Each year the ACM holds its International Collegiate Programming Contest. The contest is the oldest and largest programming competition for the world's universities and colleges. Regional contests are held at selected sites around the world and the winners go to the finals at the annual ACM conference (a major event in itself).

In 2003 MTU sent four teams to the North Central regional contest at the Algoma University College in Sault Ste Marie, Canada.

MTU Blue (Joe Nievelt and Kyle Rokos) finished 3rd and qualified for the finals in Prague - the first time ever for MTU!

Team	Members	Place in Region
MTU Blue	Joe Nievelt Kyle Rokos	3rd
MTU Green	Dean Gores Greg Murphy Patrick Williams	6th
MTU Purple	Jon DeVree Jason Mitchell Steve Vormwald	10th
MTU Orange	Dru Champion Ryan DeShone Joe Heyse	67th

(out of 177 teams from 70 schools)

• Click here to see a photo record of this year's contest.
• Click here to see the final standings.
• Click here to see the problems they had to solve in 5 hours.

Next November the CS Department will again send up to five teams to the North Central regional contest at LSSU in Sault Ste Marie. A qualifying team will get a free trip to the finals in March, 2005 (location not yet announced) to compete with teams from around the world for scholarships and "bragging rights".

The CS Department will be taking a van-full of students to the contest, leaving around 9am and returning around 8pm the same day. If you are interested, please contact Dr. Poplawski.