Graduate Course Descriptions

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5503. Theory of Computation

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Department consent required; open to graduate students in the Computer Science and Engineering program, others with permission. Not open for credit to students who have passed CSE 3502. Recommended preparation: CSE 2050 and 2500.

Grading Basis: Graded

Formal models of computation, such as finite state automata, pushdown automata, and Turing machines, and their corresponding elements in formal languages (regular, context-free,recursively enumerable). The complexity hierarchy. Church's thesis and undecidability. NP completeness. Theoretical basis of design and compiler construction.


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Term Class Number Campus Instruction Mode Instructor Section Session Schedule Enrollment Location Credits Grading Basis Notes
Spring 2024 7390 Storrs In Person Goldin, Dina 001 Reg TuTh 5:00pm‑6:15pm
4/20 MCHU 305 3.00 Graded