Automata and Computability
Completed by Afrah Shaikh
April 1, 2026
63 hours (approximately)
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What you will learn
Master finite automata, pushdown automata, and Turing machines to analyse computation limits and formal language processing.
Understand computability, NP-completeness, and complexity classes to assess problem-solving limits in theoretical computer science.
Apply proof techniques and logic to formalise computational models, algorithmic efficiency, and automata-based problem-solving.
Construct regular expressions and context-free grammars to solve pattern matching and parsing problems in software engineering.
Skills you will gain
- Category: Algorithms
- Category: Theoretical Computer Science
- Category: Mathematical Theory & Analysis
- Category: Formal Learning
- Category: Computational Thinking
- Category: Deductive Reasoning
- Category: Graph Theory
- Category: Computer Science
- Category: Logical Reasoning
- Category: Computational Logic

