CNU to host IBM-sponsored 'Battle of the Brains' contest for Collegiate Computer Programming Teams
News Release - October 23, 2007
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Emily L. Lucier
Press Secretary and Media Manager
emily.lucier@cnu.edu
(757) 594-8428
(NEWPORT NEWS, Va.) - Christopher Newport University will be hosting the 32nd annual International “Battle of the Brains” IBM sponsored contest this Saturday, October 27, at the Hunter Creech Lab, Gosnold Hall 124, from noon to
5 p.m. Top collegiate computer programmers from CNU, the College of William and Mary, Hampton University, Saint Peter's College, the University of Richmond, Virginia State University and Virginia Wesleyan College will be participating in a regional round of problem solving on CNU's campus. Teams of three students will be challenged to use their programming skills and rely on mental endurance to solve complex, real world problems under a tight five-hour deadline. Tackling these problems is equivalent to completing a semester's worth of computer programming in one afternoon. The team that solves the most problems correctly in the shortest amount of time will win a spot on the World Finals roster.
This IBM-sponsored contest, the Association for Computing Machinery's (ACM) International Collegiate Programming Contest, is the most prestigious computer programming competition of its kind. It will gather more than six-thousand university teams from 82 countries on six continents during its preliminary rounds through December. 90 teams from around the world will earn spots at the Contest's World Finals April 8 - 12, 2008, in Banff Springs, Alberta, Canada. During the competition time from noon to 5 p.m., student teams will be virtually isolated within the Hunter Creech Lab. Results will be announced at 6 p.m.
For more information on previous contests, problem sets and last year's final standings, please visit http://icpc.baylor.edu/icpc. For information about the CNU team, other college teams competing in Newport News, their coaches and the contest itself, please contact Dana Procaccino, The Tierney Agency, (215) 790-4358, dprocaccino@tierneyagency.com. The complete schedule of events for this day is posted at http://www.radford.edu/~acm/midatl/index.html
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Christopher Newport University is a four-year public university in Newport News, Virginia. CNU enrolls 4,800 students in programs through its College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Luter School of Business and offers great teaching, small classes and an emphasis on leadership, civic engagement and honor. Visit us at www.cnu.edu.