CS3120 - Discrete Math and Theory 2 (Theory of Computation)

Introduction | Repository contents | Head TAs | Office Hours | Contributing to this repository | Course description | License

Introduction

The repository contains content for CS3120 - Discrete Math and Theory 2 at the University of Virginia.

Course Description

The goal of this course is to understand the fundamental limits on what can be efficiently computed. These limits reveal properties about information, communication, and computing, as well as practical issues about how to solve problems. Introduces computation theory including grammars, automata, and Turing machines.

Repository Contents

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Discussion Section

Discussion Section Information

Our graduate TA, Kallie Whritenour will host a discussion section. The discussion will take place Fridays from 12-1pm in Rice 340. Please stop by for review of course materials, group assistance on homework problems, and other additional useful material involving the course.

Contacting Course Staff

There are a couple of ways you can contact course staff or other students if you need assistance. Please do your best to select the method that best fits your issue(s):

Instructor and Head TAs

We have one instructor and multiple Head TAs for this course. Their names and emails are shown in the table below. Each head TA is responsible for a specific category (e.g., quiz grading, office hours, etc.). Students should always contact the relevant head ta first, as the primary point of contact regarding issues in each category. Instructors are often slow at responding and the head TAs can more quickly address your concern or escalate the situation to an instructor if necessary.

Instructors / Head TAs

Name Head TA / Inst. TA Category Email
Mark Floryan Instructor - mrf8t@virginia.edu
Kallie Whritenour Graduate TA - kw5km@virginia.edu
Liran Li Head TA Homework Grading zqj6pe@virginia.edu
Arjuna Bazaz Head TA Piazza ab3ss@virginia.edu
Bereket Tafesse Head TA HW Extensions uqs3dq@virginia.edu
Strom Norcross Head TA Regrades ywu6av@virginia.edu
Mia McCarrick Head TA Office Hours auf7cw@virginia.edu
Weici Zhao Head TA Quiz Grading qan6vg@virginia.edu

Office Hours Description and Schedule

Office Hours Queue

Our office hours queue can be found here.

Office Hours Locations:

All TA office hours will be held in Thornton Stacks. Floryan’s office hours are in Rice 203.

Floryan’s Office Hours (Rice 203)

Kallie’s Office Hours (Rice 110)

TA Office Hours:

License

The material in this repository is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA).