Canberra Computer Science Enrichment - Sessions

Sessions are held Friday afternoons 17:00-18:30 during school terms, at the Mathematical Sciences Institute, Hanna Neumann Building 145, at ANU.

Term 4 2022 : 14 October-18 November

Date Presenter Topic
14 October Nicholas Cryptography CTF Challenges Problems RSA Cheatsheet
21 October Nicholas Assembly Programming
28 October Nicholas Lambda Calculus
4 November Sid Chi-Kin Chau Online Algorithms
11 November Nicholas Introduction to Haskell
18 November - Q&A Session

Term 3 2022 : 5 August–16 September

Date Presenter Topic
5 August Nicholas Introduction to Digital Logic Part 1
12 August Nicholas Introduction to Digital Logic Part 2
19 August Nicholas Introduction to Digital Logic Part 3
26 August Nicholas Introduction to Digital Logic Part 4
2 September Dirk Floating-point Representations and Errors
9 September Nicholas Neural networks and genetic algorithms Code
16 September Artem Lenskiy Intro to encryption Code

Term 2 2022 : 13 May–24 June

Date Presenter Topic
13 May Pascal Bercher Introduction to Classical Planning PDDL Models PDDL Editor Lecture Recording
20 May Dirk Algorithmic Thinking
27 May Angus Epidemic modelling
3 June Alban Grastien Path Finding
10 June Nicholas Seam Carving Code
17 June Angus Password Cracking
24 June Artem Lenskiy Intro to Machine Learning

Term 1 2022 : 25 February–8 April

Date Presenter Topic
25 February Dirk Logic 1
4 March Dirk Logic 2
11 March - Cancelled
18 March Dirk Logic 3
25 March Nicholas Maze Generation Code
1 April Dirk Unix Hacking
8 April Dirk Unix Hacking

Term 1 2021 : 19 February–26 March

Date Presenter Topic
19 February Josh introduction: symbolic systems
26 February Josh Turing machines
5 March Josh formal grammars
12 March Josh computational thinking; ACAT
19 March Robin artificial intelligence and consciousness
26 March Paul embedded systems; building an air quality monitor

Term 2 2021: 7 May–18 June

Date Presenter Topic
7 May Josh cellular automata
14 May Josh agent-based modeling
21 May Josh intelligent agents
28 May Josh intelligent agents
4 June Kenneth computational science: supercomputers, math, and earthquakes
11 June Kenneth earthquake simulation
18 June Peter and Cassy Designing a Programming Language from scratch

Term 3 2021: 23 July–10 September

Date Presenter Topic
23 Jul Alban Path-finding for robots and agents
30 Jul Josh free and open-source software
6 Aug Josh search problems
13 Aug - cancelled due to Canberra lockdown
20 Aug Artem Bitcoin and Blockchain
27 Aug Allie Computational Thinking / Game AI
3 Sep Allie Computational Thinking / Game AI
10 Sep Cassy Google Beginner CTF

Term 4 2021: 8 October–12 November

Date Presenter Topic
8 Oct Josh Game development with PyGame
15 Oct Penny Games and XR
22 Oct Josh Information theory
29 Oct    
5 Nov David Game theory
12 Nov   no formal session - Q&A only

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