CmpE 350 - Formal Languages and Automata Theory

Spring Semester 2005

 


 

Announcements

HKD 201

HKD 301

HKD 201

HKD 301

 


 

Catalog Data:

Strings and Languages. Classification of Grammars. Finite-state automata and regular expressions. Push-down automata and context-free grammars. Turing machines.

Textbook:

Michael Sipser. Introduction to the Theory of Computation. PWS Publishing Company, 1997.

Instructor:

Cem Say

 

 

 

Prerequisite:

CmpE 220 or equivalent

Topics:

  1. Strings and Languages
  2. Finite Automata and Regular Languages
  3. Context-free Languages
  4. The Church-Turing Thesis
  5. Decidability
  6. Reducibility

Midterm dates:

March 16, April 13, May 11

Midterm places:

HKD 201, HKD 301

Computer Usage:

None

Laboratory projects:

None.

Assistants:

Albert Ali Salah, Itır Karaç