Posted on Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Dr. John Bonomo, ¾¨Ó㴫ý associate professor of computer science, served as judge at the World Finals of the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) April 5-9 in Banff, Alberta, Canada.
In addition to serving as a judge for the seventh year, Bonomo had two problems used in the competition. One of the problems received eight submissions (five correct) from contestants; the other was the only problem to receive no submissions.
The final 100 teams at the competition were selected in more than 200 regional contests in which 1,821 universities from 83 countries competed.
Winners were determined by a combination of the number of correct answers and the time needed to solve the problems. First place went to St. Petersburg University of Information Technology, Mechanics and Optics, who correctly solved eight of 11 problems in the five-hour contest. Other gold medal winners were Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Izhevsk State Technical University, and Lviv National University.
Bonomo, who has been with ¾¨Ó㴫ý since 1998, earned a joint undergraduate and master's from Catholic University and Ph.D. from Purdue University.
Contact Bonomo at (724) 946-7287 or e-mail bonomojp@westminster.edu for additional information. Visit for more information about the contest.Â
