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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A team of three computer science students from The |
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University of Texas at Dallas, graduate student Jack Lindamood and |
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undergraduates Michelle Berger and Matthew Dempsky, placed in the |
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top 20 teams competing in the World Finals of the Association for |
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Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest |
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held in Tokyo from March 12 to 16, 2007; and |
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WHEREAS, From its origins as a competition at Texas A&M |
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University in 1970, the ACM-ICPC has grown into one of the most |
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prestigious programming contests in the world, involving students |
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and faculty from 1,756 universities in 82 countries; now |
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headquartered at Baylor University, the contest encourages |
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creativity, teamwork, and innovation in software design; at the |
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2007 World Finals in Japan, teams from six continents competed to |
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solve 10 computer programming problems in under five hours; and |
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WHEREAS, Working with a single computer at their first |
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world-class competition, the UT Dallas team placed 14th out of 88 |
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teams, completing five problems in the allotted time; this |
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impressive showing made UT Dallas one of only three teams from |
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American universities to place in the top 20; coached by UT Dallas |
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associate professor Ivor Page, the team members are all students at |
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the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science; and |
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WHEREAS, These gifted and disciplined students may take great |
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pride in their achievements, and it is appropriate to take this |
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opportunity to recognize them; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Jack Lindamood, Michelle Berger, |
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and Matthew Dempsky of The University of Texas at Dallas on placing |
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in the top 20 at the 2007 World Finals of the Association for |
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Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest |
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and extend to them best wishes for their continued success; and, be |
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it further |
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RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared |
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for Mr. Lindamood, Ms. Berger, and Mr. Dempsky as an expression of |
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high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |
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Hill |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1924 was adopted by the House on May |
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18, 2007, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |