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Lecturer: Dr M.E. Van Inwegen (mvi20@cl.cam.ac.uk)

No. of classes: 4

Aims

The aims of the course are to illustrate, through working out examples, the most important points introduced in Foundations of Computer Science.

Classes

In these classes we work through examples, entering them in a computer and displaying the results with a projector. The examples range from basic to advanced, and are chosen to illustrate specific concepts. The examples are often partly pre-prepared, and all that needs to be done is to complete them. The sessions are very interactive, and student participation is not only encouraged but requested.

Objectives

By the end of the course students should

• understand how to break a programming task into a collection of functions that accomplish the task

• know how to define data structures that suit the situation

• know how to define a function by case analysis over the data structure

• know how to write a recursive function

• be able to identify error situations and make an appropriate response

• have a basic idea of how to analyse a function for its running time behaviour