Penn State Harrisburg and the IEEE Susquehanna Section are sponsoring a site for the IEEE Xtreme 24-hour Programming Competition. The competition will run from 8pm Friday, October 21st until 8pm Saturday, October 22nd. Funding for food for participants will be graciously provided by the IEEE Susquehanna Section. A description of the contest follows:
"Think you can code? On 22 October 2011 00:00:00 UTC, you can prove it. The IEEEXtreme Programming Competition 5.0, hosted by IEEE, is an innovative global online competition in which you and a team of up to two other IEEE Student Branch members can test your collective coding expertise simultaneously against other student programmers around the world. Solve and win the world's most Xtreme programming challenge and your team will be able to claim ultimate bragging rights, be recognized as some of the world's top up-and-coming programmers, and win an all-expense-paid trip to the IEEE event or conference of the team's choice – anywhere in the world. Other prizes will include cool gear from our sponsors."
If you are an undergraduate or graduate student interested in participating on a team, please contact Jeremy Blum (jjb24@psu.edu). The deadline for registering for the event is October 7.
We also need IEEE Members to help proctor the event. Please contact Jeremy Blum (jjb24@psu.edu) if you are willing to volunteer for part of the contest.
