A team of three Hamilton College students finished second among 28 teams in a computer programming contest held on April 24 at SUNY Plattsburgh. The Hamilton team included Tom Helmuth '09, Tyler Chamberlain '09 and Tawanda Mashavave '10.
The team successfully solved all five assigned problems, using 2 hours and 12 minutes out of the allotted three hours. The Hamilton team was narrowly edged out by a team from Middlebury College and finished ahead of the third place team from Worcester State College.
The annual competition, conducted by the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Northeast Region (CCSCNE), tests students' abilities to work as a team within a limited time to develop computer solutions for a set of problems. Hamilton teams have participated in four previous competitions.
"I was very impressed by the team's performance," said Professor of Computer Science Rick Decker. "They worked together efficiently and were certainly helped by their experience in prior competitions." In addition to Decker, who accompanied the Hamilton team to Plattsburgh, the students were coached by Associate Professor of Computer Science Mark Bailey.
The CCSCNE brings together faculty, staff, and students from academic institutions throughout the Northeast for exchange of ideas and information concerning undergraduate computing curricula.
The team successfully solved all five assigned problems, using 2 hours and 12 minutes out of the allotted three hours. The Hamilton team was narrowly edged out by a team from Middlebury College and finished ahead of the third place team from Worcester State College.
The annual competition, conducted by the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Northeast Region (CCSCNE), tests students' abilities to work as a team within a limited time to develop computer solutions for a set of problems. Hamilton teams have participated in four previous competitions.
"I was very impressed by the team's performance," said Professor of Computer Science Rick Decker. "They worked together efficiently and were certainly helped by their experience in prior competitions." In addition to Decker, who accompanied the Hamilton team to Plattsburgh, the students were coached by Associate Professor of Computer Science Mark Bailey.
The CCSCNE brings together faculty, staff, and students from academic institutions throughout the Northeast for exchange of ideas and information concerning undergraduate computing curricula.
