ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest

Hall of Fame

This page summarizes the achievements of the UW-Madison teams since 2001.

2007-2008: Our teams took 1st, 13th, and 33rd place among 207 teams. Team Red no. 40 (David Malec, Jason Malinowski, and Chunsong Wang) placed first solving more problems than any other team, thus advancing to the World Finals in Banff Springs, April 2008. Congratulations also to 13th place team Squirrel Army (John Byrne, David He, and Daniel Strommen) and to 33rd ranked team 0x42616467657273 (Henry Duwe, Tristan Halvorson, and Chad Rhyner). Coaches: Prof. Van Melkebeek, Matthew Anderson, and Scott Diehl.

2006-2007: Our teams took FIRST and SECOND place among 181 teams. Team 3SAT Oracle (Brian Byrne, Matthew Elder, and Thomas Watson) placed first, thus advancing to the World Finals in Tokyo, March 2007. Second place The Brute Squad (Timothy Bahls, Brett Christiansen, and Sze Yeung Wong) also solved more problems than any of the other 179 teams. Coaches: Prof. Van Melkebeek, Matthew Anderson, Scott Diehl, and Chi Man Liu.

2005-2006: Our teams took THIRD and FOURTH place among 182 teams. Team Amphisbaena (Brian Byrne, Colin McCambridge, and Sze Yeung Wong) placed third and were selected to advance to the World Finals in San Antonio, April 2006. Fourth place untitled.cpp (P. A. Nainar, Jesse Beder, and Dylan Dewitt) also solved five of the problems. Coaches: Prof. Van Melkebeek, Matthew Anderson, and Scott Diehl.

2004-2005: Our teams took 1st, 2nd, 7th and 12th place among 187 teams. Team Harmless Fluffy Bunnies (Matthew Anderson, Patrick Davidson, and Alex Frase) placed first, thus advancing to the World Finals in Shanghai in April 2005. Second place Team Q (Jesse Beder, Dylan Dewitt, Saisuresh Krishnakumaran) also solved more problems than any other team in the contest. Congratulations also to 7th place team Algorhythmics (Brett Christiansen, Yana Shkel, and Sze Yeung Wong) and to 12th ranked Tastes Like Burning (Thomas Eastman, Bradley Grzesiak, and See Yew Mo). Coaches: Prof. Van Melkebeek, Chad Koch, and Scott Diehl.

2003-2004: Our teams took FIRST and SECOND place among 183 teams. Team What Badgers Eat (Scott Diehl, Saurabh Goyal, and Akash Lal) placed first, thus advancing to the World Finals in Prague. Team Virtual Machine (Carl Edquist, Bradley Grzesiak, and Louis Kruger) were only beaten during the last minute of the 5 hour contest! Coaches: Prof. Van Melkebeek and Chad Koch.

2002-2003: Our team MAD IS ON (Ron Hose, Chad Koch, and Louis Kruger) took SECOND place among 156 teams, thus advancing to the World Finals in Beverly Hills. Coach: Prof. Van Melkebeek.

2001-2002: Our team Red++ consisting of Lei Chen, Bradley Grzesiak, and Chad Koch took FIRST place among 113 teams. The team advanced to the World Finals in Honolulu and took 11th place there! Coaches: Prof. Jha and Prof. Van Melkebeek.