Summer Institute 2012 Schedule


 * Class location: University Memorial Center, Room 235 

Sunday 6/3/12
Afternoon: Residential participants arriving at Sewall Hall. If you drive to CU, check in at the dorm, get a parking permit, then go park your car.


 * Evening: Dinner for residential participants, meet in front of the dorm at 6:00 pm to walk down to the Dushanbe Tea House. For those who need a ride, we can arrange to carpool when everybody checks in.

Monday 6/4/12

 * Goal: Introductions, Introduction to Computational Thinking Patterns;
 * Frogger module completed with game built and submitted
 * Patterns: generate, collision, transport, absorb, user control (cursor)

Tuesday 6/5/12

 * Goal: Fun House module mostly completed with game built and submitted; intro to Artificial Intelligence for games


 * Patterns: user control (cursor), diffusion, hill climbing,

Wednesday 6/6/12
Goals: Using knowledge from day 1 and 2, investigate CTPs, debugging and CS education Patterns: use all patterns End of Day 3 Survey

Dorm Lodger Dinner at BJ's Restaurant on Pearl Street starting 6:30 pm: North on Broadway, West (left) on Pearl Street, BJs is on your right, middle of the block.

Thursday 6/7/12
Goal: Introduction to Computational Science for STEM

Everyone dinner at Tossa Italian/Pizza at 6:30 pm: Folsom Ave and Arapahoe Ave - North on 18th (East side of Euclid parking garage), East on Colorado Ave, North on Folsom Ave to the bottom of the hill and beyond to Arapahoe. Turn right on Arapahoe - Tossa is on your right.

Friday 6/8/12
End of Day 5 Survey If this is your check-out day, you need to check-out before coming to the UMC. Goals: Advanced Computational Science for STEM

Saturday 6/9/12
LOCATION CHANGE: ATLAS Institute 102 - 18th Ave and Colorado. Dorm lodger breakfast in the courtyard of Sewall Hall 7:45 - 8:30. If this is your check-out day, you need to check-out before coming to ATLAS.

Goal: What is 3D and how to use it?

Dorm lodger dinner at Rincon Del Sol 6:30 pm: Folsom and Arapahoe SW corner - North on 18th (the road ATLAS main entrance faces), East on Colorado, North on Folsom down the hill to Arapahoe. West/left on Arapahoe and Rincon is on your left.

Sunday 6/10/12
Dorm lodger breakfast in the courtyard of Sewall Hall 7:45 - 8:30. Everyone needs to check out after breakfast before coming to ATLAS.

Goal: Make a complete SIMs game, learn more about debugging

2012 Summer Insttute

Class assignment keys for original arcade (NOTE: the "-" sign is part of the key):

Frogger: -84474713

Bouncing Ball: 916648543

Diffusion (aggregation): -197873992

Forest Fire: 1013869929

Fun House: 1034652678

Sorting: -472629182

Contagion: 847047794

Mazecraze: 1372948145

3D Sims: 1225724853

My own game: 827621952

(blank class name): 1283238880