University teams pitted against each other, competing for the glory of their school. This scenario sounds familiar, but instead of taking place on a field, a recent competition involved screens and keyboards.
The , hosted by software company of Boulder, Colo., took place in February, but its gaining attention for how well computer science departments from Colorado did.
In the Code Wars, students work in teams to create an artificial intelligent agent to resolve a certain problem. This year students needed to write an algorithm that instructed a limo driver to pick up various high-profile software CEOs and take them to different companies within the virtual world of Windwardopolis.
A programming team 鈥搕he first time they competed- won first place at this year鈥檚 Code War. Another CSU team won fourth place, while a team from the came in seventh.
The standings prompted, the founder of Windward Studios to call CSU and Mines 鈥渉idden gems鈥� in a recent article, and rank CSU the 7th best computer science school in the world.
This year鈥檚 Code Wars was the second of its kind hosted by Windward. Its sponsors include Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, JetBrains, and Morgan Stanley.
In recognition of the students鈥� achievements, HP donated its best selling laptops to the top three teams of the competition including their faculty advisors.
