Posted on Monday, November 7, 2005
The Westminster College Department of Mathematics and Computer Science recently hosted a high school programming contest.
Ten teams from five area high schools, Blackhawk, Greenville, Laurel, Mercer, and Mohawk, attended this year's contest. The teams, consisting of three or four students each, worked for two and a half hours on six computer programming problems.
Students submitted solutions and received feedback from the judges electronically, while an electronic score sheet displayed updated results throughout the contest. Scoring for each problem was based on elapsed time as well as the number of incorrect submissions.
Dr. John Bonomo, associate professor of computer science, designed and coordinated the program. He was assisted by Dr. David Shaffer, assistant professor of computer science, and two students: Colin Dean, a junior computer science major from Volant, and Ryan Moore, a sophomore computer science major from Darlington. Bonomo has been involved with programming contests on both the regional and international level. He recently served as a judge for the International Programming Contest, which was held in Shanghai in March.
Contact Bonomo at (724) 946-7287 or e-mail bonomojp@westminster.edu for more information.
