Programming competition winners off to University of New Hampshire
Trending
The SUNY Fredonia Department of Computer and Information Sciences recently held its second annual SUNY Fredonia Student Programming contest. Four teams, with three members each, were challenged to use their coding skills to solve a series of real-world business problems.
The winning team solved four problems out of five, in 195 minutes. Team members were: Alex O'Hare, Chance Moore and Dakota Wicker.
The first runner up team solved three problems in 191 minutes. Team members were: Michael Conti, Seth Weidman and Salayidin Aerken.
Second and third runner up teams each solved two problems, in 81 minutes, and 90 minutes, respectively. Members of the teams were: Team 3: Angeline Kimbrell, Matthew Siragusa and Derek Reagle; Team 4: Kermitt Mitchell III, Inderdeep S Bajwa and Andrew Kaus.
This April the winning team will travel to the University of New Hampshire to represent SUNY Fredonia at the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Northeast (CCSCNE) conference and competition.
According to the United State Bureau of Labor Statistics, "Computer programmers write and test code that allows computer applications and software programs to function properly. They turn the program designs created by software developers and engineers into instructions that a computer can follow... Employment of computer and information technology occupations is projected to grow 13 percent from 2016 to 2026, faster than the average for all occupations. These occupations are projected to add about 557,100 new jobs.
Demand for these workers will stem from greater emphasis on cloud computing, the collection and storage of big data, and information security. The median annual wage for computer and information technology occupations was $82,860 in May 2016."