Carnegie Mellon Team Wins Oman Programming Competition

Press release

Published October 30th, 2019 - 07:52 GMT

During the event

Highlights

a Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) student team won the top prize at the Oman Collegiate Programming Contest (OCPC).

For the second year in a row, a Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) student team won the top prize at the Oman Collegiate Programming Contest (OCPC). The competition was hosted by Sultan Qaboos University in Muscat.

Mohammed Nurul Hoque, Muhammad Ahmad Khan and Zaryab Shahzaib placed first among the nearly 30 teams who competed. Hoque, who is now a computer science senior at CMU-Q, was also on last year’s winning team.

A second team from CMU-Q, which included Keivin Isufaj, Swapnendu Sanyal and Omar Sinan, placed fourth in the competition. Both teams were coached by Eduardo Feo Flushing, a postdoctoral research associate at CMU-Q.

Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar follows the curriculum for the School of Computer Science, which is recognized as a world leader in computer science education.

Background Information

Carnegie Mellon University Qatar

For more than a century, Carnegie Mellon University has challenged the curious and passionate to imagine and deliver work that matters. A private, top-ranked and global university, Carnegie Mellon sets its own course with programs that inspire creativity and collaboration.

In 2004, Carnegie Mellon and Qatar Foundation began a partnership to deliver select programs that will contribute to the long-term development of Qatar. Today, Carnegie Mellon Qatar offers undergraduate programs in biological sciences, business administration, computational biology, computer science, and information systems. Nearly 400 students from 38 countries call Carnegie Mellon Qatar home.