Students Show Programming Skills at Innovative Defense Technologies

Students from McLean High School won first place in the March 2 annual High School and Collegiate Programming Contest at the Virginia Tech Research Center in Arlington, hosted by Innovative Defense Technologies.

The competition focused on innovative methods of implementing Automated Software Testing techniques. Several local high school and university teams participated.

The McLean team included Akshay Karthik, Peter Ott and Drew Sorrels. IDT recognized McLean’s coach, Jean Wright, for 31 years of teaching computer science at the high school level. Two teams from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology placed second and third.

In the collegiate division, Virginia Tech won first place (Ian Davies, Karthik Kumar and Eeshan Shah). Second place went to William & Mary (James Rountree and Gregory Smith).

“The purpose of this type of event is to promote student interest in Automated Software Testing through problem solving, teamwork, and innovative technology,” said Thom Garrett, IDT contest chairman, in a statement.

The top three high school teams earned cash awards for the computer science departments at their schools, as well as electronic devices and T-shirts for participants. The college teams won cash awards for their team members.

IDT’s annual programming contest is open to teams from high schools and colleges in Virginia, Maryland, and DC. For more information about future contests, visit contest.idtus.com.

IDT is an Arlington-based provider of automated software testing solutions.