Notre Dame Teams Place in 2006 ACM Contest

Irish Blue — senior Jeffrey Smith, junior Daniel Dugovic, and freshman Christopher Fallin — and Irish Gold — junior Nicholas Schott, freshman Joseph Schmitt, and freshman Eric Riedl — participated in the 2006 Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest, held in November 2006. Irish Blue repeated last year’s ninth place finish, while Irish Gold placed 36th, the highest of any largely freshman team.

During the competition a total of 116 teams from 64 colleges and universities in the East Central North American Region were challenged to solve eight complex problems. The team that solved the most problems in the fewest attempts, and the least amount of time, won.

The East Central region includes universities from Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, western Pennsylvania, and eastern Ontario. Ray Sepeta, academic adviser for the University’s First Year of Studies Program, served as the adviser for both teams.

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