The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is gearing up to host its third annual programming competition for college students, the IEEEXtreme Programming Competition 3.0.The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is gearing up
to host its third annual programming competition for college students,
the IEEEXtreme Programming Competition 3.0.
IEEE officials said undergraduate and graduate computer programming
students are gearing up to compete for the rights to call themselves
the worlds best programmers. The third annual worldwide college
programming competition involves teams of IEEE student members working
collaboratively to solve a series of challenging programming problems.
The winners will receive a free trip to one of hundreds of IEEE
technical worldwide conferences.
IEEE, which touts itself as the world's leading technical
professional association for the advancement of technology, conducts
the computer programming competition. IEEE student branches will host
the competition on their local campuses.
The 24-hour competition will begin simultaneously at college
campuses around the world at 00:00:00 UTC Oct. 24, or 8 p.m. EDT on
Oct. 23. The registration deadline is Oct. 12, 2009. More information
about the IEEEXtreme Programming Competition 3.0, including an online
registration form, is available at http://www.ieee.org/xtreme.