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Computer Programming Championship
Two Millsaps student computer programming teams took sixth and thirteenth
place honors in the undergraduate division at the Southeast Computer Programming
Championship. The competition was sponsored by the Association for Computing
Machinery (ACM), the largest computer science professional organization
in the nation. The event was held October 24 and was attended by 70 collegiate
teams representing schools from Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina,
and Florida.
To place at the competition, the three-student
teams had to solve as many computer problems as possible in a five-hour
time period. The team solving the most problems wins the annual contest,
and if teams solve the same number, they are ranked based on how long it
took them to solve each problem. There is only one computer per team, so
students must work together.
Prizes are awarded in two divisions, graduate
and undergraduate. There were 41 teams in Millsaps’ division and 30 in
the graduate division. The winning undergraduate team solved two problems
and 16 other teams solved one problem each. Both Millsaps teams solved
one problem. Twenty-four undergraduate and 10 graduate division teams solved
no problems.
Dr. Andrew Royappa, Assistant Professor of
Computer Studies at Millsaps, congratulated the two Millsaps teams on their
high scores. "Our students have continued the Computer Science Department’s
success at the championship. We had lots of fun on the trip, and I really
enjoyed working with these talented young people."
The sixth-place team members were Joey Castille
of Baton Rouge, La., Matthew Dunn of Slidell, La., and Bethany Johnson
of Ridgeland. The thirteenth-place team included Andrew Egerton and Russell
Hogg, both of Ocean Springs, and Priscilla Jolly of Jackson.
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