Objectives of the Course

At the end of the course, you will have (we hope!):

• Elegant and deep ``problem solving'' skills.
• Expertise in algorithmic thinking and algorithm design.
• Fairly sophisticated programming skills including:
  • Clear (mathematical/formal) specification of the problem.
  • Design and analysis of an algorithm to solve the problem.
  • Coding the algorithm in Fortran (and C)
  • Testing and debugging your code.
  • Bonus: Reasoning about and Verification of your code.

What are your expectations?

How would you rank yourself with respect to above objectives?