USD Code Club Places in Top 10 in the International Collegiate Programming Competition
Out of the five teams that participated in the competition, a team comprised of Josh Henderson, Ross Alvine and Aditya Bhagavatula placed ninth in Central North America, which includes 116 teams from 10 states and Canadian provinces. This team placed highest in South Dakota, North Dakota and Nebraska and narrowly missed out on seventh place, which would have advanced them to the North America Championships.
Other participating teams included the following students.
- Placed 50th: Alan Xing, ChienI Chao and Raunak More
- Placed 52nd: Aryan Swaminath, Logan Bishop and Drake Farrokhi
- Placed 56th: Leul Abate, Christopher Udeh and Neamen Beyene
- Placed 105th (tied): Muhammad Danish Aheed, Alexis Haiar and Elijah Schramm
The ICPC is an algorithmic programming contest for college students. Teams of three work to solve real-world problems, fostering collaboration, creativity, innovation and the ability to perform under pressure. Through training and competition, teams challenge each other to raise the bar. It is the oldest, largest and most prestigious programming contest in the world.
USD has competed in ICPC for over 35 years and has advanced to the world finals twice.
The problems in ICPC are hosted on a popular programming website, Kattis. There are approximately 150,000 users on Kattis, and USD currently has three people ranked in the top 500 in the world. Doug Goodman, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and the faculty advisor for USD’s Code Club, is ranked No. 2 in the world. Josh Henderson, the current president, and Zach Tschetter, a faculty mentor, are both ranked in the top 500 as well.
The USD Code Club helps students prepare for their future and for technical job interviews. With a rapidly growing Department of Computer Science, USD’s Code Club is the premier competitive programming organization in South Dakota.
