Binary search trees, dynamic arrays, matrix multiplication — these are some of the reasons that more than 50 students traveled to San Diego in July as part of the 2nd Annual XSEDE (Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment) conference.
The Student Programming Competition started in 2011 when the National Science Foundation (NSF) cyberinfrastructure initiative was known as the TeraGrid. This year it has matured under the direction of Ange Mason and a handful of committed teachers and outreach representatives from Shodor, Contra Costa Community College, the University of Washington, Louisiana State University, and the Louisiana School of Math, Science and the Arts.
“We want students to realize their potential with analytical thinking in joining the competition,” said Mason, who chaired the XSEDE13 student program and works as the Education and Outreach Coordinator for the San Diego Supercomputer Center. “I’m hoping this pushes them in the right direction to challenge themselves and to go outside their comfort zone.”
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