ACM-ICPC @ Rice

About

Rice University competes in the annual ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest. We are located in the South Central USA region, consisting of Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma.

Three students, one computer, five hours, and a bunch of problems. Solve as many as you can, as fast as you can. Students have approximately-weekly practice sessions in the fall to practice for the Regional contest. From there, top teams advance to the North American Qualifier. And from there, top teams advance to the World Finals.

To get involved, contact John Greiner.

Useful resources

 

Year Regionals Year Finals
2015 Rice Gray, 1st place, 7/9 problems:
Jose Vera-Garza, Philip Taffet, Visit Pataranutaporn

Rice Blue, 4th place, 6/9 problems:
Jenna Netland, Derek Peirce, Michael Peirce

Rice Hoot!, 22nd place, 4/9 problems:
Ziyue Liu, Ziyun Wang, Siran Wang

Rice Owls, 42nd place, 2/9 problems:
Anh Tran, Madison Lewis, Avery Whitaker

Coach: John Greiner
Student organizers: Derek Peirce, Jose Vera-Garza

Rice Engineering article
2016 Rice Gray, 55th place of 128, 5/13 problems:
Jose Vera-Garza, Philip Taffet, Visit Pataranutaporn

Coach: John Greiner
Rice Engineering article
2014 Rice Gray, 1st place, 5/9 problems:
Jose Vera-Garza, Philip Taffet, Nick Merritt

Rice Blue, 8th place, 4/9 problems:
Derek Peirce, Michael Peirce, Jenna Netland

Rice Owls, 24th place, 2/9 problems:
Matthew Hammond, Belinda Liu, Rui (Ray) Zhang

Rice Hoot!, 26th place, 2/9 problems:
Xiaoyu Chen, Xingfan (Fanny) Huang, Yufeng Zhou

Team Fusion MMA, 36th place, 1/9 problems:
John Wyrough, Joseph Hwang, Nicholas Kwon

Coach: John Greiner
Student organizer: Derek Peirce

Rice Engineering article
2015 Rice Gray, 113th place of 128, 2/13 problems:
Jose Vera-Garza, Philip Taffet, Nick Merritt

Coach: John Greiner
Video interviews: How to Qualify for the World Finals, Coaches talk about how they train their teams

Funding sponsors: PROS Holdings, Anne Kennedy, Andrea Pound, Christopher Pound
2013 Rice Blue, 2nd place, 7/8 problems:
Jeff Arenson, Derek Peirce, Haihua Shen

Rice Owls, 11th place, 5/8 problems:
Yilun Zhang, Philip Taffet, Leo Du

Rice Gray, 42nd place, 3/8 problems:
Seth Lauer, Josiah Grace, Michael Peirce

Coach: John Greiner
Student organizer: Jeff Arenson
Rice Engineering article
2012 Rice Blue, 3rd place, 4/8 problems:
Ryan Dewey, Jeff Arenson, Haihua Shen

Rice Owls, 35th place, 1/8 problems:
Yansen Zhou, Derek Peirce, Nick McCleerey

Rice Gray, 40th place (tie), 0/8 problems:
Andrew Wu, Dhevi Rajendran, Bryan Wigianto

Coach: John Greiner
Student organizer: Ryan Dewey
2011 Rice Blue, 3rd place, 4/8 problems:
Daniel Podder, Max Grossman, Ryan Dewey

Rice Gray, 9th place, 3/8 problems:
Weibo He, Haihua Shen, Yunming Zhang

Rice Owls, 32nd place, 1/8 problems:
Dhevi Rajendran, Bryan Wigianto, Andrew Wu

Rice Centennial, 37th place, 1/8 problems:
Jeff Arenson, Kalpit Dixit, Brian Tran

Rice Hoot!, 47th place (tie), 0/8 problems:
Waseem Ahmad, Jack Feser, SeyyedMajid Valiollahzadah

Coach: John Greiner
Student organizer: Daniel Podder
2010 Give a Hoot!, 4th place, 7/8 problems:
Ryan Dewey, Eric Lee, Olyver Yau

Rice Blue, 12th place, 5/8 problems:
Elizabeth Fudge, Max Grossman, Daniel Podder

Rice Owls, 36th place, 3/8 problems:
Weibo He, Yunming Zhang, Xiangjin Zou

*teamname, 40th place, 3/8 problems:
Kuldeep Meel, Pawel Mikolajczyk, Marcus Shen

Rice Gray, 48th place, 3/8 problems:
Dhevi Rajendran, Bryan Wigianto, Andrew Wu

Coach: John Greiner
Student organizer: Daniel Podder
Year Competition Teams Leaders
2009 Regionals 3rd place, 5/8 problems:
Rice Blue: Kestutis Cesnavicius, Nico Feltman, George Chen

30th place (tie), 0/8 problems:
Rice Gray: Daniel Podder, Kevin Beale, Grant Cathcart

30th place (tie), 0/8 problems:
Rice Owls: Jaewoo Jeon, James Morgensen, Ace Emil
Coach: John Greiner
Student organizer: Kevin Beale
2008 Regionals 33rd place, 1/9 problems:
Rice Blue: Andrew Altheimer, Taylor Goodhart, Derek Sessions

60th place (tie), 0/9 problems:
Rice Gray: Rae Alty, Peter Hokanson, David Lax
Coach: John Greiner
Student organizer: Derek Sessions
2007 Regionals 9th place, 4/9 problems:
Rice Blue: Blake Kaplan, Gregory Malecha, Derek Sessions

28th place, 2/9 problems:
Rice Gray: Grant Cathcart, Taylor Goodhart, Brian Shields
Coach: John Greiner
Student organizer: Gregory Malecha
2006 Regionals 5th place: 6/8 problems:
Rice Blue: Brad Dodson, Gregory Malecha, Daniel Weidman

28th place, 3/8 problems:
Rice Gray: Taylor Goodhart, Jaewoo Jeon, Derek Sessions
Coach: John Greiner
Student organizer: Gregory Malecha
2005/6 Regionals 1st place, 7/8 problems:
Rice Blue: Gregory Malecha, Ryan Prichard, Etienne Vouga

20th place, 2/8 problems:
Rice Gray: Eric Cheng, Jaewoo Jeon, Derek Sessions
Coach: John Greiner
Student organizer: Gregory Malecha
World Finals
(San Antonio, Texas)
Honorable Mention, 1/6 problems:
Rice Blue: Gregory Malecha, Ryan Prichard, Etienne Vouga
2004 Regionals 3rd place, 5/8 problems: Rice Gray

6th place, 4/8 problems: Rice Blue
Coaches: Ian Barland, John Greiner
Student organizer: Gina Upperman
2003 Regionals 5th place, 8/8 problems: Rice Blue

14th place, 6/8 problems: Rice Gray
Coach: John Greiner
Student organizer: Gina Upperman
2002 Regionals Did not participate.
2001 Regionals Did not participate.
2000 Regionals Did not participate.

The older history has been pieced together from the ACM website and our trophies and plaques. If you can provide any additional information, please contact John Greiner.

Year Competition Teams Leaders
1999 Regionals Did not participate.
1998 Regionals
(Rice)
33rd place, 1/7 problems: Kobo Mastas

35th place, 1/7 problems: Turing Machanics
1997 Regionals
(Rice)
?
1996 Regionals ?
1995/6 Regionals ?
World Finals
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Honorable Mention
1994 Regionals ?
1993/4 Regionals ?
World Finals
(Phoenix)
Participated
1992/3 Regionals ?
World Finals
(Indianapolis, Indiana)
7th place (tie)
1991/2 Regionals 1st place: Perry Cheng, Amit Patel, Shawn Smith Doug Moore
World Finals
(Kansas City, Missouri)
Perry Cheng, Amit Patel, Shawn Smith
1990 Regionals ?

The older history has been pieced together from the ACM website and our trophies and plaques. If you can provide any additional information, please contact John Greiner.

Year Competition Teams Leaders
1989 Regionals ?
1988/9 Regionals 1st place:
Matt Biggio, Preston Briggs, Jim Carson, John Greiner
Coach: Joe Warren
World Finals
(Louisville, Kentucky)
5th place:
Matt Biggio, Preston Briggs, Jim Carson, John Greiner
1987 Regionals 3rd place:
Matt Biggio, Lawrence Cowsar (misspelled as Cowser on plaque), Kenny Sheldon, Pat Shopbell

4th place:
Preston Briggs, John Greiner, Damon Hart, Robert Read
Coach: Joe Warren
1986 Regionals 2nd place:
Bill Aitken, John Carter, Jeff Erickson, Robert (Bob) Hearn
1985/6 Regionals 1st place:
Robert (Bob) Hearn, Chetan (Chet) Murthy, Jeff Erickson, John Carter

3rd place:
Ervan Darnell, Doug Monk, Blake Wilfong, Michael Wolverton
World Finals
(Cincinnati, Ohio)
3rd place:
Robert (Bob) Hearn, Chetan (Chet) Murthy, Jeff Erickson, John Carter
1984 Regionals ?
1983 Regionals 1st place: ?
1982/3 Regionals 2nd place: ?

3rd place: ?
World Finals
(Melbourne, Florida)
? place
Randy Allen, Michael Caplinger, Robert Warfield, Joe Warren
1981 Regionals ?
1980/1 Regionals 1st place:
David Capshaw, Scott Comer, Bob Hood, Thom Potempa
World Finals
(St. Louis, Missouri)
2nd place:
Scott Comer, Gordon Goetsch, David Johnson, Thom Potempa

The older history has been pieced together from the ACM website and our trophies and plaques. If you can provide any additional information, please contact John Greiner.

Year Competition Teams
1979 Regionals ?
1978 Regionals ?
1977 Regionals ?
1976 Regionals ?