UW-Madison
Computer Sciences Dept.

International Collegiate Programming Contest

Hall of Fame

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


2022-2023: Our teams took 1st, 5th, 13th, 14th, 26th, and 29th among 116 teams. Team debug with cout (Joseph Cai, Ivan Hu, Boying Li) placed first, and advanced to the North America Championship. Congratulations also to 5th place team NonAutomatic Automaton (Anton Cheng, Leos Nguyen, Kiet Pham), 13th place team Ain't No Way (Pranav Pulijala, Pranav Pullabhotla, Raymond Zhao), 14th place team Spaghetti Sort (Huaiyuan Jing, Abhay Punjabi, Lucas Scharenbroch), 26th place team GEKOta (Ruixuan Tu, Jeffrey Wang, Boyuan Zou), 29th place team CrazyThursdayVme_50 (Zhilin Du, Jonathan Yang, Hongtao Zhang), and the incomplete team Least Contrived Implementation (Pramod Anandarao, Chen Li). Coaches: Nitit Jongsawatsataporn, Mingrui Liu, and Prof. Van Melkebeek.


2021-2022: Our teams took 1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th, and 15th place among 96 teams. Team Longest SubRoutine (Nitit Jongsawatsataporn, Mingrui Liu, Ziyi Zhang) placed 1st by solving all 13 problems with still one hour and twenty minutes left! No other team in the region solved more than 10 problems in the full five hours. The team advanced to the North America Championship, where it placed 3rd among 50 teams by solving 10 problems (3 more than the 4th ranked team), earned a silver medal, became North America Central Division champions, and advanced to the world finals. Congratulations also to 2nd place team DirectionLimitExceeded (Bui Viet Dung, Fan Gao, Ivan Hu), 4th place team Team 3'); DROP TABLE Teams;-- (Joseph Cai, Gabriel Chai, Zhihao Lyu), 7th place team THREE_PUPILS (Samuel Brashears, Ankur Garg, Ruixuan Tu), and 15th place team Ouroboros (Yuxiao Qu, Zhiheng Yang, Yijing Zhang). Coach: Prof. Van Melkebeek.


2020-2021: Our teams took 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 34th place among 90 teams. Team teamname or NP = D?(AdjP)*N(PP)* (Dung Viet Bui, Tanapoom Laoaron, Ziyuan Zhang) placed 1st by being the only team to solve 11 problems. The team also won the North America Central Division Championship, and advanced to the North America Championship and the World Finals in Dhaka, Bangladesh, but due to Covid infections only Viet could compete at the World Finals. Congratulations also to 3rd place team GNS-Software (Gabriel Chai, Nitit Jongsawatsataporn, Sihan Liu), 4th place team volatile long long int* (Ivan Hu, Xuanhao Xu, Ruizhe Wang), and 34th place team Exception Handler (Yuxiao Fu, Tianyao Ren, Bohao Zhang). Coaches: Andrew Morgan, Ziyi Zhang, and Prof. Van Melkebeek.


2019-2020: Our teams took 1st, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 15th place among 180 teams. Team Model Solution (Jirayu Burapacheep, Dung Viet Bui, Ziyi Zhang) placed 1st by solving 10 problems whereas no other team in the region solved more than 7. They advanced to the North America Championship in Atlanta, Georgia, and the World Finals in Moscow, Russia, where Nitit Jongsawatsataporn replaced of Dung Viet Bui, and the team placed 17th among the 117 teams there! Congratulations also to 3rd place team NP-Easiness (Fan Gao, Sihan Liu, Yuhan Xie), 6th place team the Pillar Men (Rawin Deeboonchai, Vibhor Goel, Rattee Jarusirawong), 7th place team int main() (Suyan Qu, Jin Shangfeng, Shawn Zhong), 8th place team TooCaiToWin (Chengxu Bian, Houming Chen, Kai Wang), and 15th place team The B Trees (William Huang, Andrew Lien, Kelvin Lien). Coach: Prof. Van Melkebeek.


2018-2019: Our teams took 3rd, 4th, 5th, 9th, 10th, 12th, 25th, and 31st place among 209 teams. Team dauntless (Shirui Chen, Zeyuan He, Bryan Jin) placed 3rd. They advanced to the World Finals in Porto, Portugal. Congratulations also to 4th place team go_badger (Varun Batra, Vibhor Goel, Joshua Mathews), 5th place team O(Y^3) (Dung Viet Bui, Yuanchen Li, Yi Rong), 9th place team int main() (Suyan Qu, Zitong Zhan, Wanxiang Zhong), 10th place team Kugelblitz (Jakub Dargaj, Xiating Ouyang, Xiaoyang Zhang), 12th place team Team Badger (Sihan Liu, Dawanit Satitsumpun, Yuhan Xie), 25th place team Rookie (Junda Chen, Xinyang Hu, Haoran Li), and 31st place team B trees (William Huang, Zhichun Huang, Andrew Lien). Coaches: Ziyi Zhang, Jinman Zhao, and Prof. Van Melkebeek.


2017-2018: Our teams took 2nd, 9th, 17th, 22nd, 35th, 47th, and 61st place among 207 teams. Exceptionally, all teams consisted entirely of new participants. Team Holocene (Changtian Sun, Yuxin Sun, Sichao Yang) placed 2nd. They advanced to the World Finals in Beijing, China. Congratulations also to 9th place team Jazz (Zhicheng Cai, Jiefeng Chen, Shenghao Zou), 17th place team O(n log n) (Yuanchen Li, Dawanit Satitsumpun, Ziyi Zhang), 22nd place team Rocky (Kesong Cao, Shirui Chen, Shawn Zong), 35th place team MaSaM (Junda Chen, Siddhartha Edara, Tianyu Lu), 47th place team brute_force (Daniel Szabo, Matthew Wolff, Moses Cheng Qing Wong), and 61st place team LYB (Harrison Brewton, Rui Liang, Ze Yu). Coaches: Michael Ore, Jinman Zhao, and Prof. Van Melkebeek.


2016-2017: Our teams took 1st, 5th, and 19th place among 231 teams. Team Chang (Krittisak Chaiyakul, Ingkarat Rak-amnouykit, Songwong Tasneeyapant) placed first and was the only team to solve 9 problems. They advanced to the World Finals in Rapid City, South Dakota, where they took 56th place among 133 teams. Congratulations also to 5th place team Jump Around (Zhilin Jiang, Xin Jin, Yunfeng Li), 19th place team Underbalanced Tree (Haokun Cheng, Zhenghao Gu, Peter Van Sandt), and to the unofficial team The Average Joes (Satyam Dhar, Marc Spehlmann, Jinman Zhao). Coaches: Bryce Sandlund and Prof. Van Melkebeek.


2015-2016: Our teams took 1st, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 11th, and 33rd place among 223 teams. Team SmileDog (Krittisak Chaiyakul, Ingkarat Rak-amnouykit, Songwong Tasneeyapant) placed first -- particularly impressive given that they were two freshmen and one sophomore. They advanced to the World Finals in Phuket, Thailand. Congratulations also to 3rd place team 3 badgers (Shengchao Liu, Xiangjin Wu, Honghui Zhang), 5th place team Tsunami (Shuo Han, Zhilin Jiang, Adrian Nazco), 6th place team Cyber Squad (David Brandt, Andy Conklin, Haotian Wu), 11th place team Alpha (Manav Garg, Nivetha Singara Vadivelu, Leon Yang), 33rd place team returnt; (Tristan Abbott, Periwinkle Doerfler, Evan Hernandez), and to the unofficial team The Average Joes (Satyam Dhar, Marc Spehlmann, Jinman Zhao). Coaches: Andrew Morgan, Bryce Sandlund, and Prof. Van Melkebeek.


2014-2015: Our teams took 1st, 5th, 10th, and 30th place among 290 teams. Team Do you even PSPACE? (Andrew Morgan, Bryce Sandlund, Menghui Wang) solved all problems in less than three hours; only two other teams in the region managed to solve all problems, and both needed the full five hours of the contest to do so. The team advanced to the World Finals in Marrakech, Morocco, where they took 64th place among 128 teams. Congratulations also to 5th place team The Fancy Friends (Andy Conklin, Baasanbat Purevjal, Ingkarat Rak-amnouykit), 10th place team Code Wizards (David Brandt, Zhilin Jiang, Adrian Nazco), and 30th place team ACube (Anmol Mohanty, Ashwin Karthi Narayanaswamy, Adam Vander Pas), and to the unofficial team Out of Bounds (Zhiwei Fan, John Peterson). Coaches: Alexi Brooks and Prof. Van Melkebeek.


2013-2014: Our teams took 3rd, 4th, 12th, 60th, and 89th place among 260 teams. Team Connecting the Dots is NP-hard (Andrew Morgan, Hongkai Pan, Baasanbat Purevjal) placed third and were selected to advance to the World Finals in Ekaterinburg, Russia, where they took 45th place. Fourth place Intentionally Left Blank (Rahul Chatterjee, Ian Skoch, Eric Kulcyk) also solved seven of the problems. Congratulations as well to 12th place team Concurrent Exception (Keith Maki, Shawn Steinbrecher, Zijian Tao), 60th place team Those Who Have Lost (John Detter, Enkhzaya Enkhtaivan, *), and 89th place team Objective Oriented Programmers (David Brandt, Andrew Ma, Alisa Maas). Coaches: Scott Diehl, Jay Yang, and Prof. Van Melkebeek.


2012-2013: Our teams took 2nd, 6th, 11th, 21st, and 54th place among 239 teams. Team bistromathics (Saurabh Aggarwal, Eric Kulcyk, Jay Yang) and the 1st place team were the only ones to solve seven problems. They advanced to the World Finals in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Congratulations also to 6th place team \0 (Benjamin Moench, Hongkai Pan, Evan Radkoff), 11th place team Those Who Have Lost (Andrew Morgan, Jonathan Morton, *), 21st place team Concurrent Exception (Guilherme Santos, Shawn Steinbrecher, Zijian Tao), and 54th place team Seniors (Andrew Ma, Singhal Shubham, Mai Thach). Coaches: Brian Rice and Prof. Van Melkebeek.


2011-2012: Our teams took 1st, 8th, and 53rd place among 218 teams. Team The Antisocial Network (Igor Canadi, Justin Starry, Nathaniel Sullivan) solved all ten problems; no other team in the region solved more than six! They advanced to the World Finals in Warsaw, Poland. Congratulations also to 8th place team :(){:|:&};: (Eric Kulcyk, Ben Moench, Chetan Rao) and to 53rd ranked team Newton's Lawl (Joy James Prabhu Arulraj, Ahmed Saif, Michael Starr). Coaches: David Malec, Zef RosnBrick, and Prof. Van Melkebeek.


2010-2011: Our teams took 2nd, 18th, and 31st place among 225 teams. Team Wrong Answer (Aaron Brown, Ang Li, Zef RosnBrick) set the record for the earliest correct submission, placed 2nd in the region, and were invited to the World Finals in Orlando, Florida. Congratulations also to 18th place team on the fence (Alex Furger, Eric Kulcyk, Nathaniel Sullivan) and to 31st ranked team bluescreens (Andrew Ma, Michael Starr, Mark Wellons). Coaches: Chris Hopman and Prof. Van Melkebeek.


2009-2010: Our teams took 1st, 10th, 19th, and 48th place among 201 teams. Team Wrong Answer (David He, Chris Hopman, and Zef RosnBrick) was the only team in the region to solve all ten problems, thus advancing to the World Finals in Harbin, China. Congratulations also to 10th place team On a boat (Aaron Brown, Ahmed Fikri, and Alex Furger), to 19th ranked team Clueless (Vijay Chidambaram, Deepak Ramamurthi, and Thanumalayan Sankaranarayana Pillai), and to 48th ranked team Wiscy (Kwan Woo Kim, Eric Kulcyk, and Soo Young Yang). Coaches: David Malec, Mikola Lysenko, and Prof. Van Melkebeek.


2008-2009: Our teams took 3rd, 14th and 45th place among 201 teams. Team Wrong Answer (David He, Chris Hopman, and Mikola Lysenko) placed 3rd solving all nine problems, and were invited to the World Finals in Stockholm, Sweden, where they took 49th place. Congratulations also to 14th place team My Process Never Dies (Ahmed Fikri, Tom Grim, and Tristan Halvorson) and to 45th ranked team u+002620 (Aaron Brown, Jason Li, and Wesley Reardan). Coaches: Matthew Anderson, David Malec, and Prof. Van Melkebeek.


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, Alberta. 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: Matthew Anderson, Scott Diehl, and Prof. Van Melkebeek.


2006-2007: Our teams took 1st and 2nd place among 181 teams. Team 3SAT Oracle (Brian Byrne, Matthew Elder, and Thomas Watson) placed first, thus advancing to the World Finals in Tokyo, Japan. 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: Matthew Anderson, Scott Diehl, and Prof. Van Melkebeek.


2005-2006: Our teams took 3rd and 4th 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, Texas. Fourth place untitled.cpp (P. A. Nainar, Jesse Beder, and Dylan Dewitt) also solved five of the problems. Coaches: Matthew Anderson, Scott Diehl, and Prof. Van Melkebeek.


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, China. 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: Chad Koch, Scott Diehl, and Prof. Van Melkebeek.


2003-2004: Our teams took 1st and 2nd 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, Czech Republic. Team Virtual Machine (Carl Edquist, Bradley Grzesiak, and Louis Kruger) were only beaten during the last minute of the 5 hour contest! Coaches: Chad Koch and Prof. Van Melkebeek.


2002-2003: Our team MAD IS ON (Ron Hose, Chad Koch, and Louis Kruger) took 2nd place among 156 teams, and advanced to the World Finals in Beverly Hills, California, where they placed 30th. Coach: Prof. Van Melkebeek.


2001-2002: Our team Red++ consisting of Lei Chen, Bradley Grzesiak, and Chad Koch took 1st place among 113 teams. The team advanced to the World Finals in Honolulu, Hawai, and took 11th place among 68 teams there! Coaches: Prof. Jha and Prof. Van Melkebeek.


(*) Name removed per contestant's request.

 
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