Entries tagged with ‘competition’
Gusties Compete in Programming Contest
Congratulations to Wenlei Yu, Josie Bierbaum, and Lucas Hartfiel for correctly solving three problems in the 2021 – 2022 International Collegiate Programming Contest. Team JLW from Gustavus finished 58th out of 96 teams in the North Central North American Region. This is quite an accomplishment given that many of the teams in the region had at least one […]
Six MCS Students Participate in 2014 ACM Programming Contest
Six MCS students went to Carlton College on Saturday November 8 to participate in the annual ACM Programming Contest. The contest originally started at Texas A & M in 1970. It spread through North America and has branches and chapters throughout the world. “The contest fosters creativity, teamwork, and innovation in building new […]
2014 Graduate Places 2nd at the Undergraduate Statistics Project Competition
2014 graduate, David Blomker, placed 2nd at the 2014 Undergraduate Statistics Project Competition. David received his recognition for work he had done in his Applied Statistics class. He was one of three winners that were selected from a pool that included submissions from Colleges and Universities from all over the country, including Northern Kentucky University and […]
Putnam Competition
Last December, Trevor Potter, Alex Zupan, Jonathan Dexter, Peter Overholsor, and Nhung Le spent six hours on a Saturday taking the Putnam. Alex and Nhung also participated in Christmas in Christ Chapel on the same day. Now the Putnam results are in. This year we had four out of five positive scores. There were 3454 […]