Algorithms

An algorithm is, in layman's terms, a method to go about achieving a particular task. Usually, this task is meant to be performed by a computer or other machine, like calculations and data analysis; however, its definition can be easily extended to tasks in everyday life and other situations.

Resources and readings

• Overview
• Introduction to Algorithms

Wikipedia

• Wikipedia: Algorithm

Wikibooks

• Wikibooks: Algorithms

External

Full Video Lecture Series

Each of these is a full series of lectures on algorithms, as well as some other course materials. These are designed as roughly third-year courses in computer science.

• MIT
• ArsDigita University
• IIT Bombay

Open source software

• Algorithmic projects at Sourceforge
• jSVR - GPL'd Java program that creates 3D models out of 2D images.
• Fast Genetic Algorithm Library 1.0.2
• Multicore Swarm - Libs for writing code for multi-core chips.

Data compression

• QUAD
• File-transfer
• ZZIPlib Library
• Dot 100 Audio Compression (1/100th)
• KGB Archiver

Document formats

• DjVuLibre

Related news

• March 30, 2007 - Better algorithms for image labeling created.

Miscellaneous

• Some papers on genetic algorithms

Learning videos

• The Most Important Algorithm Of All Time (Fast Fourier Transform)