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Exams

Exam 1: In Class Thursday March 1. Finite Automata
Exam 2: In Class Thursday April 5
Final Exam: In Class Sunday May 6

Week 14: April 24-26

Tuesday:	The Class NP Dial in using Prof. Thain's zoom
Thursday:	The Class NP Complete Class Video
Reading:	Book 7.3, 7.4 Table of Languages
Assignments	Homework 8 version 1 due Monday April 23 11:59pm Project 3 initial version posted. Due Monday April 30, 11:59pm. Test Files Extra Credit initial version posted. Due Friday May 4, 11:59pm. Available sensors
Other	A simple spreadsheet TM simulator. See the Instructions Tab for details. You are free to use this for practice, homework, and/or checking out 1-tape TM designs for project 3. For homework, a printout of a sheet with a working design is sufficient. Using the Arduino Due Tutorial on TIKZ tool for drawing state diagrams. http://madebyevan.com/fsm/ On-line state diagram program Display Options for Due

Week 13: April 17-19

Tuesday:	Reducibility: The Halting Problem and Undecidable Languages
Thursday:	Universal Turing Machine Complexity The Class P
Reading:	Book 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 7.1, 7.2 Table of Languages
Assignments	Homework 7 version 2 due Monday April 16 11:59pm Homework 8 version 1 due Monday April 23 11:59pm Project 3 initial version posted. Due Monday April 30, 11:59pm. Test Files Extra Credit initial version posted. Due Friday May 4, 11:59pm. Available sensors
Other	A simple spreadsheet TM simulator. See the Instructions Tab for details. You are free to use this for practice, homework, and/or checking out 1-tape TM designs for project 3. For homework, a printout of a sheet with a working design is sufficient. Using the Arduino Due Tutorial on TIKZ tool for drawing state diagrams. http://madebyevan.com/fsm/ On-line state diagram program Display Options for Due

Week 12: April 10-12

Tuesday:	Algorithms and TMs Decidability
Thursday:	Undecidability
Reading:	Book 3.3, 4.1, 4.2 Table of Languages
Assignments	Homework 7 version 2 due Monday April 16 11:59pm Project 3 initial version posted. Due Monday April 30, 11:59pm Extra Credit initial version posted. Due Friday May 4, 11:59pm.
Other	A simple spreadsheet TM simulator. See the Instructions Tab for details. You are free to use this for practice, homework, and/or checking out 1-tape TM designs for project 3. For homework, a printout of a sheet with a working design is sufficient. Using the Arduino Due Tutorial on TIKZ tool for drawing state diagrams. http://madebyevan.com/fsm/ On-line state diagram program Display Options for Due

Week 11: April 3-5

Tuesday:	Review Topics for Exam 12 (Book 2.1-2.3 and 3.1). Material from 3.2 and SAT will be on Final
Thursday:	Exam 2
Reading:	Book 2.1-2,3, 3.1
Assignments	Homework 6 version 1 due Monday April 2 11:59pm PST. Note the simple spreadsheet TM simulator may be used here. Project 3 initial version posted. Due Monday April 30, 11:59pm Extra Credit initial version posted. Due Friday May 4, 11:59pm.
Other	A simple spreadsheet TM simulator. See the Instructions Tab for details. You are free to use this for practice, homework, and/or checking out 1-tape TM designs for project 3. For homework, a printout of a sheet with a working design is sufficient. Using the Arduino Due Tutorial on TIKZ tool for drawing state diagrams. http://madebyevan.com/fsm/ On-line state diagram program Display Options for Due

Week 10: March 27-29

Tuesday:	Variations of Turing Machines Class video
Thursday:	Algorithms - SAT Class video 1st part Class video 2nd part - skip 1st 2 min (blank) Class video 3rd part - skip 1st min (blank)
Reading:	Book Section 3.2, 3.3
Assignments	Homework 6 version 1 due Monday April 2 11:59pm PST. Note the simple spreadsheet TM simulator may be used here. Homework 5 version 1 due Monday March 26 11:59pm PST Project 3 initial version posted. Due Monday April 30, 11:59pm Extra Credit initial version posted. Due Friday May 4, 11:59pm.
Other	A simple spreadsheet TM simulator. See the Instructions Tab for details. You are free to use this for practice, homework, and/or checking out 1-tape TM designs for project 3. For homework, a printout of a sheet with a working design is sufficient. Using the Arduino Due Tutorial on TIKZ tool for drawing state diagrams. http://madebyevan.com/fsm/ On-line state diagram program Display Options for Due

Week 9: March 20-22

Tuesday:	CFL Pumping
Thursday:	CFL Pumping Intro to Turing Machines Variations of Turing Machines Algorithms
Reading:	Book Section 2.3,3.1
Assignments	Homework 5 version 1 due Monday March 26 11:59pm PST Project 3 initial version posted. Due Monday April 30, 11:59pm Extra Credit initial version posted. Due Friday May 4, 11:59pm.
Other	Using the Arduino Due Tutorial on TIKZ tool for drawing state diagrams. http://madebyevan.com/fsm/ On-line state diagram program Display Options for Due

Week 8: March. 6-8

Tuesday:	CFGs and PDAs
Thursday:	CFGs and PDAs Graph Algorithms: Bipartite Graphs
Reading:	Book Section 2.2
Assignments	Homework 4 version 1 due Monday March 5 11:59pm PST
Other	Using the Arduino Due Tutorial on TIKZ tool for drawing state diagrams. http://madebyevan.com/fsm/ On-line state diagram program Display Options for Due

Week 7: Feb. 20-22

Tuesday:	Review for Exam 1
Thursday:	Exam 1
Reading:	Review Chap. 0 and 1 for exam.
Assignments	Homework 4 version 1 due Monday March 5 11:59pm PST Project 2 version 2: Finite Automata with Test File Here Due Monday Feb. 26 midnight PST
Other	Using the Arduino Due Tutorial on TIKZ tool for drawing state diagrams. http://madebyevan.com/fsm/ On-line state diagram program

Week 6: Feb. 20-22

Tuesday:	Context Free Grammars Graph Algorithms: Bipartite Graphs
Thursday:	Push Down Automata
Reading:	Sipser Chap. 2.1, 2.2
Assignments	Homework 3 version 1 due Monday Feb. 19 11:59pm PST Project 2 version 2: Finite Automata with Test File Here Due Monday Feb. 26 midnight PST
Other	Using the Arduino Due Tutorial on TIKZ tool for drawing state diagrams.

Week 5: Feb. 12-14

Tuesday:	Non-regular Languages The Pumping Lemma
Thursday:	Non Regular Languages More Examples
Reading:	Sipser Chap. 1.4
Assignments	Homework 2 version 2 due Monday Feb. 12 11:59pm PST Homework 3 version 1 due Monday Feb. 19 11:59pm PST Project 2 version 2: Finite Automata Due Monday Feb. 26 midnight PST
Other	Using the Arduino Due Tutorial on TIKZ tool for drawing state diagrams.

Week 4: Feb. 5-7

Tuesday:	Regular Languages and Closure Properties Regular Expressions Grammar
Thursday:	Regular Expressions Conversion from/to NFAs Non Regular Languages
Reading:	Sipser Chap. 1.2,1.3,1.4
Assignments	Project 1 version 1: Cellular Automata Due Monday Feb. 5 midnight PDT Homework 2 version 2 due Monday Feb. 12 11:59pm PST Homework 3 version 1 due Monday Feb. 19 11:59pm PST Project 2 version 2: Finite Automata Due Monday Feb. 26 midnight PST
Other	See Links for list of Game of Life references Using the Arduino Due Tutorial on TIKZ tool for drawing state diagrams.

Week 3: Jan. 30-Feb. 1

Tuesday:	NFAs
Thursday:	NFAs to DFAs Regular Languages and Closure Properties
Reading:	Sipser Chap. 1.2,1.3
Assignments	Homework 2 version 1 due Monday Feb. 12 11:59pm PST Project 1 version 1: Cellular Automata Due Monday Feb. 5 midnight PDT Project 2 version 1: Finite Automata Due Monday Feb. 26 midnight PDT
Other	See Links for list of Game of Life references Using the Arduino Due Tutorial on TIKZ tool for drawing state diagrams.

Week 2: Jan. 23-25

Tuesday:	Math Background completion of Proofs
Thursday:	DFAs DFA Transducers
Reading:	Sipser Chap. 1.1, 1.2
Assignments	Homework 1 version 1 due Monday Jan. 29 11:59pm PST Project 1 version 1: Cellular Automata Due Monday Feb. 5 midnight PDT Using the Arduino Due
Other	See Links for list of Game of Life references

Week 1: Jan. 16, 18

Tuesday:	Instructor Introduction Course Introduction
Thursday:	Math Background up to proofs Intro to Finite Automata
Reading:	Sipser Chap. 0, 1.1
Assignments	Homework 1 version 1 due Monday Jan. 29 11:59pm PST Project 1 version 1: Cellular Automata Due TBA
Other	See Links for list of Game of Life references

Previous weeks calendars, including class, readings, and homework information, are on the Calendar page.