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at. John W. Coffey Department of Computer Science The University of West Florida Pensacola, FL. 32514 474-3183 jcoffey@uwf.edu. What is AITP?.
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at John W. Coffey Department of Computer ScienceThe University of West FloridaPensacola, FL. 32514474-3183 jcoffey@uwf.edu
What is AITP? • A worldwide organization focused on creating a community of knowledge, education and resources that will empower its members to reach their true potential. • UWF has had a student chapter in continuous operation since the 1970s • UWF Student Chapter Activities: • Speaker meetings – we bring in speakers from the IT community to talk on topics of interest. • Field Trips – we visit IT installations in the community • Intramural Programming Competition – we hold these as a prelude to the Regional and National Competitions. • National Programming Competitions – the national organization’s yearly student conference and competition
The UWF Chapter of AITP Our UWF AITP chapter has won (in the past 20 years): • Seven Student Chapter Outstanding Performance (SCOPA) awards • Three Region 7 Outstanding Student Chapter of the Year awards • Numerous Regional and National programming competitions • More than $40,000.00 in support from the SGA Our chapter competed in the 2013 AITP National Collegiate Conference held in St. Louis, MO April 4-7.
Madison Fortenberry and Duncan Calvert First Place: Java Programming (31 teams) Honorable Mention: Mobile Application Design (18 teams)
Derek Merchant and Everett Lucas Honorable Mention: Microsoft Office Solutions (80 teams) Honorable Mention: Database Design (83 teams)
Chris Terry Second Place: Security Scenarios (49 teams) First Place: IBM Enterprise Systems Challenge (29 teams)