Michigan Tech hosted the Regional ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest on October 31, 2015. There were 18 teams in attendance, including 9 teams from Michigan Tech, 3 from Algoma University College in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, 4 from Northern Michigan University, and 2 from Lake Superior State University.
The winning team of the local event was Razzmatazz, from Michigan Tech. They also finished 12th in the North Central region, which included over 200 teams from North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, the UP, and western Ontario. They did not qualify for the world finals, but made a good showing nonetheless against top teams from the University of Wisconsin, the University of Minnesota, and Iowa State University.
Tech Team Wins Programming Competition
Razzmatazz, a Michigan Tech computer programming student team, won a programming competition held at Tech on Oct. 31. Nine Michigan Tech teams competed with nine teams from three other universities: Northern Michigan University, Lake Superior State University and Algoma University College (Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario). The competition at Michigan Tech was one of several competitions held at different sites for regional awards and a chance to participate in the world finals. Razzmatazz took 12th place regionally, which did not qualify them for the world finals, but, said Dave Poplawski (CS), “it was a good showing nevertheless, since eight of the 11 teams ahead of them were from very large Big Ten or Big Twelve schools.” Michigan Tech teams have gone to the world finals four times.
From Tech Today, by Jennifer Dovovan.
