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CSCI1590

(Formerly CS159 )

Introduction to Computational Complexity

Instructor(s):
John E. Savage
Course Home Page:
http://www.cs.brown.edu/courses/csci1590/
Location: CIT 345
Meeting Time: C: MWF 10:00-10:50
Exam Group: 10
Semester: 2
Offered This Year?  Yes
When Offered? Every Other Year

Description

An introduction to parallel computation on the mesh, hypercube, and PRAM; serial and parallel space- and time-complexity classes; the circuit-size complexity measure; space-time tradeoffs; space and I/O time tradeoffs; and tradeoffs between area and parallel time in the VLSI model of computation. Prerequisite: CSCI0510.


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