Online BRIDGES Workshop for Data Structure and Algorithms (April 23, 2020)

If you are interested in joining one of our online workshops, please drop us an email!

Using Discord

We will use Discord as the mechanism to talk and see each others screen. Here are the steps you'll need to take:

1. Install the Discord desktop app on your machine from here. Note that the is a web client to Discord but it is somewhat unreliable. The desktop app is much more reliable.

2. Join our BRIDGES Discord server https://discord.gg/nzWN3x using the Discord desktop app.

   1. In the discord app, hit the "add a server button", it is the + on the left bar
   2. A pop up will appear, select "join a server"
   3. Paste the link to the BRIDGES Discord server https://discord.gg/nzWN3x

3. Join the General voice channel by clicking on "General".

4. Ask on the #help-needed text channel if you have issues with Discord or anything!

Agenda

All times are in the EST time zone.

2:00pm - 2:15pm: Introduction

1. Presenter and participant introductions.

2. What is BRIDGES and how does it help? slides

Some papers about BRIDGES. CCSC CP 20 CCSC NE 20 SIGCSE 16

2:15pm - 2:25pm: Setup

1. Creating a bridges account. slides
2. Login into Cloud9. slides (Cloud9 credentials will be provided to you separately.)
3. Earthquakes! Problem description

2:25pm - 3:25pm: BRIDGES Playground for Data Structure and Algorithms

1. Data Structure track

   1. Shakespeare Favorite Words. Problem description
   2. The Six Degree of Kevin Bacon. Problem description

2. Algorithm track

   1. Sorting Implementations. Problem Description
   2. Routing in City. Problem Description

3:25pm - 3:30pm: Presenting BRIDGES Assignment Collection

3:30pm - 3:50pm: Questions/remarks from the audience

3:50pm - 3:55pm: BRIDGES Pitch slide

3:55pm - 4:00pm: Survey link

4:00pm: Adjourn