PRINCIPLES 3 - HOLIDAY CODING CAMP FOR AGES 13 - 18
DATA STRUCTURES
PREREQUISITES: PRINCIPLES 2
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MANY PROBLEMS THAT WE TRY TO SOLVE TEND TO TAKE PLACE IN THE REAL,
PHYSICAL WORLD; MUCH OF PROBLEM SOLVING USING COMPUTER PROGRAMMING,
HOWEVER, TAKES PLACE IN THE VIRTUAL SOLUTIONING SPACE OF A COMPUTER
PROGRAM. DATA STRUCTURES ARE THE TOOLS IN COMPUTER PROGRAMMING THAT
HELP US BRIDGE THIS DIVIDE - ALLOWING US TO CAPTURE THE FEATURES OF
REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS BY EXPRESSING THEM AS DETAILED DATA IN OUR
COMPUTER PROGRAMS, WHICH CAN THEN BE MANIPULATED TOWARDS A SOLUTION.
IN THE PHYSICAL WORLD, MANY PEOPLE SOLVE PROBLEMS THROUGH ANALOGY -
REHASHING AND REUSING SOLUTIONS TO OLD PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE SEEN TO
SOLVE NEW PROBLEMS THAT LOOK AND FEEL FAMILIAR. IN COMPUTER SCIENCE,
THE STUDY OF HOW TO SOLVE SPECIFIC PROBLEMS BY FOCUSING ON THE GENERAL
SHARED TRAITS BETWEEN THEM IS WHAT COMPUTER SCIENTISTS CALL
ABSTRACTION. CODE CAMPERS WILL LEARN HOW TO USE THE GENERAL, ABSTRACT
DATA STRUCTURES LIKE LISTS AND DICTIONARIES BY ADAPTING THEM TO FIT
THE SPECIFIC CONTEXT OF THE PROBLEM AT HAND. THIS EFFICIENT APPROACH
TO PROBLEM SOLVING IS WHAT ENABLES FINANCIAL CODERS TO CREATE
PROGRAMMATIC REPRESENTATIONS OF STOCKS AND BONDS TO MODEL MARKET
PRICES, AND BIOINFORMATICS RESEARCHERS TO CODE UP THE HUMAN GENOME TO
STUDY ITS PROPERTIES.
AFTER THIS COURSE, STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO USE DATA STRUCTURES TO
FASHION MORE COMPLEX, DETAILED AND POWERFUL COMPUTER PROGRAMS. BY
APPLYING THEIR NEW KNOWLEDGE ACROSS VARIOUS CONTEXTS, THEY WILL
DEVELOP THE SKILLS TO DISCOVER THE COMMONALITIES IN THE STRUCTURES OF
PROBLEMS IN DIFFERENT DOMAINS AND DESIGN GENERAL SOLUTIONS TO THESE
PROBLEMS.
COURSE SCHEDULE
THIS IS A 15 HOUR COURSE. LESSONS WILL BE CONDUCTED OVER 5 DAYS, 22
JUL - 26 JUL, 10AM - 1PM AT OUR BUKIT TIMAH CAMPUS (#02-01A KING'S
ARCADE).
_**DO NOTE THAT WE REQUIRE A MINIMUM OF 2 CODE CAMPERS TO START A
CLASS. YOU WILL BE FULLY REFUNDED IF THE CLASS MINIMUM IS NOT
FULFILLED._
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