What you'll learn
- Learn about Algorithm Programming
- Learn about measuring algorithm performance
- Learn about data structures such as arrays, stacks, and queues
- Sorting data and searching data
- Learn about looping and recursion
- Filtering and value counting with hash tables
Course content
- Preview01:52
- Preview08:20
- 03:47Understanding algorithm performance
Requirements
- Basic understanding of programming
Description
To make a computer do anything, you have to write a computer program. To write a computer program, you have to tell the computer, step by step, exactly what you want it to do. The computer then executes the program, following each step mechanically, to accomplish the end goal.
When you are telling the computer what to do, you also get to choose how it's going to do it. That's where algorithms come in. The algorithm is the basic technique used to get the job done.
You can think of algorithms as a recipe that describes the exact steps needed for the computer to solve a problem or reach a goal. We've all seen food recipes - they list the ingredients needed and a set of steps for how to make the described meal. Well, an algorithm is just like that.
In this course, you will learn some of the most popular and useful algorithms for searching and sorting information, working with techniques like recursion, and understanding common data structures. We'll also get into the performance implications of different algorithms and how to evaluate the performance of a given algorithm. Each algorithm is shown in practice in Python, but the lessons can be applied to any programming language.
Who this course is for:
- Programmers
- Anyone interested in learning about Algorithm Programming
Instructor
![Joseph M.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
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I'm a data scientist and engineer. I'm passionate about data and machine learning and has worked on data science projects across numerous industries and applications. I've co-founded an AI company and led a team of data scientists to build a product which uses machine learning and optimization techniques to reduce energy consumption in data centers.