
 NIST’s 1st PQC Standardization Conference.

 Prof. Chris Marriott will cover for those classes.