Mattox Beckman

ICPC World Finals CS student team Ippatsu: Dilhan Salgado, Yuuki Sawanoi and Zhikun Wang were first to solve Problem F and placed 20th at the 49th Annual International Collegiate Programming Competition World Finals, coached by David Zheng ('25 Ph.D. Computer Science) who received the coach's award for bringing five teams and CS teaching associate professor Mattox Beckman on September 4, 2025, in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Team Ippatsu placed second and won silver at the International Collegiate Programming Contest North American Championship on May 27, 2024, in Orlando, Florida. The Illinois computer science student team of Aditya Jain, Yuuki Sawanoi, and Zhikun Wang coached by Mattox Beckman, qualified for the 48^th World Finals held in Astana, Kazakhstan in September.

Illinois computer science professor Mattox Beckman won the ICPC Coach’s Award for bringing 5+ teams to The International Collegiate Programming Competition World Finals on April 18, 2024, in Luxor, Egypt.

The Illinois computer science student team with Zhenwei Hu, Aditya Jain, and Sean Liu placed 70th at The International Collegiate Programming Competition World Finals on April 18, 2024, in Luxor, Egypt.

CS student Team Ippatsu (Aditya Jain, Yuuki Sawanoi, Zhikun Wang) won first place at the regional International Collegiate Programming Contest hosted by UIUC. They advance to the ICPC North American Championship. Thanks to coaching and assistance from Mattox Beckman (CS professor), David Zheng (ECE grad student), and James Tang (MEng grad student).