Background

In early 2000, the current ACM officers decided that OSU needed a yearly event for computer science students to look forward to and strive to achieve in. Many of the faculty at the time had suggested a contest in which students would produce software which the faculty could judge. From this idea, the first annual OSEC, or, OSU Software Engineering Contest, was planned.

Andy Ko played an integral part in the development of the rules, guidelines, finding money in the department for prizes, getting industry sponsors, and holding meetings to let the community to know about it. For three months, 10 teams worked hard on various software of various complexity. By the time Spring break came around, it was obvious that many of the teams had chosen projects that were too large.

After Spring break, a good 3 or 4 teams were still ready to compete, and they submitted their specification drafts. Finally, in early May, Andy gathered professors in the computer science department to judge the submissions. Neil Smith, Michael Quinn, and Timothy Budd participated in the judging.

In late may, plaques and checks were given out in the winning students classes. Tammy and Chris Culter (brother and sister) won first place, The Infinite Monkeys won second, and JavaBeavs? won third. Check out the 2000 contest details.