A team of computer science students at the University of Hawaii at Hilo participated in the Association for Computing Machinery’s Intercollegiate Programming Contest on Nov. 16 and won the Division II site championship award.
A team of computer science students at the University of Hawaii at Hilo participated in the Association for Computing Machinery’s Intercollegiate Programming Contest on Nov. 16 and won the Division II site championship award.
The contest began in 1977 and is considered to be the oldest and most prestigious programming contest in the world.
“This year, 154 teams took part in the Pacific Northwest Regional representing schools from Hawaii, California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia,” Keith Edwards, UH Hilo professor of computer science, said in a press release. “A total of 15 teams from UH Hilo, Hawaii Pacific University, and Brigham Young University-Hawaii participated in the Hawaii site competition, which was held on the UH Hilo campus for the first time.
“Teams of three students had five hours and one computer to solve 10 to 12 complex programming problems,” he added.
UH Hilo’s Division II team consisting of Nolan Brophy, Carina de Pillis-Shintaku and Melodi Harada Solmerin took home the site championship award. They also placed 41st in the Pacific Northwest Region.
UH Hilo’s team of Marianne Martinez, Sebastian Carter and Joseph Winkie won the bronze medal.
“It was great to see everyone come together and spend a day working on problems regardless of who won,” Edwards said.
UH Hilo’s teams were coached by Edwards, Winston Wu, Allan Simeon Jr. and Ramon Figueroa-Centeno. Francis Cristobal assisted with technical support.
