This course is a special edition of my Competitive Programming course, except in a Maymester format with more lecture/discussion and leveraging off the course location at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.

Development of strategies, techniques, and skills used in competitive programming contests. Topics include problem solving and programming techniques and algorithms. The course will meet daily for three weeks, May 9-27, 2011, and consist of 2-3 hours of lecture/discussion followed by 2-3 hours of lab practice. There will be frequent contests. Interaction with our hosts at Tsinghua University will be encouraged. (Tsinghua students are among the best competitors in the ACM International Collegiate Programming Competition.)

There will be plenty of opportunity to participate in local cultural events and activities while in China, including at least three planned excursions.

Credit: 3 hours. Prerequisite: CS 25100 (Data Structures).

Textbook: Programming Challenges, Steven S. Skiena and Miguel Revilla, Springer, 2003 (ISBN 978-0387001630).

Enrollment must be done through the Study Abroad site. Study Abroad course number is SA 10801.

If you are in need of special accommodations based on a disability, please let us know.