Headlines ety of Women Engineers UCF alumni run for school b Sign Up Log In Search Post Classifieds News Sports Opinion Multimedia Variety More Classifieds Housing Jobs For Sale Services UCF 3rd in nation for computer programming University also ranks 21st in World Finals By Marina Guerges, Senior Staff Writer On July 6, 2014 Tweet Like UCF recently placed third in the nation and 21st in the world at the annual computer programming competitions at the World Finals. Out of 8,000 regional teams from all around the world, UCF was among the 122 teams that competed in the finals. The three UCF students who were selected were Travis Meade, a Daniel Wasserman, Travis Meade and Antony Stabile. second-year Ph.D. UCF Today computer science student; Daniel Wasserman, a senior undergraduate in computer science; and Antony Stabile, a Ph.D. computer science student. MOST POPULAR CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE NEWS Enter email to receive news Soccer: Women's 2014 schedule slate released By Colin Bell, Senior Staff Writer NASCAR driver faces diabetes head on, stays behind wheel By Michael Parsons, Florida Today Column: New programs, new rankings in American By Ryan Gillespie, Editorin-Chief Orientation attendance increases By Marina Guerges, Senior Staff Writer GET TOP STORIES DELIVERED WEEKLY Subscribe Since the team was established in 1982, this is the 25th time UCF has competed in the World Finals. Completing five hours of difficult problems, the Knights were successfully able to beat out teams from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Southern California. Each team member begins with 12 problems that involve math, logic, graphs, charts, geometry and other categories. With only three members, five hours and one computer, teamwork quickly becomes a very essential key to problem solving and strategy. Each member of the team has approximately the same role: to solve as many problems as possible each of us has some specializations in the types of problems we like to solve, Stabile said. Each year brings forth new questions for each team competing. This year, the questions included real-world scenarios, such as the efficient delivery of baggage onto and off airplanes on different routes, balancing cranes used at a construction site, finding the ideal location to place surveillance equipment with several constraints and reconfiguring a sensor network. FOLLOW OUR NEWSPAPER Throughout the entire process, every coach was involved in making things sail smoothly, 1 of 5 07/07/2014 11:26 AM
Meade said. They arranged transportation, handled getting visas for us and, most importantly, they helped us with finding new things to learn. The nine coaches main job is just to prepare the teams and make sure each member uses his or her different strengths and skills to solve the problems. I plan to coach next year. I can help from the sidelines and get our teams ready for the next regional, Meade said. Coach Arup Guha accompanied the team to Russia for the Finals and has been a coach since 2004. Guha explained the three essential elements of coaching: competing in online contests, establishing basic knowledge and forming teamwork. It is important for the team members to know their strengths and weaknesses, Guha said. Since there is only one computer, the members have to learn to be efficient. To get students ready for the extensive problem solving in the competitions, they practice for about seven to eight hours each Saturday. Students practice on a few online contests, where they compete with other students around the world with mock problems. If they don t get any of the problems online, they then go on to read tutorials so they can fully understand the new material. After receiving his bachelor s and master s degrees in electrical engineering, Stabile was pursuing a Ph.D. in computer science until he accepted a job offer from Google. Lately, my primary hobbies have been helping my lovely fiancée plan our wedding and planning our move out to California, where I ll begin working at Google, Stabile said. Since 2004, the teams have advanced to the World Finals every year except for 2011. The participation is lower than what the coaches want. We really want as many programmers to come as possible, Meade said. We are sure there are many skilled computer science students that are not even showing up. With fall tryouts coming up, coaches will meet in about two weeks to select the different questions for the year, as well as to discuss new strategies and how the contest will look. LATEST CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE NEWS Soccer: Women's 2014 schedule slate released NASCAR driver faces diabetes head on, stays behind wheel Column: New programs, new rankings in American Orientation attendance increases How to be a grown up: living on your own Students land jobs through Society of Women Engineers UCF alumni run for school board seats Tags: UCF, Computer programming, World Finals By Staff Writer Follow Staff Writer Get Top Stories Delivered Weekly Enter email to receive news Subscribe RECENT CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE CLASSIFIEDS From Around the Web HOUSING JOBS FOR SALE TUTORS Waterford Townhome Uptown Village at Townsend 2 of 5 07/07/2014 11:26 AM
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