January IEEE/ACM meeting and update

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Adam Gehringer

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Jan 12, 2010, 7:17:15 PM1/12/10

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Hello PKI_ACM group,

We will be kicking things off again with our first meeting of the
year. The meeting will be held on Thursday, January 21, at 8:00 pm. It
will likely be held in PKI252
If anyone has anything they would like discussed please feel free to
send me an email.

I will also be starting a facebook group for the purpose of reaching a
different/more checked audience. So, if you have facebook, be looking
for that.

Third, below is an email I received about a programming completion
that ACM is using to test a new system. Feel free to participate. You
can participate from the comfort of your own home. This would be a
good chance for anyone who is curious about how programming
competitions go to get an introductory experience.

Last meeting we had a whopping 6 attendees from ACM, this includes
those ACM members that are both ACM and IEEE members and I'm hoping to
top that number this meeting.

Please respond with comments, questions or suggestions.

Thanks,
Adam Gehringer

Also, I'm sorry if your inboxes were spammed by a random message
coming from this group. I'm not sure how it happened but I am looking
into it.

======EMAIL FROM ACM ABOUT TEST PROGRAMMING
COMPETITION=====================

HOW – To register, register by January 12th at 10:00 AM Central US
Time at :

http://cm.baylor.edu/service/Wiki.jsp?page=Main

WHEN – January 16th at 10:00 AM, Central US Time. That is 16:00:00
Saturday January 16, 2010, GMT.

The contest will run for 5 hours.

WHERE – This contest will be internet based. You will need to
provideyour own workstation with internet access. We will provide a
server onthe internet where you submit your solutions, and a mailing
list andwebpage for communications.

WHO - This contest will be open to any student in the ICPC community
that was eligible to compete in the 2009 regional contests.

WHAT – The Test Contest will be a contest similar to the ICPC World
Finals.

WHY – This will give the World Finals system operations team an
opportunity to perform a final validation test of the 2010 World
Finals environment in an actual contest.

RULES – We will generally follow the rules of the world finals, with
the obvious modifications to accommodate an internet based contest. A
few of the major points:

· No prizes will be awarded.

· We encourage you to work in teams of 3 students.

· We want everyone to treat this as a serious contest. Please
do not interfere with the normal operation of the contest systems.