Matthew Ferland

According to our database, Matthew Ferland authored at least 16 papers between 2017 and 2025.

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2025

Construction and Preliminary Validation of a Dynamic Programming Concept Inventory.

Matthew Ferland, Varun Nagaraj Rao, Arushi Arora, Drew van der Poel, Michael Luu, Randy Huynh, Frederick Reiber, Sandra Ossman, Seth Poulsen, Michael Shindler

Proceedings of the 56th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 1, 2025

2024

Results of an Online Algorithms Course with Mastery Grading and Optional Oral Examination.

Matthew Ferland

J. Comput. Sci. Coll., 2024

A Survey of Undergraduate Theory of Computation Curricula in the United States.

Ryan E. Dougherty, Tim Randolph, Tzu-Yi Chen, Jeff Erickson, Matthew Ferland, Dennis Komm, Jonathan Liu, Timothy Ng, Ana Smaranda Sandu, Michael Shindler, Edward Talmage, Thomas Zeume

Proceedings of the 2024 Working Group Reports on 1st ACM Virtual Global Computing Education Conference, 2024

A Survey of Undergraduate Theory of Computing Curricula.

Ryan E. Dougherty, Tim Randolph, Tzu-Yi Chen, Jeff Erickson, Matthew Ferland, Dennis Komm, Jonathan Liu, Timothy Ng, Seth Poulsen, Smaranda Sandu, Michael Shindler, Edward Talmage, Thomas Zeume

Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Virtual Global Computing Education Conference V. 2, 2024

A Tractability Gap Beyond Nim-Sums: It's Hard to Tell Whether a Bunch of Superstars Are Losers.

Kyle Burke, Matthew Ferland, Svenja Huntemann, Shang-Hua Teng

Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Fun with Algorithms, 2024

2023

What is an Algorithms Course?: Survey Results of Introductory Undergraduate Algorithms Courses in the U.S.

Michael Luu, Matthew Ferland, Varun Nagaraj Rao, Arushi Arora, Randy Huynh, Frederick Reiber, Jennifer Wong-Ma, Michael Shindler

Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, Volume 1, 2023

2022

Student misconceptions of dynamic programming: a replication study.

Michael Shindler, Natalia Pinpin, Mia Markovic, Frederick Reiber, Jee Hoon Kim, Giles Pierre Nunez Carlos, Mine Dogucu, Mark Hong, Michael Luu, Brian Anderson, Aaron Cote, Matthew Ferland, Palak Jain, Tyler Labonte, Leena Mathur, Ryan Moreno, Ryan Sakuma

Comput. Sci. Educ., 2022

NP-Hardness of a 2D, a 2.5D, and a 3D Puzzle Game.

Matthew Ferland, Vikram Kher

CoRR, 2022

Quantum-Inspired Combinatorial Games: Algorithms and Complexity.

Kyle W. Burke, Matthew Ferland, Shang-Hua Teng

Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Fun with Algorithms, 2022

Nimber-Preserving Reduction: Game Secrets And Homomorphic Sprague-Grundy Theorem.

Kyle W. Burke, Matthew Ferland, Shang-Hua Teng

Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Fun with Algorithms, 2022

2021

Nimber-Preserving Reductions and Homomorphic Sprague-Grundy Game Encodings.

Kyle Burke, Matthew Ferland, Shang-Hua Teng

CoRR, 2021

Transverse Wave: an impartial color-propagation game inspired by Social Influence and Quantum Nim.

Kyle Burke, Matthew Ferland, Shang-Hua Teng

CoRR, 2021

Winning the War by (Strategically) Losing Battles: Settling the Complexity of Grundy-Values in Undirected Geography.

Kyle W. Burke, Matthew T. Ferland, Shang-Hua Teng

Proceedings of the 62nd IEEE Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, 2021

2020

Experience report: preemptive final exams for computer science theory classes.

Michael Shindler, Matthew Ferland, Aaron Cote, Olivera Grujic

J. Comput. Sci. Coll., 2020

Quantum Combinatorial Games: Structures and Computational Complexity.

Kyle Burke, Matthew Ferland, Shang-Hua Teng

CoRR, 2020

2017

Computational Properties of Slime Trail.

Matthew Ferland, Kyle Burke

CoRR, 2017