CSE's programming team Poincare recently took first place at the local ICPC Programming Contest, and second place at the regional competition.
Team members included CSE students Cuong Than Viet, Kim Hao Nguyen, and Quan Nguyen.
In a 5-hour contest of hundreds of teams over 11 states and 2 Canadian provinces they took an early lead and never dropped below second place. With this showing, they will represent the University of Nebraska–Lincoln at the ICPC North America Championship in Atlanta Georgia on Feb. 22, where they will have the chance to earn the right to represent North America and UNL at the wold finals in Moscow Russia.
You can find he final results and the problem descriptions here.
Does this sound like something you would be interested in? Would you like experience with the type of questions that google or other big tech firms are going to ask in their interviews? Do you enjoy challenging yourself to apply what you have learned in your degree so far to build algorithms that are efficient and easy to code? Join the competition practices on Mondays from 6:30-8:30 in Avery 347. Feel free to bring your own questions!
Contact: jifland@cse.unl.edu
Jeff Ifland, Head Coach