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16 Collegiate Programmers Left in TopCoder Contest
Allen Reitz writes: "Sixteen of the top collegiate programmers in the country are left to compete in the 2002 Sun Microsystems and TopCoder Collegiate Challenge. The semi-final and final rounds will take place at MIT on April 19-20, 2002 where all 16 contestants vie for the $100,000 prize. Four regional finalists and 12 'wild cards' make up the final 16 out of 512 that were selected to compete. The four regional finalists include:
Ben Wilhelm, Oberlin College;
Trayton Otto Georgia Institute of Technology;
Tom Sirgedas, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; Dan Adkins, University of California-Berkeley.
Other schools that are sending contestants include: Cal. Tech, Stanford, Univ. of Minn., Virginia Tech, MIT, Michigan Tech, Purdue and the University of Central Florida.
If you live in the Boston area and are interested in viewing a programming competition, feel free to stop by the University Park Hotel at MIT on April 19th or view the finals on April 20."
I can see the televised version now...
"Yeah, Bob, he's really doing well now... look at the way he takes advantage of the extended keyboard and 5 button mouse to really create excellent code"
"Wait... wait... I think he's found a... Oh! Look at that! That's not what he expected to get..."
"He's in trouble now... He's attempting to track the bug... We have his LiveScreenCam up now.."
"There it is! Right there in the middle of that algorithm!"
"How could he have made such a stupid logic error?"