CSI5140 A -- Computational Complexity -- Fall 2008


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General Information

Professor: Iluju Kiringa (kiringa@site.uottawa.ca)

Office Hours: Wednesdays 11:30-12:30AM (Increased on rush days) in my office (SITE 5072)

Lectures: Wednesday 1:00-4:00PM ; CBY E016

Overview

Topics: Basic computation modelss. Undecidability and related proof techniques. Basic computational resources and their associated complexity classes (P, NP, Co-NP, PSPACE, ...). Relationships among resources and complexity classes. Theory of class completeness (NP completeness, PSPACE completeness, ...) and related proof techniques. Randomized computation. Inside P and Beyond NP.

Prerequisites: Required is a solid knowledge of design and analysis of algorithms as well as undergraduate notions of computability.

Text book: M.J. Sipser, Introduction to the Theory of Computation, 2nd Edition, Thompson, 2006.

Supplemental reading: