CS3233 Course Information

CS3233 Competitive Programming

This module aims to prepare students in competitive problem solving in computing -- covering techniques for attacking, solving, and writing computer programs for challenging computational problems. It also covers algorithmic and programming language toolkits used in problem solving supported by the solution of representative or well-known problems in the various algorithmic paradigms. The course will be a hands-on course with weekly problem sets to be solved.

Instructor: Andrew Lim (S16 8-05, 874-6891, alim)
TA: Andy Kurnia (S16 6-14, 874-8951, andykurn)
TA: Fu Zhaohui (S15 4-23, 874-6729, fuzh)

Course Webpage: http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~cs3233/2000/
Course Schedule: S16 2-TR1 Saturday 9:30am-12:30pm, no exam

What you will gain:

• Competitive programming skills
• Research background in experimental aspects of problem solving and algorithms
• Deeper understanding of some of the algorithms explained theoretically in CS3230 and CS6204
• Practice in problem solving, programming, experimentation, advanced development work, data structures and algorithms
• More sweat, more fun, less theoretical stuffs
• A good grade, as 50% is enough to get A- (in 1999, we awarded 4 A+, 3 A, and 1 B+ to eight students)
• Prize for top student
• Chance to represent NUS in the annual ACM International Inter-collegiate Programming Contest
• Chance to get free trips to contests, allowances, and possible prize moneys

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