Computer Science students from Colorado State University won the national title in the Windward Code Wars 2013 competition held January end.
They beat 29 schools from the country which included Columbia University and Princeton University.
"It says a lot about how CSU's Computer Science department is preparing its students for working in tough environments that force you to think on your toes, make tough decisions in a short amount of time, and come out with something to show for it," Jason Lewallen, a member of the winning team said.
The competition is conducted by Windward of Boulder, Colo., and involves creating an artificial intelligent agent to resolve certain problems.
This year, the task required students to write an algorithm that instructed a limo driver to pick up various high-profile software CEOs and take them to different companies within the virtual world of Windwardopolis.
Hundreds of teams competed against each other for eight hours, but at the end, CSU's Team Meh emerged victorious.
It was CSU's first appearance in this competition.
The team comprised of five undergraduates; Jason Lewallen, Chris Campbell, Mike Oba, Brandon Schaffer and Austin Walkup.
The team was rewarded with a glass sailboat, which was placed in the Computer Science Department's trophy case.
"I chose to dedicate my time to this project because I really love to practice programming, and this was a chance to program, learn and compete," Brian Kelly, a second year student said.
Overall, the university created seven teams, out of which two teams made it to the semi-finals.
One of the sponsors for this competition, Hewlett-Packard (HP), donated laptops to the top three teams including their faculty advisors.
