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UW Colleges students take part in international computer programming contest

Tom Van Hoof, a UW-Marshfield/Wood County student, and Matthew Rainville, a UW-Marathon County student, participated in the Nov. 5 regional International Collegiate Programming Contest held at UW-Oshkosh.  

Van Hoof teamed up with a student from UW-Baraboo; Rainville was on a team with two students from UW-Fox Valley.  The teams competed against 186 other teams, most of which were from four-year schools whose three-person teams were comprised of juniors, seniors and a graduate student.  

Both Van Hoof’s team and Rainville’s team and solved one of the nine problems in the competition. Four teams from the UW Colleges entered the contest. One team solved two problems and the other team didn’t solve any. The University of Nebraska won the contest, solving six of the nine.