IU Bloomington School of Informatics and Computing students win programming competition at regional computer science conference

Back row: Joey Kendall-Morwick (coach), Carlo Angiuli, Victor Chernetsky, Jeff Catania, Dustin Dannenhauer, Griffin Anderson. Front row: Cassie Orr, Shruti Krishnan, Karys Grundman, Jeanette Booher, Suzanne Menzel (coach).

Nine computer science undergraduates from the IU Bloomington School of Informatics and Computing traveled to Chicago recently to attend the Consortium of Computer Science in Colleges (CCSC) conference, and a team of three won the annual programming competition while there. Carlo Angiuli, Karys Grundman, and Victor Chernetsky were the only team to solve seven complex problems, ranging from a game of Mousetrap to calculating the square root of a perfect square, to take first place in the competition.

“This marks the first time a group from IU has participated in a programming competition like this,” said Suzanne Menzel, team coach and lecturer for the School of Informatics and Computing. “This victory is particularly special because the group of students who made up the teams are all early on in their studies. I’m so proud of all of our teams—they made a great showing, and promise to be fierce competitors in future.”

The nine students who attended the conference were Griffin Anderson, Carlo Angiuli, Jeanette Booher, Jeff Catania, Victor Chernetsky, Dustin Dannenhauer, Karys Grundman, Shruti Krishnan, and Cassie Orr.

The Consortium of Computer Science Colleges is a non-profit organization focused on promoting quality computer-oriented curricula, as well as effective use of computing in smaller institutions of higher learning which are typically non-research in orientation. They have annual conferences in each of their ten regions throughout the country.

Founded in 2000 as the first School of its kind in the United States, the Indiana University School of Informatics is dedicated to research and teaching across a broad range of computing and information technology, with emphases on science, applications, and societal implications. The School includes the School of Informatics at IUPUI and the School of Informatics and Computing at Bloomington, where programs include computer science and informatics. The School administers a variety of bachelor and masters degree programs in computer science and informatics, as well as PhD programs in computer science, and the first-ever PhD in informatics. The School is dedicated to excellence in education and research, to partnerships that bolster economic development and entrepreneurship, and to increasing opportunities for women and underrepresented minorities in computing and technology.