Take the ICPC Challenge

1/29/2010

Play along at home as Illinois CS students take on the world at the ACM ICPC World Finals.

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In honor of the team of Illinois CS students competing in the World Finals of ACM's International Collegiate Programming Competition, we are pleased to bring you this play-at-home version.

Special thank you to Palantir Technologies for their sponsorship of the team and the contest.

How it Works

  • Each day (Feb 1-4), a new question will be posted at 9 a.m. here on these webpages and on posters throughout Siebel Center  
  • The first 5 people to correctly submit their answer to the question (before 9 a.m. the following day) will receive a daily prize (with a special prize to the very first person to submit)
  • Answers should be submitted via email to versus [at] cs [dot] illinois [dot] edu
  • Order of submissions will be determined by the time the email arrives at the versus [at] cs [dot] illinois [dot] edu email address
  • The daily winners will be entered to win the grand prizes at the end of the week: an iPod Touch and iTunes gift cards
  • Stay tuned for details on the drawing and a celebration of the team's performance at the world finals on Friday, Feb. 5

Find out more on the Illinois Vs. The World website.


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This story was published January 29, 2010.