Fwd: UPE programming contest
Glenn Downing
Begin forwarded message:
> From: "Vicki L. Almstrum" <alms...@cs.utexas.edu>
> Date: May 5, 2005 11:17:28 PM CDT
> To: CS-Faculty:;
> Cc: boot...@mail.utexas.edu
> Subject: UPE programming contest
> Reply-To: alms...@cs.utexas.edu
>
> The UPE president, Andy Boothe, has asked me to share the following
> announcement with faculty. He is hoping some faculty members will
> want to spend Saturday afternoon competing side-by-side with
> undergraduate and graduate students in the 6th annual UPE/ACM/WICS
> programming contest! Greg Plaxton was last year's winner of the
> faculty division and is now relinquishing the prize for this year's
> winner.
>
> Below are particulars of the contest.
>
> When: Saturday, May 7, 2pm-6pm
>
> Who: Programmers may compete in undergraduate, graduate, and
> faculty divisions either individually or in teams of two.
> Teams may only use one terminal. If a team wins, it must
> split the prize between its members.
>
> Where: Meet in Painter Hall, PAI 3.14, then move to the Linux lab
> in PAI 1.44 (dual P4, standard CS linux setup) and the
> Windows lab in PAI 3.06 (P3, win98SE). Please note that
> these machines do NOT have C# installed.
>
> Cost: Free for all paid UPE, ACM and WICS members as well as
> faculty and sponsors. All other contestants must pay $5
> on the day of the event after signing up through e-mail.
>
> Rules:
> * Programmers can use any language on the CS machines, but must
> inform organizers in advance.
> * No network access, no computer-readable anything.
> * Any printed documentation allowed (even code).
> * Only specific online documentation is allowed.
>
> Prizes: Donated by IBM, Microsoft, and Dell, including
> * a Personal DJ from Dell
> * three IBM 512MB USB 2.0 High Speed Memory Keys
> * eight Xbox games from Microsoft
>
> Dinner (boxed meals from Schlotsky's): provided through cash donations
> by IBM and Lockheed Martin.
>
> For more information and to sign up, please visit the contest website
> at http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/upe/prog-contest-2005/
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Glenn P. Downing
The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Computer Sciences
Taylor Hall 2.124
Austin, TX 78712
(512) 471-7316
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/downing/