Computer science students compete in prestigious event
Austin Peay State University students participated in the worlds most prestigious
computer programming competition, the 34th annual IBM-sponsored Association for Computing
Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest.
Austin Peay State University students participated in the world's most prestigious
computer programming competition, the 34th annual IBM-sponsored Association for Computing
Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest.
Austin Peay State University students participated in the worlds most prestigious
computer programming competition, the 34th annual IBM-sponsored Association for Computing
Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest.
Austin Peay State University students participated in the world's most prestigious
computer programming competition, the 34th annual IBM-sponsored Association for Computing
Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest.
APSU was among 26 teams from 11 schools to compete in the event, billed as the 鈥渂attle
of the brains鈥 contest, Oct. 24 at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville.
In addition to APSU and TTU, other schools competing in the regional contest were
East Tennessee State University, the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Vanderbilt
University, Middle Tennessee State University and other regional schools.
Six APSU students made up two teams that battled against the other schools for a chance
to compete in the world finals portion of the competition in February 2010 in Harbin,
China. The APSU Red Team consisted of Russell Christensen, Jonathan Crockett and Brodrick
Wiley. APSU White Team included Trevor Phillips, Aaron Taylor and Caleb Wherry.
The APSU teams are coached by Jim Vandergriff, professor of computer science and information
technology.
For more information, contact Vandergriff by telephone at (931) 221-7301 or by e-mail
at vandergriffj@apsu.edu. -- Melony Shemberger