Studying at the University of Verona
Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.
Academic calendar
The academic calendar shows the deadlines and scheduled events that are relevant to students, teaching and technical-administrative staff of the University. Public holidays and University closures are also indicated. The academic year normally begins on 1 October each year and ends on 30 September of the following year.
Course calendar
The Academic Calendar sets out the degree programme lecture and exam timetables, as well as the relevant university closure dates..
Period | From | To |
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1° Q - 2° anno e successivi | Sep 27, 2004 | Nov 26, 2004 |
2° Q | Jan 10, 2005 | Mar 11, 2005 |
3° Q | Apr 11, 2005 | Jun 10, 2005 |
Session | From | To |
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1st exam session | Dec 6, 2004 | Dec 17, 2004 |
2nd exam session | Mar 21, 2005 | Apr 8, 2005 |
Summer term | Jun 20, 2005 | Jul 15, 2005 |
Autumn term | Sep 5, 2005 | Sep 30, 2005 |
Session | From | To |
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Extra term | Dec 15, 2004 | Dec 15, 2004 |
Winter term | Mar 15, 2005 | Mar 15, 2005 |
Summer term | Jul 20, 2005 | Jul 20, 2005 |
Autumn term | Sep 21, 2005 | Sep 21, 2005 |
Period | From | To |
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All Saints Day | Nov 1, 2004 | Nov 1, 2004 |
Immaculate Conception Day | Dec 8, 2004 | Dec 8, 2004 |
Christmas holidays | Dec 22, 2004 | Jan 6, 2005 |
Easter holidays | Mar 24, 2005 | Mar 29, 2005 |
Labour Day | May 1, 2005 | May 1, 2005 |
Patron Saint's Day S. Zeno | May 21, 2005 | May 21, 2005 |
The Day of the Republic | Jun 2, 2005 | Jun 2, 2005 |
Summer holidays | Jul 25, 2005 | Aug 31, 2005 |
Exam calendar
Exam dates and rounds are managed by the relevant Science and Engineering Teaching and Student Services Unit.
To view all the exam sessions available, please use the Exam dashboard on ESSE3.
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Academic staff
Squassina Marco
marco.squassina@univr.it +39 045 802 7913Study Plan
The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.
3° Year activated in the A.Y. 2006/2007
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5° Year activated in the A.Y. 2008/2009
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Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)
TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
Advanced algorithms (2007/2008)
Teaching code
4S01076
Teacher
Credits
5
Also offered in courses:
- Advanced algorithms of the course Masters in Intelligent and Multimedia Systems
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
INF/01 - INFORMATICS
Period
3° Q dal Apr 7, 2008 al Jun 13, 2008.
Learning outcomes
The goal of this course is to introduce some advanced paradigms for algorithms development and analysis in order to solve optimization problems.
Program
Main concepts recall about computational problems: definition, instances, encoding, precise and approximate models. Optimization computational problem.
Main concepts recall about algorithms: computational resources, input encoding, input size/cost, computational time. Worst and average analysis. Computational time and growth order.
Computational time vs. hardware improvements: main relations. Efficient algorithms and tractable problems.
Divide et impera paradigm
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Definition and application to some problems.
Greedy paradigm
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Definition and application to some problems. Matroids and greedy algorithms.
Backtracking technique
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Definition and application to some problems.
Branch & Bound technique
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Definition and application to some problems.
Dynamic programming paradigm
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Definition and application to some problems.
Memoization and Dynamic programming.
Local search tecnique
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Definition and application to some problems.
Approximations algorithms
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Definition and some application examples.
Simulated annealing.
Tabù search.
Probabilistic algorithms
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Definition and few application examples.
Numerical probabilistic algorithms, Monte Carlo algorithms and Las Vegas algorithms. Examples: Buffon's needle, Pattern Matching and Universal hashing.
Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
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Sanjoy Dasgupta, Christos Papadimitriou, Umesh Vazirani | Algorithms (Edizione 1) | McGraw-Hill Higher Education | 2007 | 978-0-07-352340-8 | |
Alan Bertossi | Algoritmi e strutture dati (Edizione 1) | UTET | 2000 | 88-7750-611-3 | |
G. Brassard, P. Bratley | Fundamentals of Algorithms | Prentice-Hall | 1996 | 0133350681 | |
R. C. T. Lee, S. S. Tseng, R. C. Chang, Y. T. Tsai | Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Algorithms (Edizione 1) | McGraw-Hill Education | 2005 | 007-124346-1 | |
T. Cormen, C. Leiserson, R. Rivest, C. Stein | Introduzione agli Algoritmi e Strutture Dati (Edizione 2) | McGraw-Hill | 2005 | 88-386-6251-7 |
Examination Methods
The final exam consists of a written part followed, if it is sufficient, by an oral part.
Teaching materials e documents
- Programma dettagliato (html, it, 14 KB, 06/06/08)
Type D and Type F activities
Documents and news
- Brochure piano didattico (pdf, it, 10 KB, 11/08/04)
- Manifesto del corso di studi (pdf, it, 18 KB, 06/10/04)
Modules not yet included
Career prospects
Module/Programme news
News for students
There you will find information, resources and services useful during your time at the University (Student’s exam record, your study plan on ESSE3, Distance Learning courses, university email account, office forms, administrative procedures, etc.). You can log into MyUnivr with your GIA login details: only in this way will you be able to receive notification of all the notices from your teachers and your secretariat via email and soon also via the Univr app.