Every year, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) sponsors regional and international collegiate programming contests. They divide the world up into 16 regions. Each region has a regional contest, with the top two or three teams in each region going on to the international contest.
The format of the contest pits teams of three programmers competing against the clock. Each team is given several programming problems (usually five to seven). They then try to write programs to solve as many of these problems as possible in the allotted time (usually three to five hours). The team that correctly solves the most problems wins. If multiple teams solve the same number of problems, the team that solved them fastest wins. Expertise in quick-and-dirty hacking is usually more valuable than rigid software engineering techniques in such an environment. Experience with debugging stupid mistakes is also a plus.
1996 marked the fourth consecutive year that UNL has sent at team to the international competition :
After the contest, Microsoft sponsored a party for the contestants and provided free food and beer for three hours. While most people spent the time getting drunk and making friends
You can see how wonderful the dinner it was last year. With the winners, the contestants, the ACM members as well as some special guests joining the party.... sure made the night memorable!
To register for the contest, please download the registration form.
For more contest information, you can download the contest 94' or the contest 95' or consult the Contest regulation page.
Contest Photos
Visit the Contest Gallery to see the greatest moments!!
last updated 12 Apr 96 acm-hk@cs.cuhk.hk
