Posted on Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Three Westminster College students recently attended the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Programming Contest.
"Our team did fantastic - 24th out of 113 teams," said Dr. John Bonomo, associate professor of computer science. "This is a remarkable result for a school our size."
The event took place Nov. 10-11 at four separate sites: Ashland University, Sheridan University, the University of Cincinnati, and the University of Michigan at Dearborn. Programming teams were hosted from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Ontario. The contestants were given a set of eight programming problems and had five hours to solve as many as possible. Points were awarded based on the number of problems solved correctly, as well as the speed in which the solutions were obtained.
The first place team was from the University of Toronto, who solved all eight of the problems. The Westminster Team, "Stack Overflow," solved three correctly; a feat equaled by only nine other teams.
"This was the second best performance by a Westminster team," Bonomo said. "It's topped only by the 19th place we received in 2004." Bonomo, who served as the team's coach, was co-chief judge for the contest and oversaw the creation of the problem set.
Contact Bonomo at (724) 946-7287 or e-mail bonomojp@westminster.edu for more information. Contest specifics can also be found online at http://acm.ashland.edu and http://icpc.baylor.edu/icpc.
Participants of the Westminster team "Stack Overflow" follows:
Beaver Falls, PA
Jacob Romigh is a son of Harry and Ruth Romigh. Romigh, a junior computer science major, is a graduate of Blackhawk High School.
Darlington, PA
Ryan Moore is a son of Robert and Linda Moore. Moore, a junior computer science major, is a graduate of Blackhawk High School.
Cranberry Township, PA
Jeremy Alberth is a son of David and VellaRuth Alberth. Alberth, a senior computer science major, is a graduate of Seneca Valley High School.
