{"406591":{"#nid":"406591","#data":{"type":"news","title":"CS Students Outperform in Race for \u2018World\u2019s Smartest Trophy\u2019","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EComputer science students from Georgia Tech\u2019s College of Computing finished 15\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E among 128 international teams in the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest Finals, held this week in Morocco.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt is a triumphant finish in a challenging competition often referred to as the \u201cWorld\u2019s Smartest Trophy.\u201d The contest asks teams to solve complex algorithms in less than five hours on a single computer. It was a race against the clock in a battle of logic, strategy and mental endurance.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECompeting for Georgia Tech were \u003Cstrong\u003EZhongtian Jiang\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003EYijie Wang\u003C\/strong\u003E, undergraduates in computer science, and \u003Cstrong\u003EHanjun Dai\u003C\/strong\u003E, masters student in computer science. They were led by coach \u003Cstrong\u003EBen Cousins\u003C\/strong\u003E, a PhD candidate in algorithms, combinatorics and optimization. The team was joined by \u003Cstrong\u003ETroy Peace \u003C\/strong\u003Eand \u003Cstrong\u003EAlyshia Jackson\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;from the Office of Outreach, Enrollment and Community.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are so proud of this team and their tremendous advancement in an incredibly difficult competition,\u201d said Dean \u003Cstrong\u003EZvi Galil\u003C\/strong\u003E. \u201cThis was Georgia Tech\u2019s best performance in a decade and it is further evidence of the passion for problem solving that our students hold.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGetting to the world finals in Marrakech came with its own pressure. Georgia Tech competed in regional North American contests to advance. In all, more than 38,160 students from 2,534 universities in 101 countries across six continents sought to reach the world finals. Few did, and the competition in Morocco represented the best of the best.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe final results left Georgia Tech tied with Carnegie Mellon, Harvard University, University of California at Los Angeles and University of Southern California. Only two other teams from North America performed better -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of California at Berkeley. Harvard was the last North American team to crack into the top 10 in 2012. Georgia Tech received honorable mentions in 2012, 2008, 2006 and 2005.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe top 12 teams in 2015 received medals.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESt. Petersburg National Research University of IT, Mechanics and Optics (GOLD, 2015 WORLD CHAMPION)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMoscow State University (GOLD, 2\u003Csup\u003End\u003C\/sup\u003E Place)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe University of Tokyo (GOLD, 3\u003Csup\u003Erd\u003C\/sup\u003E Place)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ETsinghua University (GOLD, 4\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E Place)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPeking University (SILVER, 5\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E Place)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EUniversity of California at Berkeley (SILVER, 6\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E Place)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EUniversity of Zagreb (SILVER, 7\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E Place)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECharles University in Prague (SILVER, 8\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E Place)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EShanghai Jiao Tong University (BRONZE, 9\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E Place)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMassachusetts Institute of Technology (BRONZE, 10\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E Place)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EKorea University (BRONZE, 11\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E, Place)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EUniversity of Warsaw (BRONZE, 12\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E Place)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor a full list of teams, visit:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/icpc.baylor.edu\/worldfinals\/teams\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/icpc.baylor.edu\/worldfinals\/teams\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Computer science students from Georgia Tech\u2019s College of Computing finished 15th among 128 international teams in the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest Finals, held this week in Morocco."}],"uid":"28124","created_gmt":"2015-05-21 10:12:47","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:18:21","author":"Tyler Sharp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-05-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-05-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"406581":{"id":"406581","type":"image","title":"Morocco team 2015","body":null,"created":"1449254153","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:35:53","changed":"1475895122","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:02","alt":"Morocco team 2015","file":{"fid":"76142","name":"morocco_682.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/morocco_682.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/morocco_682.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1030128,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/morocco_682.jpeg?itok=cgNsJrxB"}}},"media_ids":["406581"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"3047","name":"ACM"},{"id":"126701","name":"International Collegiate Programming Competition"},{"id":"126691","name":"Morocco"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETara La Bouff\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications Manager\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tlabouff@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etlabouff@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}