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 Championship. And from there, top teams advance to the World Finals.
To get involved, contact John Greiner.
| Year | Contest | Teams | Leaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 |
North America Championship Orlando |
Rice Owls, 34th place, 5/13 problems: Charlie (Ruofeng) Liu, Leonardo Paes, Marko Tanevski |
Coach: John Greiner Student organizer: Ruofeng Liu |
| 2022 |
SCUSA Regionals Division I |
Rice Owls, 11th place, 6/13 problems: Charlie (Ruofeng) Liu, Leonardo Paes, Marko Tanevski Rixner's a Rizzner, 16th place, 3/13 problems: Hsiang-En Huang, Bruce Wang, Ada Ma |
Coach: John Greiner Student organizer: Ruofeng Liu |
| 2022 |
North America Championship Orlando |
Rice Owls, 46th place, 2/13 problems: Charlie (Ruofeng) Liu, Ruijin Wang, Phuong Tran |
Coach: John Greiner Student organizer: Ruofeng Liu |
| 2021 |
SCUSA Regionals Division I |
Rice Owls, 3rd place, 9/11 problems: Charlie (Ruofeng) Liu, Ruijin Wang, Phuong Tran ICan'tThinkOfAny, 17th place, 4/11 problems: Jane Mo, Janhvi Somaiya, Wisha Wanichwecharungruang AQMeta, 34th place, 1/11 problems: Abedelrahman Abouzeid, Quang Nguyen, Mahmoud Badawi |
Coach: John Greiner Student organizer: Ruofeng Liu |
| 2021 |
North American Championship Orlando |
Rice Owls, 35th place, 5/13 problems: Phuong Tran, Charlie (Ruofeng) Liu, Chuck (Quihan) Wang |
Coach: John Greiner Student organizer: Quihan Wang |
| 2021 |
North America South Division Championship online |
Rice Owls, 10th place, 7/13 problems: Phuong Tran, Charlie (Ruofeng) Liu, Chuck (Quihan) Wang |
Coach: John Greiner Student organizer: Quihan Wang |
| 2020 | SCUSA Regionals |
Rice Owls, 8th place, 11/16 problems: Phuong Tran, Charlie (Ruofeng) Liu, Chuck (Quihan) Wang Eureka, 33rd place, 5/16 problems: Ningzhi Xu, Ye Cao |
Coach: John Greiner Student organizer: Quihan Wang |
| Year | Contest | Teams | Leaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 |
North America Championship Atlanta |
I see PC, 35th place, 4/10 problems: Phuong Tran, Austin (Tianyi) Liu, Mark Saving |
Coach: John Greiner Student organizer: Tianyi Liu |
| 2019 | SCUSA Regionals |
I see PC, 7th place, 8/12 problems: Phuong Tran, Austin (Tianyi) Liu, Mark Saving It's a Hoot!, 18th place, 5/12 problems: Jos Malig-on, Shaquille Wyan Que, Nicholas Meisburger Rice Owls, 25th place, 5/12 problems: Joshua Engels, Ben Firullo, Pasan Sirithanachai Rice Recursion, 34th place, 4/12 problems: Yixuan Zhou, Boyuan Deng, Zhanyi Sun |
Coach: John Greiner Student organizer: Tianyi Liu |
| 2018 | SCUSA Regionals |
Owls, 7th place, 9/12 problems: Austin (Tianyi) Liu, Zirun Lin, Mark Saving Rice Gray, 21st place, 5/12 problems: Yixuan Zhou, Thomas Yuan, Joon Sun Hwang Blue, 23rd place, 5/12 problems: Jianan Jiang, Avery Whitaker, Seung Hun Jang |
Coach: John Greiner Student organizers: Tianyi Liu, Avery Whitaker |
| 2017 | North American Invitational online |
Rice Lalalalalalalalalala, 38th place, 1/11 problems: Anh Tran, Madison Lewis, Avery Whitaker Coach: John Greiner Student organizer: Avery Whitaker |
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| 2017 | SCUSA Regionals |
Rice Lalalalalalalalalala, 12th place, 6/11 problems: Anh Tran, Madison Lewis, Avery Whitaker Rice while(team), 13th place, 6/11 problems: Tianyi Liu, Pedro Igor Oliveira, Zirun Lin Rice Cowculating, 18th place, 6/11 problems: Sinran Virk, Thomas Yuan, Patrick Brady Rice Fondren ForAll, 24th place, 5/11 problems: Namgun Kim, Hunter Tidwell, Jung Hee Ryun Rice Irregular Expression, 45th place, 3/11 problems: Xihao Liu, Edward Feng, Wei Dai |
Coach: John Greiner Student organizer: Avery Whitaker |
| 2016 | SCUSA Regionals |
Rice Lalalalalalalalalalalala, 10th place, 7/11 problems: Anh Tran, Madison Lewis, Avery Whitaker Rice Mango, 19th place, 6/11 problems: Siran Wang, Ziyun Wang, Chao Zhou Rice Lucky Ks, 26th place, 5/11 problems: Jung Hee Ryu, Namgun Kim, Gayeon Noh Rice Fresh, 50th place, 2/11 problems: Patrick Brady, Gabriel Vacaliuc, Arjoon Srikanth |
Coach: John Greiner Student organizer: Avery Whitaker |
| 2016 |
World Finals Phuket |
Rice Gray, 55th place of 128, 5/13 problems: Jose Vera-Garza, Philip Taffet, Visit Pataranutaporn |
Coach: John Greiner Student organizer: Jose Vera-Garza Rice Engineering article |
| 2015 | SCUSA Regionals |
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 |
| 2015 |
World Finals Marrakech |
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 |
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| 2014 | SCUSA Regionals |
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 |
| 2013 | SCUSA Regionals |
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 | SCUSA Regionals |
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 | SCUA Regionals |
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 | SCUSA Regionals | 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 | SCUSA Regionals | Rice Blue, 3rd place, 5/8 problems: Kestutis Cesnavicius, Nico Feltman, George Chen Rice Gray, 30th place (tie), 0/8 problems: Daniel Podder, Kevin Beale, Grant Cathcart Rice Owls, 30th place (tie), 0/8 problems: Jaewoo Jeon, James Morgensen, Ace Emil |
Coach: John Greiner Student organizer: Kevin Beale |
| 2008 | SCUSA Regionals | Rice Blue, 33rd place, 1/9 problems: Andrew Altheimer, Taylor Goodhart, Derek Sessions Rice Gray, 60th place (tie), 0/9 problems: Rae Alty, Peter Hokanson, David Lax |
Coach: John Greiner Student organizer: Derek Sessions |
| 2007 | SCUSA Regionals | Rice Blue, 9th place, 4/9 problems: Blake Kaplan, Gregory Malecha, Derek Sessions Rice Gray, 28th place, 2/9 problems: Grant Cathcart, Taylor Goodhart, Brian Shields |
Coach: John Greiner Student organizer: Gregory Malecha |
| 2006 | SCUSA Regionals | Rice Blue, 5th place: 6/8 problems: Brad Dodson, Gregory Malecha, Daniel Weidman Rice Gray, 28th place, 3/8 problems: Taylor Goodhart, Jaewoo Jeon, Derek Sessions |
Coach: John Greiner Student organizer: Gregory Malecha |
| 2006 | World Finals San Antonio |
Rice Blue, Honorable Mention, 1/6 problems: Gregory Malecha, Ryan Prichard, Etienne Vouga |
Coach: John Greiner Student organizer: Gregory Malecha |
| 2005 | SCUSA Regionals | Rice Blue, 1st place, 7/8 problems: Gregory Malecha, Ryan Prichard, Etienne Vouga Rice Gray, 20th place, 2/8 problems: Eric Cheng, Jaewoo Jeon, Derek Sessions |
Coach: John Greiner Student organizer: Gregory Malecha |
| 2004 | SCUSA Regionals | Rice Gray, 3rd place, 5/8 problems Rice Blue, 6th place, 4/8 problems |
Coaches: Ian Barland, John Greiner Student organizer: Gina Upperman |
| 2003 | SCUSA Regionals | Rice Blue, 5th place, 8/8 problems Rice Gray, 14th place, 6/8 problems |
Coach: John Greiner Student organizer: Gina Upperman |
| 2002 | Did not participate. | ||
| 2001 | Did not participate. | ||
| 2000 | 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 | Did not participate. | ||
| 1998 | Regionals (Rice) |
33rd place, 1/7 problems:
Kobo Mastas 35th place, 1/7 problems: Turing Machanics |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| World Finals (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
3rd place: Robert (Bob) Hearn, Chetan (Chet) Murthy, Jeff Erickson, John Carter |
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| 1984 | Regionals | ? | |
| 1983 | Regionals | 1st place: ? | |
| 1982/3 | Regionals | 2nd place: ? 3rd place: ? |
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| World Finals (Melbourne, Florida) |
? place Randy Allen, Michael Caplinger, Robert Warfield, Joe Warren |
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| 1981 | Regionals | ? | |
| 1980/1 | Regionals | 1st place: David Capshaw, Scott Comer, Bob Hood, Thom Potempa |
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| 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 | ? |