Florida Tech goes to SE Regional Programming Contest

The SE Programming Contest sponsored by the ACM was held Saturday, October 24, in the football stadium of UF in Gainesville, Florida. Teams of three college students work together to solve computer programming problems. The local chapter of the ACM sent three team.

Nearly 70 teams participated from all parts of the southeast. The contest consisted of solving eight problems in five hours. The teams were ranked by the number of problems solved and how long it took to solve each problem. Additional minutes were added for each incorrect attempt. The top-ranked teams are:

  1. Georgia Tech
  2. FSU
  3. UCF
One Florida Tech team solved five problems and finished 6th overall. The complete standings can be found at on the WWW. Florida Tech just missed getting an invitation to the international contest by just one school. In the past four years Florida Tech has received two invitations to the international contest and has had two very near misses.

The Florida Tech team members are:

Students wanting to participate next year should already be practicing with the team. Contact me for details.


Ryan Stansifer <ryan@cs.fit.edu>
Last modified: Fri Feb 12 19:06:09 EST 1999