WoCoders

The Wofford College Programming Team—WoCoders— has competed in regional programming contests since 1995. The WoCoders compete in 2 or 3 programming contests each year. David Sykes has been the coach since 2001.

During a contest, teams of programmmers are given a set of problems to solve with a program in a given amount of time. The goal is to solve as many problems in the time allotted. The team that solves the most problems wins the contest. A tie is broken based on a system of penalty points that awards the win to the team that submitted the most correct programs in the shortest amount of time and with the fewest bugs.

We usually compete in three contests each academic year:

• The ACM-ICPC Association for Computing Machinery-International Collegiate Programming Contest. We usually compete in the Southeast USA Region (ACM SER), but have competed in the Mid-Atlantic USA Region.
• Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Southeastern Programming Contest (CCSC:SE).
• Mercer University Spring Programming Competition.

 2012-2013 Competitions 

ACM-ICPC SER

Two teams will compete on November 10 at Georgia Tech.

CCSC:SE

Two teams competed on November 3 at Southern Polytechnic State University. One of our teams finished in 1^st Place, beating 28 other teams. Missy Gaddy, Sharon Guffy, Mayfield Reynolds, and "The Andrew Strasburger" solved all 8 problems in 1 hour, 33 minutes with only one incorrect submission. Our other team struggled too long with one of the eight problems (they should have moved on to another) and finished 19^th. 

2011-2012 Competitions 

Mercer University Spring Programming Competition

Two teams competed on February 25, 2012 and finished 13^th and 18^th out of 35 teams.

 2^nd- and 9^th-Place Finish for Programming Teams at CCSC:SE.

2010-2011 Competitions 

Mercer University Spring Programming Competition

Two teams competed at on February 19, 2011.

2^nd- and 7^th-Place Finish for Programming Teams at CCSC:SE.

The Wofford Terriers A Team, comprising Glenn Hope, Jesse Hanley, and Whitney Sanders, finished 2^nd out of 24 teams held November 19 at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. The team solved seven problems. The team had considerably fewer penalty points than any of the other teams, but could not eke out a solution to the 8^th problem

The Wofford Terriers B team—Jesse Dixon, Timothy Humphries, and Kenton Roush—finished 7^th in the contest. On that team, Kenton is the only one with experience in a previous competition. Both teams had set as a goal finishing ahead of the Bob Jones University teams, who kept us in 2^nd place in 2008.

Disappointing, but Respectable Finish at ICPC ACM-SER 2010.

Two teams competed in the ACM Southeast Regional Programming Contest. One team finished 43^rd out of the 75 teams competing, having solved 1 of the10 problems. 14 teams, among them one of Wofford's teams, did not solve any of the problems in the difficult problem set.(Only 15 teams solved 4 or more.) Among teams from schools that do not offer graduate degrees in computer science, Wofford finished behind 6 teams from 2 schools, Mercer University and Bob Jones University, and ahead of teams from 5 other schools.

2009-2010 Competitions 

Mercer University Spring Programming Competition

On February 28, 2010, the Wofford team—Manan Gupta, Tahir Motiwala, and Whitney Sanders—finished 7^th out of 26 teams. 4 teams from Georgia Tech and 2 from Bob Jones University finished ahead of us, adding to our resolve to beat them next year.

CCSC:SE

The Wofford Terriers—Manan Gupta, Tahir Motiwala, and Whitney Sanders—finished 3^rd out of 18 teams in a hard-fought contest.

ICPC ACM SER 2009

The Wofford Terriers—Tahir Motiwala, Whitney Sanders, and Kenton Roush&sufferered a disappointing 65^th-place finish at the ACM Southeast Regional having solved 2 problems. The team did quite well considering that Kenton, a freshman taking his first programming course at Wofford, was a last-minute pinch hitter for Manan Gupta, a junior and seasoned contest veteran.

2008-2009 Competitions 

Impressive Finish for Programming Team

A team of four Wofford students—Shay Ellison, Manan Gupta, Brad Neff, and Stephen Strickland—finished second in the 2008 CCSC:SE Contest held in Augusta, GA. The team solved all seven problems and beat many strong teams. Their achievement represents a great deal of hard work over the years, problem-solving skills, intelligence, calmness under pressure, and teamwork. Congratulations to the team on their impressive finish!

Programming Teams Do Well at Regional Contest

Two Wofford teams did well in the prestigious ACM SER. Team Terrier 1—Shay Ellison, Manan Gupta, and Brad Neff—came in 17^th; and Team Terrier 2—Glenn Hope, James Koutroulias, and Whitney Sanders—finished 46^th. Most of the 76 participating schools were universities, and first-year graduate students can be team members. Top finishers were all teams from large schools, such as the Universities of Central Florida, Florida, and Clemson. Few 4-year colleges participated, and no colleges ranked higher than Team Terrier 1.

Mercer University Spring Programming Competition

The Wofford team finished in 10^th place, topped by teams from our biggest competitors: Georgia Tech, Mercer University, and Bob Jones University. Each of these schools fielded four teams at the contest.