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Enter the shiny glass building known as the L3Harris Engineering Center near the center of UCF\u2019s campus. Look up. Dozens of banners hang proudly in the atrium the way they do in sports arenas. Now look more closely. The banners are reminders that UCF is home to two of the most successful high-tech teams in the nation: the prestigious Computer Programming Team<\/a> and the prestigious Collegiate Cybersecurity Competition (C3) Team<\/a>. Separate teams. Separate accomplishments. Separate banners. Yet sometimes it\u2019s easy for people outside the glass walls to mistake them for each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like basketball and volleyball teams hanging championship banners in the same gym,\u201d says Glenn Martin \u201992 \u201995MS \u201912PhD<\/strong>, who competed on UCF\u2019s computer programming team as a student before joining the coaching staff in 1994. \u201cWe want the cybersecurity team to do well because it elevates all of UCF, and I assume they feel the same way about us.\u201d<\/p>\n

The founder of UCF\u2019s C3 team, Associate Instructor of Computer Science<\/a> Tom Nedorost, credits the computer programming team for the setting a winning tone 40 years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe success of both teams is the best indication of the quality of our undergraduate computer science and information technology programs. Their team set the precedent,\u201d Nederost says. Then he adds a neighborly jab. \u201cBut I hung the first banners. They copied us.\u201d<\/p>\n