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    Learner Reviews & Feedback for Algorithmic Toolbox by University of California San Diego

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    About the Course

    This online course covers basic algorithmic techniques and ideas for computational problems arising frequently in practical applications: sorting
    and searching, divide and conquer, greedy algorithms, dynamic programming. We will learn a lot of theory: how to sort data and how it helps
    for searching; how to break a large problem into pieces and solve them recursively; when it makes sense to proceed greedily; how dynamic
    programming is used in genomic studies. You will practice solving computational problems, designing new algorithms, and implementing
    solutions efficiently (so that they run in less than a second).
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    Jan 20, 2021

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    The course was really amazing which provided deep knowledge from basic to advance that how algorithms works and how to design algorithms. Thanks to all the expert teachers who taught in this course.

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    Jan 20, 2017

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    I liked the fact that the algorithms are not just the introductory searching and sorting algorithms. The assignments are fairly difficult (I have decent scripting experience), but not impossibly so.

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    By Zuhaib U Z

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    Sep 2, 2019

    I think I learned a lot in this course and there has been a significant change in the level of programming I can do now and the level of programming I used to do before this course. Also I would like to thank all the professors.

    Thank you very much

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    By Kocić O

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    Feb 25, 2016

    This course does more then just teaching algorithms. It gives you insights and ideas that you can later use to build new algorithms. Personally, I think this is crucial, cause it helps you to build unique skill - reasoning about unknown problems.

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    By Hrishikesh P

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    Aug 29, 2020

    It was an awesome course but I found the explanations for Dynamic Programming Part-1 as well as Part-2 a little tough to understand. And also I am still not able to formulate the problems well. Also, similar experience for Divide and Conquer.

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    By Nzoji H

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    Jan 2, 2023

    Absolutely exceptional! Was able to apply immediately to my current work and the improvements were epic, in the magnitudes of 100X for one particular process.

    I truly recommend this course to everyone in all echelons of software development.

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    By Nick P

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    Oct 12, 2020

    I had fun taking this course. The assignments were challenging enough (if you complete them) that you needed to learn the material, which I can see being quite useful.

    I feel like this was a boon to my programming and problem solving skills.

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    By Hari K

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    Sep 9, 2020

    This course is wonderful, it gave me a strong base in programming. Even though i had to search for extra materials and had to spend lots of night wondering how these algos work, i think its worth.Thanks for providing such fabulous courses.

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    By Timur B

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    Jul 29, 2020

    Overall the course is good except some of the lectures. It gives a good overview and then you can find some better video o the Internet on the topics to complete the assignments and understand the subject better. The assignments are great.

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    By José A V M

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    Jun 3, 2016

    Very straight forward, this course comes from the basics and completes the theory with practice to ensure learning. 100% recommended for those who are not familiar with algorithms or those who want to have practice implementing and coding.

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    By Amrish K

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    Jun 28, 2020

    Hereby I tryly declare that this course is simply awesome and wonderful experience, one think is I didnt able to solve all problems, that is small guilty I felt. If I had a chance to know that algorithm for all problem, I am pretty happy.

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    By Sachith K

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    Feb 22, 2019

    I really appreciate the content of this course. It was well planned and had a nice flow. However have to say that in some instances the failed case cannot be viewed and I don't know why the grader only outputs "Failed case: Wrong answer".

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    By Wonjin K

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    Aug 1, 2018

    I graduated from electrical engineering, so, even though I am programming on a daily basis, I always wanted to learn about data structures and algorithms in more detail. This lecture gave me a good insight about algorithms. Very helpful!

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    By DHAMI R

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    Sep 22, 2020

    This introductory course is vrey well designed and taught, however, there can be improvement done in the teaching side otherwise everything was perfect I sincerely want to thank all my teachers who taught me a great deal in this course

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    By Rishabh R

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    Aug 18, 2020

    The assignments really helped me a lot. The good thing is since no solution is provided and no hints are given for a lot of the questions, you really have to do testing and debugging yourself which has made me more confident than before

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    By Abdur R

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    Jul 14, 2020

    Just finished this course. All I have to say is that this course is really really nice. I've learned lots of new things from this course. I enjoyed completing the assignments throughout this course.

    Dynamic Programming part was the best.

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    By Amr L O

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    Oct 15, 2016

    At my country I was dropped of the final year computer engineering and automatic control at engineering faculty due to health and financial conditions, with online courses I have the chance to prove what I can do, Thank you very much !!

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    By A V

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    Aug 30, 2020

    I love this course. I want to complete other courses also in this topic. You will amaze at clarifications given for each topic by lecturers. I strongly recommend this course if you want to learn some standard approaches in Programming.

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    By Stefano I

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    Oct 10, 2017

    It is nice how this course really guides you through different algorithmic ways to tackle problems. It is one of the few online courses that really forces you to spend time implementing and understanding algorithms. Highly recommended!

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    By Waleed O

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    Feb 17, 2017

    the course is very good , the best part is implementing the algorithm ,this will give you deep understanding of the algorithm also it will force you to improve your programming skills if you are a beginner , it was very useful for me .

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    By Arpan P

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    Jul 28, 2020

    This course can definitely boost up anyone's logic building skills to a whole another level. Just as it did in my case. Starting from scratch it will take you to a much higher level keeping the journey as pleasant as much it can be.

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    By Shubham K

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    Nov 2, 2016

    A good course , programming assignments are also good , even the discussion forums are good. Tutorials are wonderful everything is explained very clearly and hints are given at each point overall good for computer science undergrad.

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    By Mayank S

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    Mar 11, 2020

    A good course to start learning data structure....highly recommended for beginners....introduced with all the data structure and more importantly practiced various type of algo.......TEACHER SHOULD CLEAR PROBLEM MORE EFFICIENTLY...

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    By Akash D

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    May 23, 2017

    Very Nice Course Indeed, it's a complete package for anyone who wants to fully built himself/herself as a programmer! Everything seems to be very perfect about this course, be it the reading material or the programming assignments!

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    By Dhaval B

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    May 10, 2020

    It is really good for beginners and people who want to revise a few concepts. The professors teach well and the videos are good. I would have loved it if the programming assignments solutions were discussed after each assignment.

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    By Christopher B

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    Aug 2, 2016

    I love the fact that this course is language agnostic and really lets you learn about the underlying algorithms that make our software run faster. It is challenging, but definitely worth it if you are fond of a specific language!

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    By Gregory T M H

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    Oct 13, 2022

    Solid course! Challenging, but in the best way. Very good slides, resources, lectures, examples, and problem sets. This course is those serious about learning and actually being able to implement what you learn. Highly recommend

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