Summary

• Class 00 - 27-August-2013
• Class 01 - 3-September-2013
• Class 02 - 10-September-2013
• Class 03 - 17-September-2013
• Class 04 - 24-September-2013
• Class 05 - 1-October-2013
• Class 06 - 8-October-2013
• Class 07 - 15-October-2013
• Class 08 - 22-October-2013
• Class 09 - 29-October-2013
• ACM South Central Regional Programming Contest - 2-November-2013
• Class 10 - 5-November-2013
• Class 11 - 12-November-2013
• Class 12 - 19-November-2013
• Class 13 - 26-November-2013
• Final - 3-December-2013

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Class 00: 27-August-2013

• Introduction class
• Covered class policy (follow the outline link)
  • be sure to start on the activities under required
• Talked about being a student. The process of being a student can be thought of as a game (as can any attempt to achieve a goal). All games have rules. Knowing the rules makes it much easier to succeed in a game. In some games, different players have different rules (students ahve a different handbook than faculty). Reading both allows a student to view the game from both perspectives.
• This class has value:
  • communication skills
  • team participation
  • resource management
  • ...
• Discussed the 3 sets of 3 rules for improving grades
• A little about how menory works
• A little about how conscious and subconscious mind work
• One problem discussed:

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Class 01: 3-September-2013

• more new people came -- had to review some class stuff
• More -- how do you succeed if you do not know the rules
• Experience -- blinders that limit options
• We agreed to meet at 6:00 next week and then at 6:20 go to the Microsoft contest
• More about communication and resumes
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• Three problem discussed:

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Class 02: 10-September-2013

• ACM Meeting tomorrow
• volleyball
• Upcoming UVA Contests
• Microsft Coding Challenge

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Class 03: 17-September-2013

• Talked about diminishing. Any time you do not prepare prperly, you diminish your chance of success. Preparing properly can include studying, practicing, learning the rules, and many other things. Our goal should be to arrive at each challenge with as many disadvantages as possible removed.
• We discussed the MS Coding Challenge and a number of ideas came up
  • Not being famaliar with the laptop used slowed progress
  • Not looking through all the problems resulted in some poor choices
  • Reading data in can be challenging
• Here is a link to the problems and sample data they used.
• We talked about the first one.

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Class 04: 24-September-2013

• reviewed the idea of not diminishing your chances
• North American Qualifier
• Deadline for signup for qualifier is Sept 30.
• Talked about some MS problems:
  • TextQueryMatch
  • Replacement Grammar

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Class 05: 1-October-2013

• Discussed approaches for contest
• Talked about upcoming North American Qualifier

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Class 06: 8-October-2013

• Announcements
  • ACM BBQ (Oct 23)
  • Techpawlooza Oct 9
  • ACM Meeting Oct 9 - PFT 1111
  • CCT screening
• Fundamental Programming Ideas/Concepts
  • SlashDot Article
  • First List
  • Blog

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Class 07: 15-October-2013

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Class 08: 22-October-2013

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Class 09: 29-October-2013

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Class regional: 2-November-2013

• ACM ICPC South Central Regional Programming Contest

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Class 10: 5-November-2013

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Class 11: 12-November-2013

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Class 12: 19-November-2013

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Class 13: 26-November-2013

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Class 14: 3-December-2013

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