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About the Course

This online course covers basic algorithmic techniques and ideas for computational problems arising frequently in practical applications: sorting and searching, divide and conquer, greedy algorithms, dynamic programming. We will learn a lot of theory: how to sort data and how it helps for searching; how to break a large problem into pieces and solve them recursively; when it makes sense to proceed greedily; how dynamic programming is used in genomic studies. You will practice solving computational problems, designing new algorithms, and implementing solutions efficiently (so that they run in less than a second)....

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BD

Jan 19, 2021

The course was really amazing which provided deep knowledge from basic to advance that how algorithms works and how to design algorithms. Thanks to all the expert teachers who taught in this course.

SG

Jan 19, 2017

I liked the fact that the algorithms are not just the introductory searching and sorting algorithms. The assignments are fairly difficult (I have decent scripting experience), but not impossibly so.

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By Jaideep R K

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Nov 1, 2023

Tough course but very worth it. Solving these hard assignments made my everyday work feel easier, which is a good thing and a sign of improvement.

By Aditya K

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Oct 5, 2021

the course helped me to understand dsa very easily.the examples used in this course are related to real life which makes it easier to understand.

By Diwakar R

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Sep 27, 2020

there was a language problem , and it would have been better if the explanation was not always in the form of expression but followed IRL examples

By dana d

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Aug 2, 2021

i find this course very helpful

the course material was wisely arranged and i'm so exiting to continue to the next course of this specialization

By Chin J C

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Jul 21, 2018

The course is wonderful and challenging! But the learning experience gets extremely frustrating when the grader does not give you the test cases.

By Natalia S

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Dec 16, 2017

Excellent course! Very structured and well designed. Instructors are very knowledgeable and presentation of the material is very well organized.

By IVONNE R H L

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Aug 9, 2020

This course taughtme, more than algorithms, it teach new ways to solve complex and simple problems thinking outside the box. I totally loved it.

By Edison S

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Mar 24, 2020

Really rigorous testing compared to other courses. learned a lot by engaging in the problems. Great thanks to the professors for organizing it!

By Joel P

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Jun 22, 2016

Explanations were thorough, and the problem sets helped me gain a better understanding of the concepts with challenging but doable problem sets.

By Manan S

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Jul 12, 2020

love the challenging questions, the only request is that you provide a way to get solution to some problems if we cannot make it after sometime

By Adarsh J

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Apr 18, 2020

Great course to go through. Loaded with lots of challenging problems. I would recommend this course to anyone, trying to learn basic algorithms

By Himanshu S

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Jul 24, 2019

Best course for learning basic algorithms and understanding the working of algorithms.

thank you coursera for providing great courses like this.

By Dennis S

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Mar 24, 2024

some failed cases do not give exact example where failure occurs (I think week 4 or week3). This needs to be improved, otherwise cannot debug.

By Yunpeng Z

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Jul 28, 2022

Very useful course! If only there are solutions or the wrong cases can be seen for the assignments so that we can know where our mistakes lie.

By Arnav T

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Jul 8, 2020

A great introductory course which deals with some of the most important algorithms that are handy in dealing with different types of problems.

By Abhishek k

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Aug 30, 2019

If you want to learn algorithm then go for it. Really amazing course by coursera. This course is really to grows your skills in the algorithm.

By Nihal Y

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Mar 12, 2022

Very delighted to complete the course. I learnt a lot from this course that will defenitly boost my knowledge.

Thanks for the financial aid .

By Bhavesh T

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Mar 28, 2018

Thank you coursera for allowing me to learn and improving my knowledge in algorithmic toolbox.I feel very lucky and blessed . Thank you!!!!

By WojciechÅšwiderski

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Oct 7, 2017

Concise yet comprehensive course in algorithms. Lecturers are true pros, assignments are quite demanding. I am glad I finished this course.

By David B

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Jul 18, 2017

Really solid basic CS fundamentals. Very well presented. The programming assignments ranged from easy to pretty challenging. Good material.

By Prabhat P

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Dec 3, 2019

course is so rich in programming assignment problems, tutor are accomplishing their jobs perfectly i.e. delivering all necessary content .

By Kancharla V

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Jul 1, 2018

No other MOOC has this kind of vivid and rich content explained broadly.The courses's assignments are one of its kind,challenging yet cool

By Khalid M A

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Jul 23, 2016

The ideas I learned about the classical algorithms and their run-times are really useful and interesting. The problems are also very good.

By DHARANIDHARAN K R

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May 10, 2020

I am a Computer Science student and have all the algorithms in my syllabus as well. But, this course unlocked my third eye in algorithms.

By Beau L

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Jan 19, 2020

Excellent instructors and ample problem assignments make this a great course. The dynamic programming sections could use better lectures.