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Notre Dame Finishes Ninth at
Computer Programming Contest
Two teams of Notre Dame students competed in the
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) International Collegiate Programming
Contest on Saturday, November 5, 2005. The ACM Programming Contest
is a competition in which students are given eight complex, real-world
problems. Notre Dame competes
in the East Central North American Regional in which there are four contest
sites. The East Central North American Region consists of teams from
Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, western Pennsylvania, and eastern Ontario.
 The Irish Blue team — senior Andy Magee, junior Jeff
Smith, and sophomore Dan Dugovic — placed
ninth out of 113 teams in the Ashland section of the regional. A two-person
team with no previous programming experience, Irish Gold team — sophomores Ben
Keller and Pavan Sadarangani — placed 56th. Ray
Sepeta was the faculty advisor for both teams.
 The ACM International
Collegiate Programming Contest began in 1970 at Texas A&M University to assist
in the development of top students in the field of computer science. Since then,
it has expanded to other countries and now includes 4,109 teams from six continents.
It is the oldest and most prestigious programming contest of its kind.
 Each team
consists of three members who work together on one computer to design test beds
and build software systems to solve their eight problems. The teams are given
a problem statement and example test data. The team that solves the most
problems in the fewest attempts and in the least amount of time is the winner.
The Irish Blue team’s ninth place finish was
based on six correct answers and is the highest university finish since 1999.
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