{"id":1347,"date":"2012-11-06T17:31:46","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T21:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=1347"},"modified":"2022-03-25T11:59:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T15:59:00","slug":"battle-of-the-brains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/battle-of-the-brains\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle of the Brains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congrats to the Black Hornets (<strong>Jiakan Wang \u201913, Renjie Song \u201913, Tibin John \u201915<\/strong>) and the Orange Hornets (<strong>Chris Clerville \u201913, Will Reichle 14\u2019, Kyle Sunden \u201914<\/strong>) on their success at the regional Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest, or \u201cBattle of the Brains,\u201d this past Saturday.\u00a0Both Kalamazoo College teams finished in the top half of the teams in their region.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0 Black Hornets solved two out of nine problems, finished in 39th place in the region (out of 131 teams), and earned the Extreme Programmers award for solving problem B in 25 minutes!\u00a0The Orange Hornets solved one out of nine problems and finished 53rd in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur region is one of the most competitive in the country, including multiple teams from such schools as Carnegie Mellon, University of Toronto, University of Waterloo, University of Michigan, and Notre Dame,\u201d said Associate Professor of Computer Science <strong>Pam Cutter<\/strong>, Ph.D. \u201cI\u2019m proud of both teams for solving at least one problem.\u00a0There were 54 teams in our region that did not solve any of the problems!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Cutter, the \u201cBattle of the Brains\u201d consists of a five-hour, real-world, problem-solving challenge that is equivalent to an entire semester\u2019s worth of computer programming. Teams of three from colleges and universities in 90 countries and six continents use skills based upon open technology and advanced computing methods to compete for a coveted spot on the World Finals held in summer 2013 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Full standings and results from the recent regional, and problem sets with judges solutions can be found at http:\/\/acm.ashland.edu.<\/p>\n<p>Black and Orange! 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