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Computational Geometry Concept Videos: A Dual-Use Project in Education and Outreach (Media Exposition)

Authors Marjolein Haagsman , Maarten Löffler , Carola Wenk

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Marjolein Haagsman
  • Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Maarten Löffler
  • Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Carola Wenk
  • Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA

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  • Wenk, Carola: Partially supported by NSF-CCF 2107434.

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Marjolein Haagsman, Maarten Löffler, and Carola Wenk. Computational Geometry Concept Videos: A Dual-Use Project in Education and Outreach (Media Exposition). In 40th International Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG 2024). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 293, pp. 88:1-88:4, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2024)
https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.SoCG.2024.88

Abstract

We present a series of nine Computational Geometry Concept Videos, available on Youtube. The videos are aimed at a general audience and introduce concepts ranging from closest and farthest pairs to data structures for range searching and for point location. The video series grew out of the development of an online graduate course on computational geometry, and the beginning portions of the videos are used in the course to motivate the concept and to tie it to a "real" problem in New Orleans. Thus our videos serve a dual purpose of outreach and education.

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  • Social and professional topics → Computing education
  • Applied computing → Distance learning
  • Theory of computation → Computational geometry
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  • Computational geometry concepts
  • videos
  • online education

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