Imagine completing a semester’s worth of computer programming in one afternoon. The powerhouse computer programmers from the College of Charleston, and top collegiate programmers from surrounding areas, will do just that in an all-out “battle of the brains.” On Saturday, November 7, two teams from the College of Charleston will compete with teams from 13 other universities in the ACM “Battle of the Brains” Southeastern Collegiate Programming Competition. The competition will be held from 1:30-6:30pm at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, GA.
The IBM-sponsored ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest, the most prestigious computer programming competition of its kind, will include tens of thousands of university students during its preliminary rounds through December. One hundred teams from approximately 90 countries on six continents will earn coveted spots at the Contest’s World Finals February 1-6, 2010 hosted by Harbin Engineering University in Harbin, China.
The 34th annual Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) International Collegiate Programming Contest challenges teams of three university students to use their programming skills and rely on their mental endurance to solve complex, real world problems under a grueling five-hour deadline. Since the IBM sponsorship began in 1997, the number of teams participating has increased from 1,100 to more than 7,100 teams.
