AUB students win national computer programming competition
Twenty three-student teams representing 13 universities in Lebanon registered for the contest.
“The contest provides an excellent opportunity for students majoring in computer science, computer engineering, management information systems, IT, and IT-related subjects to show their skills in programming and also to meet students from other institutions,” said Wassim El-Hajj, chairman of the Department of Computer Science at AUB, which organized the competition. “This contest, which gathers the top programmers in Lebanon, also prepares the various teams for the regional and world programming contests.”
The competition is the first phase of one of the oldest most prestigious programming contests in the world, the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC).
Winners of the national competition qualify for the regional competitions, which will take place in Sharm El- Sheikh November 14-18, 2014.
Competitors were asked to solve 10 difficult computer programming questions. The team that answered the biggest number of questions correctly in the fastest time possible won. The problem set and judges were provided by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The competition was sponsored by Murex and Computers and Communication Technology (CCT).
Prizes included iPads for first-place winners, GPS devices and digital cameras for members of the second-placed and third-placed teams, respectively.
The winners were as follows:
First place: American University of Beirut, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Team Name: Tribonacci
Team members: Rene Adaimi, Jimmy Saade, Samer Bekhazi
Coach: Nagi Nahas
Second place: American University of Beirut, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Team Name: Batata
Team members: Ezzeddine Al Kotob, Rayan Kanso, Cyril Tamraz
Coach: Nagi Nahas
Third place: American University of Beirut, Dept. of Computer Science
Team Name: I Hate Programming
Team members: Kinan Dak El Bab, Ali Cherri, Fatima Makki
Coach: Dr. Mohamad Jaber
Fourth place: American University of Beirut, Dept. of Computer Science
Team Name: I Detest Programming
Team members: Bassel El Mabsout, Julia El Zini, Ali Al Amine
Coach: Dr. Mohamad Jaber
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