The 25th Annual ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest Regional Competition

On November 11, 2000, 13 teams from 7 schools competed at Johns Hopkins University for the Mid-Atlantic Regional competition. There were a total of 139 teams from 65 schools competing at 7 sites in the Regionals on that date.

The prize was a chance to be one of 65 teams to compete at the International Finals March 7-11, 2001 in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

GW fielded two teams: GW1 & GW2. GW1 consisted of Justin Cutler, Chad Parry, and Peter Swanson, all senior CS majors. GW2 consisted of Justin Cohen, Freshman in CS, Eric Denman, Freshman in CS, and Matthew Norris, Junior in CS. There were two alternates: Howard Sherman, Junior in CS, and Naveen Ahuja, Junior in Computer Engineering. Both teams were coached by Prof. Robert W. Lindeman of the Department of Computer Science.

You can take a look at the problems.

You can find the final standings for the Mid-Atlantic Region here, as well as some official photos from the competition.

GW1 placed 1st at the Hopkins site, and 3rd overall in the Region.
GW2 placed 7th at the Hopkins site, and 28th overall in the Region.

The performance by GW1 has qualified them for one of two "wildcard" spots from the Mid-Atlantic Region in the Finals!

There were a total of 2,200 teams worldwide that competed for one of the 65 slots at the Finals.

Below are some pictures and movies from the competition. Click on a thumbnail to see the larger image/movie. Please note that some of the movies are quite large in bytes.


1. GW2 before the competition.
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2. GW2 practicing.
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3. GW1 practicing.
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4. Lunch time!
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5. 1-hour delay.
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6. Here we go...
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7. GW2 thinking...
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8. GW1 thinking...
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9. The heat of competition.
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10. Three baloons each!
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11. Work the problem.
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12. Hmmmm...
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13. This is fun (not)!
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14. Six baloons!
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15. 15 minutes left.
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16. Done!
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17. Done!
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18. Whew!
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19. Floating-point numbers...
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20. Evil Justin.
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21. GW2 Team Picture.
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22. GW1 Team Picture.
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23. GW Teams.
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