Contests
BU ACM Chapter holds local contests roughly once a month. Our local contests are modeled after the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), though our contests are only two hours (rather than the usual five hours). Typically, we offer cash prizes for first, second, and third place.
The two main goals of these local contests are to improve Binghamton CS students' algorithm programming skills in general and to recruit the best and brightest for Binghamton's ICPC team. After each contest ends, we go over each problem and ask the competitors to explain how they solved the problem. We also go over the source code for solutions to the problems, as well as the testcases.
If you plan to compete in one of our local contests, be sure to take a look at the Programming Contest FAQ. You can also find additional resources to help you prepare below.
Also, we recently compiled information about Binghamton's performance in the ICPC over the past five years. Check it out here.
Past contests
- BU1 - February 9th, 2006
- BU2 - March 9th, 2006
- TC1 - March 29th, 2006
- BU3 - April 20th, 2006
- BU4 - September 18th, 2006
- BU5 - February 12th, 2007
- BU6 - March 26th, 2007
- BU7 - April 30th, 2007
- BU8 - September 20th, 2007
- BU9 - October 25th, 2007
- TC2 - November 14th, 2007
- BU10 - November 29th, 2007
- BU11 - February 19th, 2008
- BU12 - March 18th, 2008
- BU13 - April 15th, 2008
- BUT1 - May 06th, 2008
Preparing for a contest
- Programming Contest FAQ
- Northeast North America Region Website with sample problems
- ACM ICPC Finals Website with past problems
- TopCoder
- USA Computing Olympiad