{"id":119823,"date":"2021-04-30T18:02:17","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T22:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=119823"},"modified":"2025-05-30T11:27:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T15:27:05","slug":"ucf-programming-team-advances-to-north-american-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-programming-team-advances-to-north-american-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Programming Team Advances to North America Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UCF\u2019s Programming Team has advanced to the North America championship round of the 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cecs.ucf.edu\/NAC-NAPC\/\">International Collegiate Programming Contest<\/a> \u2014 and won\u2019t have to travel far to get there.<\/p>\n<p>The ICPC, the oldest and most prestigious collegiate programming contest, will hold the planned in-person event for the first time at UCF on Aug. 14. UCF Board of Trustees Chair Beverly Seay has long been involved with ICPC and was instrumental in bringing the competition and training camp that starts Aug. 8 to campus.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>More than 60,000 teams from more than 100 countries started out in the international competition.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The university\u2019s team won its divisional title to advance to the North American competition of the final 32 teams that will converge at UCF. More than 1,000 teams from the United States and Canada entered the international competition.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the UCF team brought home third place at the event.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s winning team members who will compete, all from Orlando, are: senior Sharon Barak and sophomore Daniel West, both computer science majors, and junior Seba Villalobos, who is majoring in mathematics and computer engineering.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_119826\" style=\"max-width: 150px;\" class=\"figure float-left\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"figure-img  img-fluid w-100 size-thumbnail wp-image-119826\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/04\/Sharon-Barak-150x150.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/04\/Sharon-Barak-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/04\/Sharon-Barak.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"figure-img  img-fluid w-100 size-thumbnail wp-image-119826 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/04\/Sharon-Barak-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/04\/Sharon-Barak.jpg 256w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/04\/Sharon-Barak-150x150.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Sharon Barak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Universities and colleges can enter two teams at the beginning of the competition, and UCF\u2019s other team took third place: Ahmad Barhamje, Atharva Nagarkar and Andy Phan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best of each university compete so our team record and performance is an indication of the time and effort the group puts into preparing,\u201d says Ali Orooji, associate professor of computer science and the team\u2019s faculty advisor.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_119827\" style=\"max-width: 150px;\" class=\"figure\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"figure-img  img-fluid w-100 size-thumbnail wp-image-119827\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/04\/Daniel-West-150x150.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/04\/Daniel-West-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/04\/Daniel-West.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"figure-img  img-fluid w-100 size-thumbnail wp-image-119827 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/04\/Daniel-West-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/04\/Daniel-West.jpg 256w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/04\/Daniel-West-150x150.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Daniel West<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Others who have coached the team this year are: senior computer science instructor Arup Guha, lecturer Travis Meade, and volunteers <strong>Glenn Martin \u201992 \u201995MS \u201912PhD<\/strong>, <strong>Jim Geist \u201987<\/strong>, Tom Phan and Chris Gouge.<\/p>\n<p>The competition at UCF will consist of teams having to solve 8 to 14 real-world problems in five hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTeams get only one computer, so sharing the computer is part of the strategy,\u201d says Orooji, adding that about 15 teams from the North American competition will advance to the world finals.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_119828\" style=\"max-width: 150px;\" class=\"figure float-left\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"figure-img  img-fluid w-100 wp-image-119828 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/04\/Seba-Villalobos-150x150.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/04\/Seba-Villalobos-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/04\/Seba-Villalobos.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"figure-img  img-fluid w-100 wp-image-119828 size-thumbnail lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/04\/Seba-Villalobos-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/04\/Seba-Villalobos.jpg 256w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/04\/Seba-Villalobos-150x150.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Seba Villalobos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>More than 60,000 teams from more than 100 countries started out in the international competition, and fewer that 150 globally will advance to the finals. The date and location of the final event have not been determined.<\/p>\n<p>In conjunction with the week-long competition at UCF, the North America Programming Camp will be held on campus. This is the first time the national competition and training camp have been held together. Last year, UCF was scheduled to host the camp on the campus, but because of the pandemic the event was hosted virtually.<\/p>\n<p>Eight trainers who have extensive experience in competitive programming and related activities will attend the camp. Two streams of training will be offered to students: one with a focus on national-level contests and one dedicated to preparation for the world finals. The trainers also will help prepare the advancing teams for the world finals.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the camp will provide companies and agencies opportunities to meet with students and recruit them for job or internship opportunities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alan Eustace \u201979 \u201981 MS \u201884PhD<\/strong>, computer science alumnus and former senior vice president of Google, has donated to the UCF Programming Team for more than a decade to help build an internationally significant computer science workforce.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis gift is really about Ali [Orooji} and his team,\u201d Eustace says. \u201cThey have done a wonderful job leveraging the money into turning out great students, getting them placed at great companies, making them competitive on the national and world stage, and bringing up the visibility of UCF in the technical community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Orooji says he hopes the teams can still attend the August event as scheduled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s being planned as in-person\u2026the hotel has been reserved, various rooms have been reserved,\u201d he says. \u201cHopefully, COVID won\u2019t change that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Held at UCF for the first time, the next round of the International Collegiate Programming Contest will match 32 finalist teams and about 15 are expected to advance to the world 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