Math Students Participate in Programming Contest
Posted on Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Two Westminster College student teams competed in the 2007 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) East Central North America programming contest held Nov. 9-10 at Youngstown State University.
Under the direction of Dr. John Bonomo, Westminster associate professor of computer science, Team One included Mark Gordon, Peter Lukich, and Andrew Polack. Members of Team Two were James Bryan, Jake Romigh, and Andrew Slane.
The Youngstown site was one of four to host the contest, sponsored by IBM. Other locations included McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario; the University of Cincinnati; and the University of Michigan. Overall, 116 teams were drawn from 67 colleges and universities throughout western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, eastern Ontario, and Indiana.
Contestants were given five hours to solve as many as possible of eight programming problems. Points were awarded based on the number of correct solutions and the speed with which the solutions were reached.
Westminster Team Two placed 49th and Team One placed 83rd. The top three teams (University of Waterloo, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Toronto) will represent the East Central Region in the World Finals in Banff, Alberta, in April.
"The ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest provides college students with opportunities to interact with students from other universities and to sharpen and demonstrate their problem-solving, programming, and teamwork skills," Bonomo said. "The contest provides a platform for ACM, industry, and academia to encourage and focus public attention on the next generation of computing professionals as they pursue excellence."
Contact Bonomo at (724) 946-7287 or e-mail bonomojp@westminster.edu for additional information.
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