Main navigation | Main content
April 10, 2004
Three students from the CSE department and one of their coaches traveled to Prague, the Czech Republic, to compete in the World Finals of the ACM International Programming Contest held March 28 through 31. Graduate student Stefan Atev, senior Vishal Shah, and Elliot Olds, who had graduated in December, earned the opportunity to compete by placing fourth in the North Central Regional in November. They were accompanied by Bobbie Othmer, one of the coaches.Prague was an exciting place to visit, and we did get some time to do some sight-seeing. Contest activities took most of the time. One activity was the Java Challenge provided by IBM, the corporate sponsor of the contest. Teams developed a program to play a game dealing with medieval castles and knights. Our team placed 12 in the Java challenge, among the 73 teams. The big programming contest took place on Wednesday, March 31. Our team received an honorable mention, not as good as they had hoped. They did finish higher than the other three teams that went from our region. St. Petersburg Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics placed first, and KTH - Royal Institute of Technology from Sweden placed second. It was an exciting trip for all the students involved.
-Bobbie Othmer
Please e-mail suggested news and event items to:
