Battle of the brains IBM sponsorship of the ACM programming contest
The ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) traces its roots to a competition held at Texas A&M in 1970 hosted by the Alpha Chapter of the Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE) International Computer Science Honor Society. ... ICPC provides college students with opportunities to interact with students from other universities, to sharpen and demonstrate their problem-solving, programming, and teamwork skills. The contest provides a platform for ACM, industry, and academia to encourage and focus public attention on the next generation of computing professionals as they pursue excellence. ... Bill Poucher, ICPC Executive Director and a professor at Baylor University, “Endorsed by ACM, headquartered at Baylor University, hosted by the world’s universities, and fueled by IBMs sponsorship, the ICPC challenge has been extended to tens of thousands of top students and faculty mentors worldwide.” ACM Founded in 1947, ACM is a major force in advancing the skills of information technology professionals and students worldwide. ... ACM hosts the computing industry’s leading Portal to Computing Literature. With its journals and magazines, special interest groups, conferences, workshops, electronic forums and Career Resource Centre, ACM is a primary resource to the information technology field. IBM IBM is the worlds largest information technology company, with 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. IBM software offers the widest range of applications, middleware and operating systems for all types of computing platforms, allowing customers to take full advantage of the new era of e-business. ICPC The ICPC International Steering Committee is responsible for establishing contest rules, policy and guidelines. They oversee the conducting of contests, resolving of appeals, recommend ways to make the contest accessible and attractive to international participants, etc.