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2009 ACM NCNA Regional Programming Competition
On October 31st, Marquette fielded two teams in the ACM NCNA Regional Programming contest. The first team,
"404 – Team Not Found", consisting of Kyle Garms, Gabe Van Eyck and Andrew Varner placed 9th out of 204 teams
by completing 5 of 10 problems. The second team, "Meditation Gurus", consisting of Daniel Chrostowski, Fran
Hurtado and John Leutke placed 130th out of 204 teams, completing 1 of 10 problems. Alternate team member, Wei
Jin, competed unofficially and completed 2 if 10 problems, which would have placed him higher than 70th place.
Contest information and the final scoreboard can be found here.
Left to Right: Andrew Varner, Gabe Van Eyck, Fran Hurtado, Wei Jin, Daniel Chrostowski, John Leutke and Kyle Garms
Computer Science Students Dabble In Hardware
Second year students in Dr. Rong Ge's Hardware Systems course (COSC 2200) gather round for the
climactic connection of the final component to a six-bit Ripple-Adder. Twelve students worked together to
construct and test the digital logic circuits comprising the Adder, a fundamental unit of computational
hardware present in all modern computer processors.
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MSCS Department's First Summer REU Program Concluded Successfully
Fifteen undergraduate students committed more than 300 hours each this summer to "Research Experiences for
Undergraduates" (REU) projects with a wide variety of faculty advisors in mathematics, math education, and
computer science. At the end of August, participants presented their final results in a well-attended public
poster session ringed around the third floor of Cudahy Hall. See the REU Wiki (
http://acm.mscs.mu.edu/reu/) for more details!
Pictured (from back left): Casey O'Brien, Jack Weisse, Paul Spillane, Alex Heaton; (middle row) Ryan Berg, Adam Mallen, Kyle Garms, Joe Robertson, Kyle Thurow; (front row): Kristen Pelzel, Anna Mohr, Bridget St. Peter.
Not pictured: Dan Mahoney, Joe Pintozzi, and Aaron Gember.
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