University of Colorado Boulder
Foundations of Data Structures and Algorithms Specialization

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Foundations of Data Structures and Algorithms Specialization

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4.7

(375 reviews)

Advanced level

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6 months
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Organize, store and process data efficiently using sophisticated data structures and algorithms

  • Design algorithms and analyze their complexity in terms of running time and space usage

  • Create applications that are supported by highly efficient algorithms and data structures for the task at hand

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What you'll learn

  • Explain fundamental concepts for algorithmic searching and sorting

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  • Design basic algorithms to implement sorting, selection, and hash functions in heap data structures

Skills you'll gain

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Category: Python Programming
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What you'll learn

  • Define basic tree data structures and identify algorithmic functions associated with them

  • Execute traversals and create graphs within a binary search tree structure

  • Describe strongly connected components in graphs

Skills you'll gain

Category: Algorithm Design
Category: Python Programming
Category: Data Structure Design
Category: Hashtables
Category: Analysis of Algorithms

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Course 337 hours4.6 (160 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Describe basic algorithm design techniques

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Skills you'll gain

Category: Algorithm Design
Category: Python Programming
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Course 448 hours4.9 (35 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Formulate linear and integer programming problems for solving commonly encountered optimization problems.

  • Develop a basic understanding of how linear and integer programming problems are solved.

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Category: RSA (Cryptosystem)
Category: Quantum Algorithms
Category: Public Key Cryptography

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Course 544 hours4.5 (17 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Explore how basic number-theoretic concepts are used to build the RSA crypto-system.

  • Examine the foundations of quantum computation and its basic building blocks.

  • Explore how quantum computers can be used to break the RSA cryptosystem.

  • Explore the differences between classical and quantum algorithms.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Travelling Salesman Problem (TSP)
Category: Integer Programming
Category: Approximation Algorithm
Category: Linear Programming (LP)

Instructor

Sriram Sankaranarayanan
University of Colorado Boulder
5 Courses67,891 learners

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This Specialization is part of the following degree program(s) offered by University of Colorado Boulder. If you are admitted and enroll, your completed coursework may count toward your degree learning and your progress can transfer with you.¹

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