/news-archive/tag/carlos-ochoa/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Fri, 06 Mar 2020 14:32:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2020/03/06/google-hash-code-competition/ Fri, 06 Mar 2020 14:32:28 +0000 /news/?p=76318 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock hub hosts Google Hash Code competition]]> Google Hash Code is a team programming competition, organized by Google, for students and professionals around the world. Thousands of people participated in the competition from 707 hubs across 89 countries. The event was sponsored by the and the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Emerging Analytics Center. 鈥淭his was our first year hosting the Google Hash Code competition,鈥� said Dr. Ivan Rodriguez-Conde, assistant professor of computer science and co-organizer of the event. 鈥淲e are glad to have the opportunity to engage local programmers in the Online Qualification Round of this worldwide competition, thanks to the university鈥檚 support.鈥� Google presented coders with a real-world engineering challenge that can be solved with technology. Then, teams had five hours to propose a solution using a programming language of their choice. Google designed the competition to encourage the type of teamwork and communication skills that makes its software engineers successful. Judges from Google evaluated each team鈥檚 proposed solution based on the quality of its algorithm. The top teams from the Feb. 20 Online Qualification Round will be invited by Google to compete in the April 25 Final Round at Google鈥檚 office in Dublin, Ireland. There, teams will work together to solve another challenge and compete for cash prizes. Local competitors included 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock students Jennifer Arthur, John Clements, Gaige Ehrenworth, Julia Green, Brandon Norman, Carlos Ochoa, and Nicholas Stewart. High school teachers and students also participated, including Joshua Favourite and Kaleb Paddie from Lake Hamilton High School, Maddie Anders, Zackery Bailey, Jessie Beatty, Garrett Cherry, Kori Cox, Amy Dreher, Reid Dutton, John Elrod, Lindsay McGriff, and Raley Owen from Star City High School, and Logan Heinzelman, Jonathan Watson, and Logan Williams from Stuttgart High School. 鈥淭he competition is an amazing opportunity for high school students to put their classroom knowledge to professional know-how,鈥� said Sandra Leiterman, math specialist for the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock STEM Education Center. 鈥淧articipation in Google鈥檚 Hash Code competition significantly authenticates classroom experiences and reinforces learning. 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock is pleased to support real-world opportunities that engage students in learning and help them be better prepared for life after high school.鈥� Star City High School teammates Anders, Dreher, and McGriff, who competed as team 鈥淧ythalicious鈥�, scored 10,495,004 points, the highest score among Arkansas competitors. The organizes monthly web and mobile software development workshops. For more information, contact Rodriguez-Conde at irconde@ualr.edu. ]]>