The School of Computer Science successfully hosted the 19th Annual Windsor Regional Secondary School Computer Programming Competition on Friday December 6th.
This event, with its two training sessions leading to the official competition day, attracted 29 teams (of 3 students each) from 9 Regional high schools along with several dedicated teachers and coaches. The teams that participated this year came from as far as, Chatham to the north, and Leamington to the south. The students were given 9 problems to solve within 3 hours by writing a solution on the computer using a programming language of their choice from C, C++, Java or Python. The winners are determined by the most number of problems solved, ties are broken by the time taken to solve problems.
The top six winning teams were recognized at the awards ceremony that followed the competition in the presence of Dr. Dora Cavallo-Medved, Associate Dean, Faculty and Student Engagement and Undergraduate Program Chair, Dr. Imran Ahmad, who handed out the Top Coder awards. Every winning team member received a prize comprised of a gift card from Amazon ranging from $175 for first place to $50 for the 6th, 7th & 8th place winners. In addition, the School of Computer Science committed over $25,000 in total entrance scholarship funds to encourage students from the top 8 winning teams to join the University of Windsor in any Computer Science program being offered.
The top teams and their award values are:
1st place “uh oh” from Vincent Massey S.S. ($3000 x 3)
2nd place “Immanuel and Friends” from Ursuline College Chatham ($2000 x 3)
3rd place “CKSS A” from Chatham-Kent Secondary School ($1500 x 3)
4th place “Team 1” from Tecumseh Vista Academy ($1000 x 3)
5th place “UCC1” from Ursuline College Chatham ($750 x 3)
6th place “oh no” from Vincent Massey ($500 x 3)
7th place “Team A” from Catholic Central ($500 x 3)
8th place “Mathematitans” from Académie Ste. Cécile International School ($500 x 3)
(Winners will be receiving official letters confirming their award value and conditions.)
The final scoreboard and the problems can be viewed at this link.
Kudos to our SSPC Coordinator, Dr. Ahmad Biniaz, our new SSPC event assistants Dr. Prashanth Ranga and Dr. Shaon Shuvo, and our dedicated staff members and student volunteers at the School of Computer Science with the exceptional abilities to coordinate all the complex efforts required to put this event together. The participants received a good taste of the School’s hospitality and the UWindsor experience geared for success. The School, thanks to an experienced team of technical staff and advanced computing facilities, continues to provide its visitors with experience in working on the latest state of the art computing facility available in the Windsor region.