Computer Science at Duke

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<p>Melinda French Gates double majored in comp sci and econ and seems to have done all right for herself. (And not just by marriage; she was a senior manager for several products before meeting Bill.) But, yes, Google and Microsoft definitely recruit at Duke and highly seek our comp sci and engineering majors - I know several people that work for those two companies that went to Duke. While Duke’s comp sci program may not be as highly ranked as Cornell and CMU, it definitely has top notch professors and students as well as job opportunities. If you find Duke appealing for all its other attributes, then you won’t be giving up much by doing comp sci at Duke vs. the traditional powers.</p>

<p>In the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest, Duke has sent a team to the world finals every year since 1997. Duke routinely dominates the Mid-Atlantic region competition. Here are some results from 1999-2007 (I’m having trouble finding more recent):</p>

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2007 Results:
Duke tied for 44th in the world</p>

<p>US Results

1. MIT (8th)
2. California Institute of Technology (12th)
3. University of Texas at Dallas (14th)
4. Stanford (26th)
5. U of Illinois (26th)
6. U of Nebraska - Lincoln (26th)
7. DUKE UNIVERSITY (44th)
8. Carnegie Mellon (44th)
9. Cornell University (44th)
10. University of Central Florida (44th)</p>

<p>2005 Results:
Duke tied for 29th in the world</p>

<p>US Results:

1. University of Illinois (17th)
2. DUKE UNIVERSITY (29th)
3. California Institute of Technology (29th)
4. MIT (29th)</p>

<p>2003 Results:
Duke tied for 29th in the world</p>

<p>US Results:

1. California Institute of Technology (13th)
2. UC-Berkeley (13th)
3. University of Texas (21st)
4. Virginia Tech (21st)
5. Cornell (30th)
6. Harvard (30th)
7. University of Minnesota (30th)
8. University of Wisconsin (30th)
9. DUKE UNIVERSITY (43rd)
10. Iowa State (43rd)
11. University of California - San Diego (43rd)
12. University of Arkansas (43rd)
13. University of Kentucky (43rd)</p>

<p>2002 Results:
Duke University places 8th in the world</p>

<p>US Results:

1. MIT (2nd)
2. Stanford (5th)
3. DUKE UNIVERSITY (8th)
4. University of Wisconsin (11th)
5. California Institute of Technology (27th)
6. Cornell University (27th)
7. U of Chicago (27th)
8. U of California - San Diego (27th)
9. University of Central Florida (27th)
10. University of Texas (27th)
11. Virginia Tech (27th)</p>

<p>2001 Results
Duke tied for 29th in the world</p>

<p>US Results:

1. Virginia Tech (2nd)
2. MIT (7th)
3. Harvard (10th)
4. DUKE UNIVERSITY (14th)
5. University of Central Florida (14th)
6. California Institute of Technology (29th)
7. Carnegie Mellon (29th)
8. Iowa State (29th)
9. UC-Berkeley (29th)
10. UC-San Diego (29th)</p>

<p>2000 Results
Duke tied for 22nd in the world</p>

<p>US Results:

1. California Institute of Technology (9th)
2. Carnegie Mellon (11th)
3. University of Central Florida (11th)
4. University of Washington (11th)
5. MIT (15th)
6. Stanford (15th)
7. Virginia Tech (15th)
8. DUKE UNIVERSITY (22nd)
9. Cornell (22nd)
10. George Mason (22nd)
11. Georgia Tech (22nd)
12. Harvard (22nd)
13. Iowa State (22nd)
14. UC-San Diego (22nd)</p>

<p>1999 Results
Duke places 5th in the world</p>

<p>US Results:

1. DUKE UNIVERSITY (5th)
2. California Polytechnic State (6th)
3. UC Berkeley (7th)
4. Harvard (8th)
5. Carnegie Mellon (11th)
6. Cornell (18th)
7. Virginia Tech (18th)
8. U of Arkansas (18th)
9. John Hopkins (28th)
10. Harvey Mudd (28th)
11. UVA (28th)

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