The final exam will be held on December 16th, at 9am, in Salomon Center 003.
Ari will be holding a final review session on December 15th from 7:30-9:30pm in CIT 368.
Make sure you are using the command cs053_submit to submit your auto-graded assignments.
What is The Matrix?
The aim of this course is to provide students interested in
computer
science an introduction to vectors and matrices and their use in
CS
applications. The course will be driven by applications from
areas
chosen from among: combinatorial optimization, computer vision,
cryptography, game theory, graphics, information retrieval and
web
search, maching learning, and scientific visualization. For
example,
students will learn Google's PageRank method for ranking web
pages.
This course satisfies the linear algebra requirement for the
Computer
Science Sc.B.and the Applied-Math/CS Sc.B.
There are no formal prerequisites, but students are expected to be comfortable with mathematics and programming.
Class meets in CIT 368 on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 3:00-4:20.
The course missive can be found here.