Transform your Java development skills by mastering the secret to building high-performance, scalable applications: Binary Search Trees. This course includes comprehensive career development resources to help learners transition into software engineering and performance optimization roles. You’ll receive guidance on exploring career paths in backend engineering, systems performance engineering, and Java development. Learners will also discover how to build job-ready portfolios showcasing data structure and algorithm projects, optimize resumes with performance-tuning and Java-specific keywords, and prepare for technical interviews focused on Binary Search Trees, complexity analysis, and balancing techniques. By the end of this course, you’ll have the skills to confidently implement and optimize Binary Search Trees in Java, diagnose and prevent performance bottlenecks caused by skewed trees, and apply balancing techniques to enhance runtime efficiency and search performance.
Manage Binary Trees for Java Performance
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Manage Binary Trees for Java Performance
This course is part of Level Up: Java-Powered Machine Learning Specialization
Instructors: Sonali Sen Baidya
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What you'll learn
Apply node-insertion and deletion operations in Java to maintain a Binary Search Tree.
Evaluate the time complexity of search, insertion, and deletion operations for both balanced and skewed BSTs.
Demonstrate balancing techniques (e.g., AVL rotations) to improve BST performance.
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There are 3 modules in this course
This module introduces the fundamentals of Binary Search Trees (BSTs) and demonstrates how the structure of a tree—whether balanced or skewed—directly affects search performance in Java applications. Learners will explore BST properties, node insertion and deletion rules, and tree traversal techniques, gaining hands-on experience to understand how different insertion patterns impact tree shape and efficiency.
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4 videos2 readings1 peer review
This module introduces learners to the performance characteristics of Binary Search Trees in Java. It emphasizes the role of tree height in determining runtime efficiency and contrasting balanced and skewed structures. Learners will explore the time complexity of search, insertion, and deletion operations, analyze performance through code benchmarks, and use visualization tools to understand how insertion patterns impact efficiency.
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3 videos1 reading1 peer review
This module introduces learners to balancing techniques that maintain BST performance over time. It covers why skew occurs, how rotations restore balance, and how self-balancing trees (e.g., AVL) guarantee O(log n) operations. Learners will explore rotation algorithms, practice rebalancing skewed trees, and apply optimization strategies to ensure consistent runtime efficiency in Java applications.
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4 videos1 reading1 assignment2 peer reviews
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