This document outlines the experience of organizing continuous computer education from middle school to higher education in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. It describes the Children's Computer School which teaches about 600 pupils per year programming and other computer skills. It also describes the undergraduate program in Fundamental Informatics and Information Technologies at the Southern Federal University which many graduates of the Children's Computer School enroll in. Key software developed to support this education includes the PascalABC.NET programming environment and Programming Taskbook, which contains over 1100 programming tasks.

1. Cottbus,
Brandenburg University of Technology
Stanislav S. Mikhalkovich,
Associated Dean on Informatization,
Director of a Children’s Computer School
E-mail: miks@math.sfedu.ru
Rostov-on-Don
Southern Federal University
Faculty of Mathematics, Mechanics
and Computer Science

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• Rostov-on-Don (visiting card)
• Southern Federal University (visiting card)
• Faculty of Mathematics, Mechanics and Computer
Science – MMCS (visiting card)
• Children’s Computer School
• The Software developed for training pupils & students:
– PascalABC.NET development environment
– Programming Taskbook
• Undergraduate studies
Fundamental Informatics and Information Technologies

3. Cottbus – Rostov-on-Don (Google map)
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4. The experience of the organization of continuous computer education
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• Southern Federal University (SFedU) is the largest research and
educational establishment of Rostov Region.
• It is formerly known as Rostov State University (1957–2006) and
has campuses in Rostov-on-Don and Taganrog

5. Faculty of Mathematics, Mechanics and Computer Science
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• About 1000 students, 120 lecturers
• Undergraduate studies:
– Applied mathematics and informatics (100 students per year)
– Fundamental Informatics and Information technologies
(50 students per year)
– Mathematics (30 students per year)
– Mechanics (25 students per year)

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Children’s Computer School
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• One of the greatest Children’s Computer Schools
in Russia
• About 600 pupils every year

7. Children’s Computer School: training programs
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Users
• User of computer
• User of applied programs
• 3D-modelling and animation
• Internet and Web-design
Programmers
• The basics of algorithmization (PascalABC.NET)
• Programming languages – 2 (PascalABC.NET, Python)
• Programming languages – 3 (PascalABC.NET, Python, C#)
One program = 72 hours (during the academic year)
Learning paths (3-4 years)

8. Children’s Computer School: number of pupils by year
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74
81
149
155
102
43
180
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
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6 year 7 year 8 year 9 year 10 year 11 year

9. Children’s Computer School: number of pupils by programs
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69
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46
121
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120
100
80
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UC+ UAP 3D Web PL 1 PL 2 PL 3
Program Short name
User of Computer + UC+
User of applied programs UAP
3D-modelling and animation 3D
Internet and Web-design Web
The basics of algorithmization PL 1
Programming languages – 2 PL 2
Programming languages – 3 PL 3

10. Our soft developed for teaching & learning
• PascalABC.NET Development Environment
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• The new generation Pascal programming language that combines the
simplicity of the classic Pascal, Delphi Pascal and a broad capabilities of
the Microsoft .NET Framework
• Developed jointly with German programmers 
• Completely free
• Programming Taskbook
• Contains 1100 learning tasks in programming
• Displays the task text and random input data on screen
• Automatically checks correctness of results of student's program
• Provides automatic assessment of results obtained by student's program
• Web Development Environment ProgrammingABC.NET
• Provides an opportunity to compile and run programs on C#,
PascalABC.NET, VB.NET, IronPython directly from the browser
• Programs run on the server

11. Our soft developed for teaching & learning
• PascalABC.NET Development Environment
• Programming Taskbook
• Web Development Environment ProgrammingABC.NET
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12. PascalABC.NET Development Environment
• Simple and powerful. Modern language features.
• Multiple methods of teaching students and pupils.
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13. PascalABC.NET – styles of programming
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14. PascalABC.NET outside our University
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15. Our soft developed for teaching & learning
• PascalABC.NET Development Environment
• Programming Taskbook
• Web Development Environment ProgrammingABC.NET
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16. • Powerful tool for carrying out classes in programming
• The student can solve 1100 tasks on programming
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17. • 1100 learning tasks cover almost all sections of a basic programming
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curriculum — from control statements to files and recursive algorithms

18. • The student runs task template…
• Reads task…
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19. • Reads input data…
• Checks correctness of input…
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20. • Makes a few mistakes…
• Fixes them…
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21. • Runs the right solution and … Yippee!
• The result of the solved task is now in teacher’s database
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22. • Advanced topics such as Binary trees are also presented
• If you solved all 1100 tasks – you are a hero! But teacher can develop more
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tasks :(

23. Our soft developed for teaching & learning
• PascalABC.NET Development Environment
• Programming Taskbook
• Web Development Environment ProgrammingABC.NET
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24. Web Development Environment ProgrammingABC.NET
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• IDE in browser, an analogue of Google Documents

25. Web Development Environment ProgrammingABC.NET
• It’s an IDE in browser, an analogue of Google Documents
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26. WDE ProgrammingABC.NET: Key features
• WDE provides an opportunity to compile and run
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programs on C#, PascalABC.NET, VB.NET, F#,
IronPython directly from the browser
• Installation of additional software is not required
• Programs run on server !
• The registered users are provided a personal
space on server for storage programs
• Users can publish references to programs in the
Web development environment
• Users can run graphics and animation programs

27. WDE ProgrammingABC.NET: Graphics Features
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28. Programming Taskbook: Main Window in WDE
Algorithms of Bioinformatics in Programming Taskbook
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29. Students
Undergraduate Studies
Fundamental Informatics and Information Technologies
(50 students per academic year)
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30. The curriculum of bachelor (based on Computing Curricula 2001, 2008) - 1
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Semester
№ Discipline Exam Test Class hours Self hours
Б2 Mathematical and natural-science cycle
Б2.Б.1 Calculus 12 12 360 136 116
Б2.Б.2 Differential equations 3 144 54 54
Б2.Б.3 Algebra and Geometry 12 12 396 154 134
Б2.Б.4 Discrete Mathematics 2 12 324 136 134
Б2.Б.5 Theory of Automata and Formal Languages 5 180 72 72
Б2.Б.6 Probability theory and mathematical statistics 5 180 72 72
Б2.Б.7 Methods of optimization and operations research 6 108 48 60
Б2.Б.8 Physics 4 108 48 60
Б2.В.1 Mathematical logic 3 3 216 90 90
Б2.В.2 Theory of Algorithms 4 4 180 64 62
Б2.В.3 Mathematical foundations of information security 34 288 102 87
Б2.В.4 Computational mathematics 6 144 64 80
All by cycle 12 11 2628 1040 1021
Б3 Professional cycle
Б3.Б.1 Programming basics 12 324 102 114
Б3.Б.2 Programming languages 3 144 54 45
Б3.Б.3 Architecture of computing systems 4 108 48 60
Б3.Б.4 Operating systems 5 144 54 45
Б3.Б.5 Databases 6 180 68 49
Б3.Б.6 Computer networks 6 144 48 33
Б3.Б.7 Computer graphics 7 144 54 54
Б3.Б.8 Intellectual systems 7 7 216 90 90
Б3.Б.9 Software engineering 7 108 54 54
Б3.В.1 Algorithms and data structures 4 4 216 80 82
Б3.В.2 User interface design 4 108 48 60
Б3.В.3 Programming patterns 5 108 54 54
Б3.В.4 Theory of information and Cryptography 6 108 32 13
Б3.В.5 Functional programming 7 7 180 72 72
Б3.В.6 Parallel programming 8 180 65 115
All by cycle 11 9 2520 977 994

31. The curriculum of bachelor (based on Computing Curricula 2001, 2008) - 2
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№ Discipline Exam Test Class hours Self hours
Б3.ДВ1 Optional disciplines
1 Coding theory 5 144 54 45
2 Graph algorithms 5 144 54 45
Б3.ДВ2 Optional disciplines
1 Digital signal processing 6 180 64 44
2 Non-classical logics 6 180 64 44
Б3.ДВ3 Optional disciplines
1 Metaprogramming in C++ 6 144 64 80
2 Logical programming 6 144 64 80
Б3.ДВ4 Optional disciplines
1 Compilers construction 7 144 54 54
2 Theory of computational complexity 7 144 54 54
Б3.ДВ5 Optional disciplines
1 Theory of programming languages 8 216 78 138
2 Neural network 8 216 78 138
Б3.ДВ6 Дисциплины по выбору
1 Web technologies 8 180 65 115
2 .NET platform 8 180 65 115
All 14 12 3528 1356 1470
25 Research & practice
НИР.Б.1 Research 6 36 1 35
НИР.Б.2 Basics of programming (practice) 12 288 136 152
НИР.Б.3 Programming languages (practice) 3 180 72 108
НИР.Б.4 Operating systems (practice) 5 72 36 36
НИР.Б.5 Databases (practice) 56 108 68 40
НИР.Б.6 Computer networks (practice) 6 72 48 24
НИР.Б.7 Computer graphics (practice) 7 144 54 90
All by cycle 9 900 415 485
2 Б Physical training
Б4.Б.1 Physical training 1234 400 249
All 4 400 249
Total 27 35 7600 3139 2987

32. Some scientific research in Computer Science
• The analysis of medical X-ray images and the primary
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diagnosis of diseases. Mathematical methods and software
• Research in Functional Programming and Type Theory
• Compiler construction

33. The analysis of medical X-ray images
Soft for analyses. Main window. Contours allocation on X-ray images
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34. Research in functional programming and type theory
• Functional languages (Haskell, Erlang, Scala):
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– Distributed computing
– Data structures and algorithms
• Functional features in mainstream languages (C++, C#,
Java)
• Type-theoretic research:
– Concepts and Generic programming
– Type inference and unification with various constraints

35. Some Web Resources
• Southern Federal University:
http://sfedu.ru
• Faculty of Mathematics, Mechanics
and Computer Science:
http://mmcs.sfedu.ru
• PascalABC.NET:
http://pascalabc.net
• Programming Taskbook:
http://ptaskbook.com
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