In the summer of 2001, my Colleague Kevin Burger and I directed a student research project with our students Jason Downing and Stu Kilzer. Jason and Stu implemented a backtracking algorithm to solve the Scramble Squares puzzle. Their program found three distinct solutions. The project was funded by an Arts and Sciences Dean's Summer Research Fellowship.

A paper based on our project appeared in the March, 2002 issue of the Journal of Computing in Small Colleges . Here is a PDF version of the paper. Kevin and I presented our project at a conference of the Central Plains Region of the Consortium for Computing in Small Colleges , held in Kansas City in April, 2002.

Stu and Jason presented the project at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research (NCUR), held in Whitewater, WI in April, 2002.

Whitewater.  April, 2002.

Kevin wrote a java applet that generates random puzzles.   See the applet.
 

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