CSSE 250 Dr. Yingwu Zhu Office: ENGR 530 Phone: Emai:

Brief Bio PhD in CSE, University of Cincinnati, 2005 MCSE (Microsoft Certified Software Engineer) 3-year Software Engineer and Project Manager Nearly 30 research papers in top Journals and Conferences Research: Peer-to-peer(P2P) systems, file/storage systems, distributed systems, networking Teaching: Data Structures, C/C++, Advanced topics in OS, Concurrent Distributed Systems, OS, Computer Networks, P2P Networks

Why Data Structures are Important? Core course for CS Foundations for advanced courses such as OS, Databases and Computer Networks Graduate studies Job search: many Data Structures interview questions Microsoft, Google, Yahoo)

Challenges in CSSE 250 Textbook: examples with classes and templates in C++ Students may not be familiar with C++ classes and templates But, if we can make it, Very EASY to pass the course “Object- Oriented Programming” So, Let’s WORK HARDER!!!

How to Learn CSSE 250 Well? Go through the example codes in Textbook Write your own codes while closing book More programming exercises More thinking. E.g., how to make a choice on data structures and algorithms to implement an ADT (Abstract Data Type)? …

What can I do for you? From my experiences as a student, I know the difficulties you’ll be facing From my SE’s experiences, I’d like to share the experiences with you From the Professor’s perspective, I am willing to teach you more and help you to learn better So, talk to me if you have any questions! I’ll pay attention to everyone in my class

Suggestions in Class Pose questions ANYTIME In the beginning of the class, give me the questions you met during studies If necessary, we can discuss them in class Do not worry about the questions you may ask NO question is simple! Take notes when necessary

CS1 Account CS1, the dept. server, will be the server where you do the programming assignments If you do NOT have an account, contact the dept. ASAP! Programming related docs in my website

Syllabus and Tentative Schedule Available on website Only a draft, may subject to change Check me for any question Reading assignment #1 posted online