Making programming contest practice worthy of academic credit (abstract only)
Julie L. Johnson · 2013
The ACM Intercollegiate Programming Contest is probably the most prestigious competition of its kind. Decomposing problems into familiar algorithms; making tradeoffs between efficiency and complexity; working on a team under pressure; not only are these skills needed to compete successfully in such a contest, but are also highly valued in industry. The focus of this poster is to describe a course recently added to the curriculum at Vanderbilt University that centers on programming contest skills and yet, somewhat surprisingly, encompasses several significant learning objectives.