The main HSPC web page is available here.

2007 Results

Problem Set

The problem set used in the competition is available here along with Sample Student Solutions (from top-3 finishers).

Photos of Contest and Awards Ceremony

Photos are available in four separate collections:

        Pre-Contest Photos

            The orientation slides are available here.

        Competition Photos

        Keynote Presentation

        Awards Ceremony

Words from our Sponsors

Overall Ranking

The results and contest scores are available here.

Statistics and Participant List

We received 45 registration forms, from which 36 students actually participated. The participants represented 10 high schools across all of Alabama. During the contest, the participants submitted 105 problems that were graded by the volunteer judges. The complete list of participants and their represented schools follows:

Alabama School of Fine Arts

   Codrin Barasch
   Chris Busby
   Jonathan Cobb
   Morgan Floyd
   Hudson Harper
   David Kneynsberg
   Youming Lin
   Mark Roberts
   Marek Sedlacek
   Komal Shah
   Joshua Swank
   Jakub Tucholski

Alabama School of Math and Science

   Kevin Beale
   Patrick Butler
   Alexander Filby
   Jon Fuller
   Nikolai Kochurov
   Michael Niles
   William Noble
   Michael Robson
   Joel Wolfe

Auburn High School

   Alexis Mosjidis

Buckhorn High School

   Chris Carpenter
   Matthew Cooper
   James Mazikowski

Loveless Magnet School

   Carter Mills

Grissom High School

    Adam Kalachman

Hoover High School

    William Fick

Mountain Brook High School

   Will Whitney

Randolph School

    Evan Extine
    Jacob Smith

Vestavia Hills High School

   Brett Byer
   Ryan Muller
   Theo Roth

Organizers

To contact the organizers, please send an email to hspc@cis.uab.edu, or call (205)-934-8643.

  • Dr. Jeff Gray (Contest Director)
  • Fran Fabrizio (Systems Administration)
  • Angel Villahoz Baleta (Problem submission software)
  • Dr. Puri Bangalore (Lab Coordinator)
  • Dr. Chengcui Zhang (Volunteers Coordinator)
  • Dr. Barrett Bryant (Problem Set Coordinator)
  • Dr. Frederic Jouault (Problem Set Coordinator)
  • Dr. Tony Skjellum (Department Chair)
  • Kathy Baier (Registration and Administration)
  • Janet Tatum (Advertising and Administration)
  • John Faulkner (Recruiting and Advertising)
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    Volunteers

    Judges

    Judging Chair: Fran Fabrizio, UAB CIS
    Amos Smith, UAB CIS
    Chun Wei, UAB CIS
    Enis Afgan, UAB CIS
    Eric Frees, UAB CIS
    Jason Devine, CTS
    Jeff Frees, UAB CIS
    Lin Yang, UAB CIS
    Mike Stueve, UAB CIS
    Radha Mukkai, CTS
    Shih-Hsi Liu, UAB CIS
    Steven Dunn, UAB CIS
    Steve Wingo, Southern Company

    Registration Greeters

    Registration Chair: Shekera Stanley, UAB CIS
    Jayne Ivy, UAB CIS
    Les Williams, CTS
    Wayne Schroer, CTS

    System Administration Assistants

    Thom Savage, UAB CIS
    Kurrum Maqbool, UAB CIS
    Vaibhav Paneri, UAB CIS

    General Assistants

    Beth DiPalma, CTS
    Cara Turano, CTS

    Pre-Contest Arrangements

    Brad Wardman, UAB CIS

    Sponsors

    We gratefully acknowledge the support of MedMined, Dell, Addison-Wesley, CTS and Microsoft in providing resources and support to the HSPC contest.