CMU Places 12th in World, 3rd in North America, at ACM Programming Contest
The CMU team of Tom Conerly (CS sophomore), Celestine Lau (ECE senior), and Alan Pierce (CS sophomore) placed 12th overall, 3rd in North America, in the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest. The final results for the contest, which was completed today in Stockholm, Sweden, can be viewed here.
The team was coached by Computer Science Department faculty members, Greg Kesden, Eugene Fink, and Danny Sleator. I’ve been extremely impressed with their dedication to the team during the past year or so.
As is usually the case, the elite levels of the competition were dominated Russian, eastern European, and Asian entries. There were two North American teams that finished higher than CMU, namely MIT (7th) and Waterloo (10th). Other notable North American teams finished well down in the standings, with Stanford and Maryland (both tied for 20th), as well as UBC and Berkeley (both tied for 34th) being the only other NA teams showing up in the top 40. This competition continues to grow and is wildly competitive, with over 7,100 teams from 88 countries competing this year.
Congratulations, Tom, Celestine, and Alan! You’ve shown yourselves to be among the best in the world!
Peter Lee @ April 21, 2009