Local code monkeys attain übergeek status

A team of code poets from Algoma University College has snagged second place at an international computer programming competition against much larger schools.

AUC issued the following news release today:

***************************************************************** Algoma U team places second in international programming competition

(Sault Ste. Marie) Twenty-four teams from five universities competed at the International Computer Programming Competition held at Northern Michigan University (NMU) in Marquette, Michigan this past weekend.

One team from Algoma University, Geoff Summerhayes and Rick Scott put in an exceptionally strong showing taking second place, out of twenty-four teams, solving five out of the six challenging problems in a five-hour stretch.

The NMU contest is held each March as a regional complement to the annual International ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) Programming Contest held worldwide each November. Teams are given six programming problems to solve and results are timed and ranked.

Algoma University’s number two team, Luke Kahtava and Danny Reid, solved three problems placing them high in the standings as well.

This year’s participating Universities included Northern Michigan University, Michigan Tech, University of Minnesota Duluth Lake Superior State University and Algoma University.

To put Algoma University’s accomplishments in perspective, one has to recognize that Algoma U is four to ten times smaller than today’s competing institutions.

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