CS5114: Theory of Algorithms

Spring Semester 2010

This course (CRN 11940) meets MW 2:30-3:45pm in McBryde 332.

Instructor: Dr. Cliff Shaffer ()
2000A Torgersen Hall, x4354, Office Hours: M 3:45-5:00, W 1:00-2:00

GTA: Guanying Wang (wanggy@vt.edu)
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We are now done with class for the semester. Good luck with finals!
The course final exam will be on Monday, May 10 from 2:05-4:05.
A very interesting article has appeared in IEEE Software, entitled "How Pair Programming Really Works" by Stuart Wray (look here, but you might need to be going through the campus network to get access). Besides just being interesting to read, it is relevent to our class because he discusses aspects of why two people working together (in the right way) increases performance on programming, and on solving problems in general. If you follow what he says, especially about the process and benefits of verbalizing to another your problem-solving effort, then you are likely to perform much better on the homework problems.

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