The Coaches
Besides Dr. Orooji, the UCF Programming Team has a large coaching staff that work directly with the teams, preparing them for competition. Each has been a team member in the past and now works closely with the teams each year.
Coaches
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Stephen Fulwider was a UCF team member from 2006-2009. He competed at World Finals in both 2008 and 2009, placing 65th and 68th. Stephen enjoys problem solving and explores various techniques and algorithms. He also still competes often in TopCoder competitions.
Stephen is also pursuing a Ph.D. in computer science at UCF.
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Chris Gouge rejoined the coaching staff of the UCF Programming Team in the Fall of 2003, having been an assistant coach from 1988 to 1990. He competed on the UCF team for two years, those teams placing 5th at the 1991 World Finals and 7th at the 1992 World Finals.
After competing, Chris assisted from 1992 through 1996 with the Southeast USA Regional contest. He co-developed a scoring process that kept that contest's score error-free for at least 12 years. Chris also helps organize the UCF High School Programming Tournament.
As a coach, he considers it his most critical duty each year to select a theme for the UCF Programming Team names.
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Arup Guha is a Lecturer in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UCF. In recent years he has been a coach with the UCF Programming Team where he works with the teams and provides lectures on certain key topics.
Arup also helps out with the UCF High School Programming Tournament each year. He is one of the judges each year and helps to develop the problem specifications and judge data.
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Abdullah (Satej) Mahmud has been a UCF Programming Team coach since the Fall of 2010. He attended the 2005 ACM ICPC World Finals, placing 29th. He enjoys problem solving and loves to compete in TopCoder competitions. In addition, he writes problems for many online and regional contests. Satej is pursuing a Ph.D. in computer science at UCF.
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Glenn Martin has been a coach with the team since Fall of 1994. He originally competed as a UCF team member from 1990-1994. He has coached multiple teams to wins at Regional competitions and has coached teams at World Finals that placed as high as 11th.
Glenn also helps to organize UCF's High School Programming Tournament each year. Acting as Head Judge most years, he organizes the judging staff in creating problem specifications, solving the problems and making judging data for the competition. He is also co-developer of the contest software used at the contest.
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Nadeem Mohsin was a UCF team member from 2006-2008. He attended World Finals both years, placing 44th and 65th. Nadeem is intrigued by problem solving and spends his spare time looking at alternative solutions and expanding his knowledge in these areas. He competes often on TopCoder.
Nadeem is also pursuing a Ph.D. in computer science at UCF.
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