Computing Competition

Digi-Key held its sixth annual Digi-Key Collegiate Computing Competition Friday, October 21, 2005. A total of seventeen teams from eight universities competed in the all-day event that was held at Digi-Key in Thief River Falls, MN. Over $7,000 in prizes were awarded to students and the departments they represented.

The four-person teams competed in two challenging computing sessions and one word problem session. Check out the 2005 problems these teams tackled:

• Short Programming Problems (1 hour)
• Long Programming Problems (1.5 hours)
• Word Problems (1 hour)  Answers

2005 Winners

Congratulations to the top three scoring teams, who received both individual prizes and department cash awards.

First Place

University of Minnesota - Duluth - "Those To Whom All Your Base Are Belong"
Points: 367 out of 765
Team Awards: $200 Best Buy gift cards
Department Award: Bronze traveling trophy and $3000 cash prize

L to R: Leroy Krueger, Joe Marty, Dr. Steven Holtz (faculty advisor), Jeff Sharkey, Anuradha Uduwage

Second Place

North Dakota State University - "Pi Rho"
Points: 279.5 out of 765
Team Awards: $150 Best Buy gift cards
Department Award: $1800 cash prize

L to R: Matthew Makosky, Selvedin Alic, Pratap Kotala (faculty advisor), Nick Hetland, Chris Forseth

Third Place

University of Minnesota - Morris - "Declarative Non-Statement"
Points: 264.5 out of 765
Team Awards: $100 Best Buy gift cards
Department Award: $600 cash prize

L to R: Scott Lembcke, Jake Nelson, Nic McPhee (faculty advisor), Matt Carlson, Tyler Hutchinson

Other Competing Universities and Teams:

Bemidji State University – Computer Science – "Cyberphobia"
Bemidji State University – Computer Science – "Murddle"
Bemidji State University – Computer Information Systems – "Beaver Feaver"
University of Minnesota Morris – Computer Science – "Technologic"
University of Minnesota Duluth – Computer Science – "Robot Ninjas From Mars"
St. Cloud State University – Computer Science – "SCSU Red"
St. Cloud State University – Computer Science – "SCSU Black"
St. Cloud State University – Business Computer Information Systems – "BSOD"
St. Cloud State University – Business Computer Information Systems – "BCIS International"
North Dakota State University – Computer Science – "Forseth Forever"
University of North Dakota – Computer Science – "Fighting Sue"
University of North Dakota – Computer Science – "Sentinel"
Concordia College – Computer Science – J4
Mayville State University – Computer Information Systems – "code.freaks"

View photos from the 2005 competition
View past competition winners