Algorithms

Algorithms

1. Common language

2. a method for solving a problem

   • Study
     • 300 BC!
       • formalized
         • Church y Alan Turing (1930)

3. Impact

   • first
     • web search
     • packet routing
     • distributed file sharing
   • Second
     • human genome project
     • protein folding

4. Consequence

   • computer graphics
   • introduced movies
   • video games
   • Virtual reality

5. why should we study algorithms?

   • solve problems
   • may unlock the secrets of life and of the universe