The Earlham College team took third place last weekend at the Iowa State National Cyber Defense Competition (CDC). The eight-hour competition ran through the morning and afternoon, with the tired but valiant Earlham CS students keeping the lead most of the afternoon. The final results reflected the closest top scores in CDC history:
There were 10 points separating 1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd-place, with top score being around 1800 points, meaning about a (1/2)% differential separating the top three finishers! Iowa State eeked out a first-place finish, with University of Northern Iowa's's team Panther finishing second by only a 4-point margin. Earlham College finished 3rd by a razor's edge margin of 6 points.
The Cyber Defense Competition ran from Friday, February 20 - Saturday, February 21st. The third-place winning Earlham team consisted of Matt Edlefsen, Andrew Fitz-Gibbon, Ben Goldstone, Samuel Leeman-Munk, and Samuel Wein.
Posted by kwanous at February 24, 2009 10:49 AM