Calendar

SESS # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Introduction  
2 3-partition I Problem Set 1 Out
3 3-partition II, 2–partition  
4 SAT (Satisfiability)  
5 SAT Reductions  
6 Circuit SAT

Problem Set 1 Due one day before Session 6,

Problem Set 2 Out

7 Planar SAT  
8 Hamiltonicity Project Proposal Out
9 Graph Problems  
10 Inapproximability Introduction Problem Set 2 Due one day after Session 10
11 Inapproximability Examples Problem Set 3 Out one day after Session 11
12 Gap Inapproximability  
13 Parameterized Complexity I: W Hierarchy  
14 Parameterized Complexity II: ETH & Planar Problem Set 3 Due one day after Session 14
15 P and ASP  
16 NP & PSPACE Video Games Project Proposal Due one day after Session 16
17 Nondeterministic Constraint Logic Problem Set 4 Out one day after Session 17
18 0- and 2–player Games  
19 More Games  
20 Undecidability & P-completeness Problem Set 4 Due one day before Session 20
21 3SUM & APSP  
22 PPAD (guest lecture by Constantinos Daskalakis)  
23 PPAD Reductions (guest lecture by Constantinos Daskalakis) Project Paper Due