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About the ACM
The ACM Chapter is organized and will be operated exclusively for educational
and scientific purposes to promote the following:
- An increased knowledge of and greater interest in the science, design,
development, construction, languages, management and applications of
modern computing.
- Greater interest in computing and its applications.
- A means of communication between persons having an interest in computing.
Latest News
| Team Wins FIRST in Intl. IEEExtreme 24hr Contest |
Apr 01, 2008 | Edit |
The Knapsackers@UNT programming team from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering were named winners of the IEEExtreme 2008 24-hour
Programming Challenge on March 29th, 2008 after two weeks of judging to determine the winners of the March 8-9 competition. IEEE Extreme is sponsored
by the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers, an international professional society that also sponsors student branches on numerous
college campuses.
This is the second year for the competition which drew 130 teams from 33 countries. The competition included 15 problems to solve, with only 1% of
the teams even attempting to solve all 15 in the 24 hour period. Dr Ryan Garlick, a team coach from UNT CSE, said "We are very proud that our
students are performing so well in these international competitions. It highlights the quality of our students as well as the faculty and curriculum
at UNT." David Keathly, lecturer in Computer Science in Engineering and the other coach noted that "most of the members of this team, and the Texas
Codeboys who will be competing next month in Budapast, Hungary, have worked very hard and long to achieve the skills needed for these victories. In
many cases they are competing against international teams that include working professionals with many years of experience - which makes their
victories even more impressive."
The Knapsackers@UNT are John Rizzo, Michael Mohler and Robert Burke. They have also qualified for the World Finals of the ACM International
Programming Competition which this year takes place in Banff Springs, Alberta Canada in early April. From 6,700 teams representing 1,821 universities
in 83 countries competing at 213 sites from September to December 2007 world-wide, one hundred teams advanced to the World Finals.
Rizzo, along with Michael Mohler and alumnus Jack Lindamood make up the Texas Codeboys who will be traveling to Budapest for the third straight year
to compete in the final round of the Challenge24 International Contest. This year they placed fourth in the qualifying round and are the only USA
Team to have ever competed in the final round.
Information about the IEEExtreme 2008 cane be found at www.ieextreme.org.
Challenge24 at www.challenge24.org.
ACM Finals at icpc.baylor.edu/icpc/Finals/.
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| UNT ACM to Host 30th Annual High School Contest |
Mar 26, 2008 | Edit |
Edited: The date for the contest has been changed to Saturday, April 19th, 2008 to resolve the conflict with the TCEA contest.
The UNT ACM would like to invite all area high school programming teams to participate in our 30th annual high school programming contest on
Saturday, April 19th, 2008. This competition takes place two weeks before the UIL (University Interscholastic League) state
competition and a week before the state TCEA competition.
This is essential practice for teams participating in these competitions. In addition, the UNT ACM contest gives students a chance to practice
for future UIL or collegiate competitions by working on problems written by some of the best competitive programmers in Texas. In just the past year,
members of the contest organization team have placed highly in several international contests (Challenge24, TechKriti-IOPC, IEEExtreme) and won
the ACM ICPC South-Central US regional programming contest. They will represent our region at world finals in early April.
The contest is comprised of both a written portion consisting of 40 multiple choice questions and a team programming portion consisting of 10
problems of varying difficulty. The registration fee for the team competition is $40 per team of up to three students.
Please consult our contest website for all other information. You may get there by going
here or navigating via the OCS2 link on our main page. At this site you
may register teams and coaches may register themselves to be a judge. All registration will be closed 5 days before the contest date. The contest
fees will not be due until you arrive at the contest.
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