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Domain Name:	claranguyen.me
Site Version:	3.0.1
Last Updated:	2019/08/18

Nice to meet you

I am Clara Nguyễn, a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville currently studying for a Master's Degree in Computer Science. I am working under the incredible Dr. Bradley T. Vander Zanden. I started as a teaching assistant in Fall 2016. On this site, I will provide examples and hints to your current lab assignment to give you that push needed to succeed. This site will have most of the resources I utilised during those lab sessions as well, so students won't miss out.

Classes

These are the courses I have TA'd for. Click a box to go to its respective page.

Data Structures and Algorithms I

Semester:	Fall 2020
Institution:	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Instructor:	Dr. Jens Gregor
Description:	More advanced C++ concepts, Introduction to lists, maps, binary search trees, etc.

Data Structures and Algorithms I

Semester:	Spring 2020
Institution:	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Instructor:	Dr. Bradley T. Vander Zanden
Description:	More advanced C++ concepts, Introduction to lists, maps, binary search trees, etc.

Data Structures and Algorithms II

Semester:	Fall 2019
Institution:	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Instructor:	Dr. Jens Gregor
Description:	Continuation of data structure concepts, as well as applications for them. Introduction to graphs, Dijkstra, Longest Common Subsequence, etc.

Data Structures and Algorithms I

Semester:	Spring 2019
Institution:	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Instructor:	Dr. Jens Gregor
Description:	More advanced C++ concepts, Introduction to lists, maps, binary search trees, etc.

Data Structures and Algorithms I

Semester:	Fall 2018
Institution:	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Instructor:	Dr. Bradley T. Vander Zanden
Description:	More advanced C++ concepts, Introduction to lists, maps, binary search trees, etc.

Data Structures and Algorithms I

Semester:	Spring 2018
Institution:	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Instructor:	Dr. Bradley T. Vander Zanden
Description:	More advanced C++ concepts, Introduction to lists, maps, binary search trees, etc.

Computer Organisation

Semester:	Fall 2017
Institution:	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Instructor:	Dr. Stephen Marz
Description:	Focus on lower level programming, how Bit-shifting operators work, more C++ concepts, and ARM Assembly.

Computer Organisation

Semester:	Spring 2017
Institution:	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Instructor:	Dr. Stephen Marz
Description:	Focus on lower level programming, how Bit-shifting operators work, more C++ concepts, and ARM Assembly.

Introduction to Computer Science

Semester:	Fall 2016
Institution:	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Instructor:	Dr. Stephen Marz
Description:	Introduction to C++, its functionality, and its uses in the world of software development. Students learn, from the ground up, how to do basic problem solving with C++.

Talks

During Graduate School, I have given several talks and presentations. This is a collection of the ones I made publicly available.

A Network Analysis of Modern Warfare 2

Type:	Class Presentation
Presenters:	Clara Nguyễn
Date:	2020/11/19
Class:	COSC 545 w/ Dr. Audris Mockus (Fundamentals of Digital Archeology)

Graph Theory Applications in Video Games

Type:	Class Presentation
Presenters:	Clara Nguyễn
Date:	2020/03/11
Class:	COSC 594 w/ Dr. Michael A. Langston (Graph Theory)

gextract: Graph Construction from Images

Type:	Class Presentation
Presenters:	Clara Nguyễn
Date:	2019/12/03
Class:	ECE 572 (Digital Image Processing)

Hamiltonian Paths & bitDP

Type:	Class Presentation
Presenters:	Clara Nguyễn & Natalie Bogda
Date:	2019/04/04
Class:	COSC 581 (Algorithms)

pThreads in a nUTshell

Type:	Lecture
Presenters:	Clara Nguyễn & Rach Offutt
Date:	2019/02/05
Class:	COSC 560 (Advanced Software Systems)

Topcoder Analysis - TheTreeAndMan

Type:	Class Presentation
Presenters:	Clara Nguyễn
Date:	2018/09/20
Class:	COSC 594 w/ Dr. James S. Plank (Advanced Algorithms)

Awards

Over my time at UTK, I've won a few awards for my contributions as TA. Here they are. Moving your mouse over an award will provide more details on it.

Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Assistant April 26, 2018

Given at the 2018 Gonzalez Family Awards Banquet. The event, stream, and details are available on this page.
Extraordinary Professional Promise April 27, 2020

"Extraordinary Professional Promise honors are awarded to undergraduate and graduate students who demonstrate professional promise in teaching, research or other contributions."

The award and details about it can be found on this page.
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant April 27, 2020

Announced at the 2020 Gonzalez Family Awards. The event and details are available on this page.

Pictures with my students

Each semester (starting from Fall 2017), I ask students during the final lab session if they want to take a picture with me outside near the Min H. Kao building (Students who choose not to, instead, stay and read the final lab writeup). Click the pictures below to view them in their full resolution.

Spring 2019 - COSC 140 (Section 1 & 2)

Timestamp: 2019/04/17 - 10:10:16
People (Left to Right): Back Row: Duncan Lehman, David Nguyễn, Tyler Senter, Brian Horsburgh, Daniel Pledger, Braden Martin. Front Row: Terryl Dodson, Vicki Tang, Paula Fernanda Olaya Garcia (CS140 GTA!), Clara Nguyễn (Me!), Jiuru Zhu, Camille Williford, Rekha Bhupatiraju

Fall 2018 - COSC 140 (Section 2)

Timestamp: 2018/11/28 - 13:12:20
People (Left to Right): Shivam Patel, Tom Hills, Alex Lambert, Clara Nguyễn, Rachel Harris, Madeline Phillips

Fall 2017 - COSC 130 (Section 3)

Timestamp: 2017/11/17 - 12:33:30
People (Left to Right): Charles Teffeteller, Lydia San George, ???, Todd Allen, Clara Nguyễn, Zaky Hussein, Isaac Sikkema, ???