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Discuss “CMU programmers place third nationally”

IBM and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) have announced the kickoff of the 30th annual International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), the largest and most prestigious programming contest in the world. Teams of three students were challenged to use their programming skills and mental endurance to solve complex, real-world problems under a grueling deadline, while vying for a spot at the Contests World Finals in San Antonio, Texas, April 9?13, 2006. Carnegie Mellon had two teams participate in this year?s ACM East Central North America Regional Programming Contest.

CMU?s Dragons team, consisting of Jeff Schroder, a junior ECE major, Evan Danaher, a sophomore CS major, and Andrew Warshaver, also a sophomore CS major, placed...

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