U Team Competes in ACM Collegiate Programming Contest
April 1, 2003
The World Finals of the ACM Collegiate Programming Contest was held in Beverly Hills, Tuesday, March 25, 2003. The University of Minnesota Computer Science and Engineering team of James Esser, Jonathan Moon,
and Elliot Olds was among 68 teams competing. They tied for 30th place with 12 other teams, all of whom solved four problems correctly during the 5-hour
contest. The top three teams were from Warsaw University, Moscow State University, and St. Petersburg Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics. Of
the 26 North American teams, CalTech was the highest at 13th place.
Our team did a fine job competing against many excellent teams. Congratulations to Jim, Jon, and Elliot, and a special thanks to Carl Sturtivant for coaching the team in this phase of the competition.
