Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Penn State Harrisburg Team Programming Team Places 120th in the World (out of 1838) and 17th in the USA (out of 251)

The IEEEXtreme 7.0 Programming Contest is 24-hour programming contest, which was held on October 26, 2013.  More than 1,800 teams competed in this worldwide contest, including more than 250 teams from the United States. 

The official results, which were just released, show that the Penn State Harrisburg team of Austin Barket, Isaac Polinsky, and Siddharth Dahiya placed 120th in the world, and 17th in the USA.  Congratulations!

Penn State Harrisburg teams have competed in the IEEEXtreme contest for the previous three years.  This year, Penn State Harrisburg fielded thirteen teams, each comprised of three undergraduate or graduate students.

The official results for the IEEEXtreme contest can be viewed at:http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/students/competitions/xtreme/index.html

In addition to hearty congratulations for all of the participants, we would also like to thank the proctors:  Prof. Julie Lobur, Dr. Omar El Ariss, and Dr. Jeremy Blum.

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