Once again, StFX computer science students had a terrific showing at Science Atlantic’s Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science conference. This year, Kennedy Roland took home a top three presentation award, four students presented their research, and eight students, divided into teams of three, took on the challenge of the competitive programming competition at the 2024 regional event hosted at Acadia University on October 4-5.
Ms. Roland placed third in the presentation category for her talk on ‘Temporal based text prediction.’ Fellow students AJ Hinman, Cole MacDonald, and Caelen Mattie also presented their research at Science Atlantic.
The programming team of Cole Beasant, Cole MacDonald and Noah Murrant took home a fourth place finish out of 25 registered teams in the computer science competition.
Sai Kiran Siddhabathula and Aman Khatri teamed up to place 12th, and AJ Hinman, Kate Redfern and Kennedy Roland were 19th.
StFX computer science faculty Dr. Taylor Smith also attended the event.
Programming coach, and StFX computer science professor Dr. Milton King, says the technical and social skills that the students learned in preparation for this competition set the students up for success in problem solving positions in technology-based industry. These skills can also assist those that are planning to attend graduate level programs, he said.
“We were able to have a strong presence at this year’s conference thanks to the support of StFX and the generous donation from the River Philip Foundation,” Dr. King says.
