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Course Information

Check the course calendar for hours. Feel free to email the course staff to set up an appointment outside of existing hours.

Instructor: Eli Upfal (eli <AT> cs . brown . edu).

Lecture Place and Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 2:30pm - 3:50pm at CIT Center (Thomas Watson CIT) 506.

Teaching Assistants:

Email the course staff: cs1550tas <AT> lists . brown . edu

Canvas Page: Link

To comply with FERPA regulations we disclose that CSCI1550 and CSCI 2540 will share a Canvas site. Students in both courses will be able to see the roster of the other course and the shared Ed discussions.
If you have concerns about this, please e-mail us as soon as possible to discuss your options.

We also use Ed Stem in this course. You can join it by clicking the "Ed Discussion" tab on the canvas page for this course. Please let us know if you can't access Ed Stem.

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Textbook

The textbook for the course is Probability and Computing Randomization and Probabilistic Techniques in Algorithms and Data Analysis, 2nd Edition by Michael Mitzenmacher and Eli Upfal.

Errata for the 1st Printing, Errata for the 2nd Printing

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Last Updated: Jan 2024