Computer science students attend computer programming competition

Six computer science students from Concordia University, Nebraska participated in the annual ACM North Central North America Regional contest sponsored by IBM and held at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln on Saturday, Nov. 6.

Two teams represented Concordia. The Average Joes team was made up of Milford, Neb. brothers, freshman Jacob and sophomore Josiah Krings, and Dustin Johns, senior from Elm Creek, Neb. The Buffer Overflow team members were juniors Jeremy Jank, Hastings, Neb., Daniel Klinge, State Center, Iowa, and sophomore Cory Prelerson, Papillion, Neb. Dr. Russell Mosemann, professor of computer science, coached the teams.

The teams spent five hours writing computer programs to solve a set of practical but challenging problems. Solutions were submitted electronically and judged. Each time a team successfully completed a program, it received a balloon to track its accomplishments.

“This is an excellent experience for our students,” said Mosemann. “The competition brings together the concepts and skills that we teach throughout our computer science program.”

More than 200 teams representing colleges and universities across Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, upper Michigan, Manitoba and western Ontario were involved.