The goal of this course is to acquaint the students with the basic concepts in computation theory and to cultivate the students' ability in analyzing the complexity of computational problems.
Tyng-Ruey Chuang (莊庭瑞), Academia Sinica IIS and NTU IM Dept., Xtrc@iis.sinica.edu.twX (between the enclosing pair of X's).
Shin-Cheng Mu (穆信成), Academia Sinica IIS and NTU IM Dept., Xscm@iis.sinica.edu.twX (between the enclosing pair of X's).
Yih-Kuen Tsay (蔡益坤), NTU IM Dept.,
3366-1189, Xtsay@ntu.edu.twX (between the enclosing pair of X's).
Wednesday 2:20~5:20PM, Room 206, Management Building 2.
TA sessions will be
scheduled prior to some of the class meetings between 1:20 and 2:10PM; see the course schedule.
Tuesday 1:30~2:00PM, Wednesday 1:30~2:00PM, or by appointment, Room 1108, Management II.
Hung-Wei Hsu (許宏瑋), 3366-1205, Xr02725048@ntu.edu.twX (between the enclosing pair of X's).
This is an introductory course to the theory of computation. It covers
various mathematical models, including automata and Turing machines, for
physical computing machineries along with their computational
capabilities/limitations. In terms of specific topics and the order of their
exposition, the course will follow closely the book by Sipser.
(Note: a TA
session will precede a class meeting whose date is marked with an *. There
are four TA sessions on 3/19, 4/09, 5/21, and 6/4, making up one probable skipped class meeting.)
Homework 20%, Participation 10%, Midterm 35%, Final 35%.