On Oct. 31, 2015, more than 20 three-student teams from Michigan Tech, Northern Michigan, Lake Superior State and Algoma College of Sault Ste. Marie, Canada will meet in Tech’s Rekhi Hall to compete in the 2015 North Central Regional Programming Contest for a spot in the world finals of the International Collegiate Programming Contest.
Teams will arrive around 10 a.m., settle in, get directions, have lunch and make final preparations. The contest starts at noon and runs for five hours. Michigan Tech has qualified teams for four world finals since 2004. This year’s world finals are in Thailand.
The ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) is a multitier, team-based, programming competition operating under the auspices of ACM and headquartered at Baylor University.
Michigan Tech is a participant in the 2015 North Central North American Regional Contest, representing the geographic area of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Western Ontario, Manitoba, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and the UP of Michigan. The Michigan Tech site director is Associate Professor Dave Poplawski.
The ACM North Central North America Regional Programming Contest is sponsored by IBM.