CS Games

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The second round of the AI competition at CS Games 2005

CS Games is a computer science competition hosted by a different university in Canada annually. The competition typically attracts dozens of teams from colleges from across North America, but primarily from Canada and northeastern United States. It is open to students majoring in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering and related fields.

The events are primarily focused on computer programming, but also include other competitions such as web design and sports.

1 This year's competition
2 Last year's competition
3 Previous competition winners
4 2007 Industry Sponsors
5 Flash Out videos
6 Funny Facts
7 External links

[edit] This year's competition

In 2007, the CS Games will be hosted by McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The competition took place between March 9th and 11th 2007. University of Rochester won for the second year in a row with Team Ham Sandwich.

[edit] Last year's competition

In 2006, the CS Games were hosted by École de Technologie Supérieure in Montreal, Quebec (Canada). The competition was held between March 3rd and 5th 2006.

[edit] Video presentation of the event

A short film showing memorable moments of the week-end has been released on Google Video.

[edit] Overall Results

Here are the overall competition results of this year competitions.

Rank	Team Number	University	Team Name	Current Score/100
1	20	University of Rochester	Leeroy Jenkins	67.49
2	10	McMaster University	Team Blue Screen of Death	62
3	14	École de technologie supérieure	GofTen	61.92
4	24	Polytechnique	Divide-and-Conquer	61.51
5	7	Université de Montréal	Code wookies	59.48
6	30	Université de Sherbrooke	C+US	58.52
7	18	Carleton University	The Family Learning Channel	58.37
8	31	Université de Sherbrooke	USherbr0x	57.66
9	13	McGill University	Delete	57.56
10	16	Concordia University	++Concordia	54.43
11	3	McGill University	Ctrl	53.49
12	9	Université du Québec en Outaouais	Geek Squad	53.05
13	17	Concordia University	Concordia++	52.43
14	11	Université Laval	NullPointerException	50.64
15	12	Queen's University	Kernel Panic and Her Buffer Underruns	50.43
16	8	Dalhousie and St. Mary's Universities	The Delta Force	50.29
17	6	Polytechnique	Triple Hex	49.86
18	4	McGill University	ALT	49.38
19	35	Université du Québec à Chicoutimi	Chicoutimi Damacy	49.02
20	19	Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières / SUNY Brockport	Code Team / Brockport CPS Eagles	48.89
21	28	University of Guelph	U of G	47.92
22	23	University of Ottawa	CSSA	47.9
23	26	Memorial University of Newfoundland	MUN	47.37
24	22	Université du Québec à Chicoutimi	We Love Chicoutimi	45.63
25	2	Université du Québec à Rimouski	UQAR	44.25
26	29	École de technologie supérieure	Garbage Collectors	43.02
27	32	Queen's University	Queen's Continuum	41
28	25	Rochester Institute of Technology	RIT Tigers	40.25
29	21	Laurentian University	Frosty Bytes	40.06
30	33	Rochester Institute of Technology	RIT Tigers 2	36.17
31	15	Clarion University of PA	Clarion Zombies	35.42
32	34	Queen's University	Super Troopers	34.35
33	1	Brock University	Big McLarge Huge	33.84

[edit] Individual competitions

The overall was the result of the individual competitions as follow:

Artificial intelligence 13%
The Challenge 12%
Team software engineering 10%
Assembly 6%
Xtreme Programming 8%
Web Design 8%
Debugging 8%
Algorithm 6%
Gaming 6%
Scavenger Hunt 6%
Sports 6%
Scripthink Big 6%
Participation 6%
Final Group Game 6%

[edit] Previous competition winners

CS Games 2007 (hosted by McGill University) - University of Rochester
CS Games 2006 (hosted by École de technologie supérieure) - University of Rochester
CS Games 2005 (hosted by Université Laval) - École de Technologie Supérieure
CS Games 2004 (hosted by McGill University) - McGill University
CS Games 2003 (hosted by McGill University) - New York University (NYU)

[edit] 2007 Industry Sponsors

[edit] Flash Out videos

One of CS Games' greatest tradition is the presentation of Flash Out videos from each participating universities at the opening ceremonies. Flash out videos from preceding competitions are available on Google Video.

[edit] Funny Facts

2006 Edition:

A participant vomited on the laptop of another participant of his team. This resulted in the complete disassembly of the laptop, a washing with a toothbrush and a dead keyboard.