CSC274b Spring 2000 Schedule


Lecture notes and assignment handouts may not be posted for all the classes. A handout available before the actual lecture meeting is only tentative and may be changed at any time by the professor. Handouts are not meant as a substitute for class attendence, but as guidelines for the topics covered in class.
Class #
Lab #
Date
Lecture
Topic
Assignment
1

Tu 1/25/2000
Lecture 1
Introduction. Art Gallery Problems.
Assigned reading: CG applications; bibliograhy searches.
2

Th 1/27/2000
Lecture 2
The Art Galley Theorem.
Problem set 1
3

Tu 2/1/2000
Lecture 3
Joe O'Rourke: Advanced Art Gallery Theorems

4

Th 2/3/2000
Lecture 4
Computational geometry videos
Summary of geometric problems on video
5

Tu 2/8/2000
Lecture 5
Polygons and triangulations. Theory.

6

Th 2/10/2000
Lecture 6
Implementation issues. Basics.
Cinderella assignment
7

Tu 2/15/2000
Lecture 7
Problem session

8

Th 2/17/2000
Lecture 8
Polygon partitioning.
Triangulation of monotone polygons
Problem set 2
9

Tu 2/22/2000
Lecture 9
Trapezoidalization. Plane sweep technique.

10

Th 2/24/2000
Lecture 10
Convex hulls in 2d
Problem set 3
11

Tu 2/29/2000
Lecture 11
Rotational Sweep. Graham's scan and giftwrapping.

12

Th 3/2/2000
Lecture 12
Divide-and-conquer algorithms
Midterm review

M

Tu 3/7/2000
Midterm .
Midterm exam

13

Th 3/9/2000
Lecture 13
Discussion of project options.

14

Tu 3/21/2000
Lecture 14
Lower bound on Convex Hull algorithms
Start Duality

15

Th 3/23/2000
Lecture 15
Duality, Line Arrangements
Problem set 4
16

Tu 3/28/2000
Lecture 16
Arrangements. Basic properties.Representations.

17

Th 3/30/2000
Lecture 17
Eric Demaine's talk

18

Tu 4/4/2000
Lecture 18
Duality presentations

19

Th 4/6/2000
Lecture 19
Arrangements, finish
Start 3d Convex hulls
Problem set 5
20

Tu 4/11/2000
Lecture 20
3d Convex hulls

21

Th 4/13/2000
Lecture 21
Guest lecture: Vision based mobile robot navigation

22

Tu 4/18/2000
Lecture 22
Voronoi diagrams and Delauney triangulations

23

Th 4/22/2000
Lecture 23
Voronoi diagrams and Delauney triangulations
No official homework. Practice problem set.
24

Tu 4/25/2000
Lecture 24


P

Th 4/27/2000
Final Project Presentation
Old exams


Last Modified Jan 23, 2000. Ileana Streinu