Date:
Registration Deadline – October 7, 2011
Training Session – October 19, 2011 from 6-7:30pm in E2-365 EITC
Competition – October 21, 2011 from 19:00 to October 22, 2011 at 18:59 Winnipeg Time in E2-229 EITC
Location:
E2-229 EITC, Fort Garry Campus, University of Manitoba
Abstract:
Think you can code? On October 22, 2011, you can prove it! The IEEEXtreme Programming Competition 5.0, hosted by IEEE, is an innovative global online competition in which you and a team of up to two other IEEE Student Branch members can test your collective coding expertise simultaneously against other student programmers from around the world. Solve and win the world’s most Xtreme programming challenge and your team will be able to claim ultimate bragging rights and be recognized as some of the world’s top up-and-coming programmers.
Last year, the IEEE Winnipeg Section was well represented in this international competition with five teams from the University of Manitoba. The teams (shown below) solved anywhere from 2 to 10 out of 17 problems, with the highest ranking team finishing 80 out of close to 1000 teams worldwide.
IEEEXtreme 5.0 Teams:
Team: FrantasKTik
Members: Frank Serafin, Kane Anderson, and Tik Wai Poon, Supervisor: Dr. Witold Kinsner
Team: BMW
Members: Ben Bergman, Craig Nemeth, and Matthew Woelk, Supervisor: Dr. Ken Ferens
Team: Bison 3.0
Members: Dario Schor, David Terrazas, and Troy Denton, Supervisor: Dr. Behzad Kordi
Team: Alias
Members: Maricar Aliasut, Cory Metcalfe, and Chang Zhou, Supervisor: Dr. Dean McNeill
Team: MBR
Members: Jonathan Melven, Raymond Blostein, and Nicolas Richard, Supervisor: Dr. Sherif Sherif
Team: Xtreme to The Max
Members: Hieu Dang, Ben Arzhangmofrad, and Kok Wai Chan, Supervisor: Dr. Cyrus Shafai
Team: Backslashers
Members: Greg Hoeppner, John Aird, and Matthew Moncek, Supervisor: Mr. Sam Kovnats
Prizes:
The winning team members claim ultimate bragging rights and are recognized as some of the world’s top up-and-coming programmers. Prizes include an all-expense-paid trip to the IEEE conference of your choice anywhere in the world and cool items from IEEEXtreme sponsors.
In addition to the grand prize the following prizes will be awarded:
- 2nd place overall: Netbook for each team member
- 3rd place overall: Netbook for each team member
- 1st place in each region: Cool IEEE merchandise
- All active participants: IEEEXtreme 5.0 t-shirt
UofM Team Sponsor:
- Winnipeg Old Country Sausage
Registration:
Contact Dario Schor (schor@ieee.org) for details on forming a team, getting proctors, and registering.
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