SSU 3rd Annual Programming Contest

Sponsored by

(JD Software also supports the (Math) Programming Contest in the Department of Mathematics.)

Contest Announcement and Registration
Prize Structure
Contest Gudelines: How to prepare for the contest and how to select the winners
In the Contest: How to submit your solutions to PC2--the automatical grading/judging system.
(Contest award ceremony will be on 5/2/2014, around noon)

The 3rd SSU Programming Contest was held on March 31, 2014, Monday, from 3:00--6:00pm. It is supported and sponsored by JD Software (http://www.jdsoft.com/), the Computer Science department and SSU Programming Club. Dr. Beifang Yi is the organizer of the contest. The following SSU students particpated in the competition:

Srijana Bhattarai
Roman Burdakov
Stephen Chin
Nickolas Freitas
Renato Giorgiani
Farhan Khan
Thomas Marini
Nicholas Papanastasiou
Samip Suwal
Charles Taft
Prashant Uprety
Kaile Wei

Programming Club President, Joseph Harris, and Club Treasurer, Rajeev Maharjan. kindly provided assistance as volunteer for the event.

After nearly three hours' competition, six contestants stood out for their excellent performance:

Roman Burdakov
Nickolas Freitas
Renato Giorgiani
Thomas Marini
Samip Suwal
Charles Taft

Among them, three were selected for contest winners (following contest rules):

1st Place Winner: Nickolas Freitas
2nd Place Winner: Samip Suwal
3rd Place Winner: Roman Burdakov

Contest Questions and Solutions (including Java code and test cases).

Nickolas Freitas (left)--the FIRST PLACE WINNER

Samip Suwal (left)--the SECOND PLACE WINNER
(Tom Marini (middle) and Charles Taft (right))

Roman Burdakov (left)--the THIRD PLACE WINNER

During the Contest

Tom Marini (left)

Renato Giorgiani

After-Contest Party

Programming Club President Joseph Harris

GOOD NEWS!!
The Programming Contest in Math Lab was completed and the CS students had won all the prizes (for its undergraduate contest):
1st place winner: Samip Suwal
2nd place winner: Renato Nascimento
3rd place winner: Thomas Marini
(Nickolas Freitas is also on 3rd Place).

2014 Programming Contests Award Ceremony

2014 Programming Contests (Computer Science and Mathematics) Award Ceremony was held on May 2, 2014 in the Computer Science department. The contests were supported and sponsored by JD Software (http://www.jdsoft.com/). The following contest winners have received monetary prizes and award certificates:

Programming Contest (Computer Science) Winners:

1st Place Winner: Nickolas Freitas (certificate)
2nd Place Winner: Samip Suwal (certificate)
3rd Place Winner: Roman Burdakov (certificate)

Programming Contest (Mathematics, Graduate) Winners:

1st Place Winner: Kelly Pendergast (certificate)
2nd Place Winner: Edward Futcher (certificate)
3rd Place Winner: Michael Pellegrino (certificate)

Programming Contest (Mathematics, Undergraduate) Winners:

1st Place Winner: Samip Suwal (certificate)
2nd Place Winner: Renato Giorgiani do Nascimento (certificate)
3rd Place Winners: Thomas Marini (certificate) , Nickolas Freitas (certificate)

======================Initiating the Ceremony============================

First Cut that initiated the ceremony by a JD Software representative

(Lunch was provided by JD Software and SSU Programming Club---the food was so delicious, tasty, and inviting---who could resist the temptation so as to take the photos of the dishes instead of rushing to the delectable delicacies?---Wanted: pictures of the victuals, vittles, and viands for the lunch!)

(SSU Programming Club President, Joe (Left), and a CS Contestant, Charlie (right))

==============Award Ceremony=================

(Award prizes, certificates, and gifts)

Opening Remarks by Acting Dean (College of Arts and Sciences), Dr. Michele Sweeney

Introduction by Dr. Beifang Yi (Computer Science department, CS Programming Contest organizer)

Speech by Dr. Arthur Rosenthal (Mathematics department, Math Programming Contests organizer)

------------------------------------------THANKS, to JD Software---------------------------------