WHS Team Takes Gold in Computer Contest

Information courtesy of Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

took top honors among the high school teams participating in the 7^th Annual High School Computer Programming Contest sponsored by Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). The event took place on Monday, March 5 and included 117 students from 26 Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Hampshire high schools.

According to a press release from WPI, the students who participated in the four-hour contest are among the best programmers of their age groups. 

Forty teams, each comprising three students on each team, competed to complete a set of nine increasingly difficult programming problems. Two teams solved all nine problems. The top three teams received a trophy and a copy of the book Algorithms in a Nutshell, authored by WPI professors George Heineman, Gary Pollice, and Stanley Selkow. All participants received a book of Sujiken® puzzles by Heineman.

Of the 40 teams, the final top 10 were: 

• Westborough High School, 9 problems solved - GOLD Trophy
• Mass. Academy of Math and Science, 9 problems solved - SILVER Trophy
• Wachusett Regional High School, 8 problems solved - BRONZE Trophy
• Mass. Academy of Math and Science, 7 problems solved
• Greater Hartford Academy of Math & Science, 7 problems solved
• Algonquin Regional High School, 7 problems solved
• Minnechaug Regional High School, 7 problems solved
• Saint John’s High School, 7 problems solved
• Needham High School, 7 problems solved
• Wellesley High School, 7 problems solved 

A complete list of participating schools and full details of the contest are available at http://web.cs.wpi.edu/Resources/Contest/2012/.

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