School of Mines Competes in ACM World Finals
A team of South Dakota School of Mines and Technology students recently traveled to San Antonio, Texas, to compete in the World Finals of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Programming Contest, where they earned an Honorable Mention.
The team received an invitation to the World Finals after finishing second in the regional ACM competition. Four other School of Mines teams finished 13th, 38th, 83rd and 84th against the 186 other teams.
In the finals, the School of Mines team competed against 75 other teams. Also finishing in the Honorable Mention category were institutions such as Duke University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Rice University, University of Nebraska – Lincoln and Virginia Tech.
Held in San Antonio, Texas, the programming contest required many skills. All team members must be able to write programs in C++ computer language, and each team needs members with algorithm development skills, strong mathematical ability, and at least one member who is very skilled at debugging the programs the team writes to solve each problem. The School of Mines teams logged countless hours of hard work in the months leading up to the event.
“This is a very prestigious competition, like competing in the Olympics,” ACM coach Dr. Toni Logar said.
Read more about the event at http://icpc.baylor.edu/icpc/finals/default.htm.
