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BOLIVAR, Mo. – Southwest Baptist
University’s Department of Computer and Information Sciences (CIS) competitive programming teams received top honors at Missouri State University, Saturday,
November 4. SBU's A team claimed the title of best team in Missouri, and
finished in the top five in the IBM-sponsored Mid-Central Region
Intercollegiate Programming Contest.
“This
is the highest finish in history for any team from SBU,” Said Dr. Tim DeClue, chair
of the SBU CIS Department. “We are truly blessed to have the caliber of program
that can attract incredibly talented students. It is an honor to work with them
to sharpen their God-given talent. It was just an amazing day.”
The
Mid-Central region is one of only 11 regions in North America and encompasses
Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee. Only the University of
Chicago, University of Illinois, and the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
finished ahead of SBU’s top competitive programmers in a field of over 150
teams.
The
competition - called informally the “Battle of the Brains”- is held each year
among leading colleges and universities with computing programs and is
considered the most prestigious computational problem-solving contest in the
world. Undergraduate and graduate-level students are allowed to compete
together. According to Dr. DeClue, “allowing graduate students to compete is
good because it certainly raises the level of problem-solving and analytical
ability in the contest. It also makes our kids’ achievement even that much more
remarkable. We [SBU CIS] only have an undergraduate program and all three
schools that edged us out have graduate programs in computer science.”
Competing
on SBU’s A team was Weston Herrington (senior, Carthage, Mo.), Luke Abbott (senior,
Camdenton, Mo.), and Jason Jakusz (junior, Ava, Mo.). SBU’s B team
finished in 58th position and was comprised of Maaura Stucky
(senior, Kansas City, Mo.), Justin Stout (sophomore, Garden City, Kan.) and
Bobby Sterling (freshman, Buffalo, Mo.). SBU’s C team finished in 115th place
and consisted of Erica Stratton (senior, Branson, Mo.), Brady Kornrumpf
(freshman, Jefferson City, Mo.) and Nate Schulz (freshman, Omaha, Neb.). Also
practicing with the teams this fall were Cameron Euler (freshman, Camdenton,
Mo.).
The
SBU Competitive programming teams are coached by Dr. Baochuan Lu and Dr. Tim
DeClue.
The
competitive programming teams will practice and compete again in the spring at
the Consortium for Computing Sciences Central Plains Regional Programming
Contest where they are the 2012 defending champions.
Top
25 Complete Results
Place
|
University/Team
|
Solutions
|
Time
(minutes)
|
1
|
University
of Chicago - A
|
8
|
769
|
2
|
University
of Chicago –B
|
8
|
832
|
3
|
University
of Illinois-A
|
7
|
984
|
4
|
Rose-Hulman-A
|
6
|
382
|
5
|
SOUTHWEST
BAPTIST UNIVERSITY-A
|
6
|
672
|
6
|
University
of Illinois-B
|
6
|
676
|
7
|
Rose-Hulman-B
|
6
|
689
|
8
|
University
of Illinois-C
|
6
|
711
|
9
|
Illinois
Institute of Technology-Chicago-A
|
6
|
754
|
10
|
University
of Kentucky-A
|
6
|
848
|
11
|
Saint
Louis University-A
|
6
|
948
|
12
|
University
of Chicago-C
|
6
|
1030
|
13
|
University
of Illinois-D
|
5
|
377
|
14
|
University
of Kentucky-B
|
5
|
391
|
15
|
University
of Arkansas-Little Rock-A
|
5
|
400
|
16
|
College
of the Ozarks-A
|
5
|
443
|
17
|
Vanderbilt-A
|
5
|
472
|
18
|
Wheaton-A
|
5
|
514
|
19
|
Loyola-A
|
5
|
516
|
20
|
Illinois
State University-A
|
5
|
522
|
21
|
Centre
College-A
|
5
|
534
|
22
|
Wheaton-B
|
5
|
609
|
23
|
Murray
State University-A
|
5
|
620
|
24
|
University
of Arkansas-A
|
5
|
636
|
25
|
Webster
University-A
|
5
|
640
|
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PHOTO:
Front Row (L-R): Erica Stratton, Maaura Stucky, Brady Kornrumpt, Nathan Schulz
Middle
Row (L-R): Bobby Sterling, Justin Stout
Back
Row (L-R): Jason Jakusz, Luke Abbott, Weston Herrington
Not
Pictured: Cameron Euler
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