After successful completion of the course, students are able to

• describe important concepts of a modern programming language
• implement small programs
• design and implement simple algorithms
• compare the complexity of selected algorithms and justify the selection of an algorithm for a given problem

The following topics are covered in this course:

• basic programming concepts (variables, data types, branches, loops)
• functions and recursion
• lists and dictionaries
• testing and debugging
• exceptions
• classes and OOP
• complexity of algorithms
• searching algorithms
• sorting algorithms
• stack and queue
• trees

Python is used as programming language.

• lectures with discussions (live stream and recordings will be available)
• exercise sheets
• discussion of exercise sheets during exercise part of lectures
• programming test
• test (TUWEL) for algorithmic topics
• q&a sessions (online, optional)

Preliminary lecture: Thursday, March 2, 2023 from 6:15 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.,

Lectures are on Monday, 6:15 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. and  Thursday 6:15 p.m. - 9:00 p.m in room GM 1.

Streaming / recordings: the lectures are streamed live via Lecture Tube. Recordings are available after they have been proceseed by the Lecture Tube team (approx. 3 working days later).

Workload estimation (ECTS Breakdown): 125 hours = 5 ECTS

•     lecture attendance (45 hours)
•     homework exercises (55 hours)
•     test preparation (25 hours)

All information, documents and exercises will be available on the TUWEL platform of the course.

For further questions please send an e-mail to: gpa@list.tuwien.ac.at

The grading is based on the performance during the labs:

• number of solved examples from 8 exercise sheets
• three tests, the best two tests count
  • programming test
  • TUWEL test
  • extra test (programming test)

Tests will in person in the lecture hall.Each student is required to bring their own Laptop for taking the exam. If this is not possible at all or in case of health concerns, please contact the course team.

In light of the uncertainties due to the COVID pandemic it is possible that the terms of the tests change to an oline format.

This course is offered for studies with code numbers starting with 045 006. Registrations with other code numbers will be refused.