By the end of this course, you will stop seeing a messy spreadsheet. You will see a matrix. You will see constraints. And you will see a path to the optimal solution.
In an era of AI and Big Data, optimization is the hidden engine. Every time you see an Uber matched with a rider, a warehouse robot avoiding a collision, or a Netflix server caching a movie—that is INF8770 in action. Inf8770
Build a simple Plotly or Matplotlib dashboard. When the TA sees your algorithm finding a route in real-time on a map of Montreal, you guarantee a high grade. Presentation is half the battle. Is INF8770 worth the pain? Yes. Absolutely. By the end of this course, you will
But let’s be real: It is also the class where many of us first encounter the existential dread of problems. And you will see a path to the optimal solution
You will spend hours tweaking the temperature decay rate in Simulated Annealing. Set a time limit. A mediocre algorithm with a perfect literature review often scores higher than a perfect algorithm with no documentation.
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