9th BME International 24-hour Programming Contest

Question

Do you like programming? Can you take challenges? Would you match yourself with others?

Here is your chance! Grab it!

The Electrical Engineering Students' Hungarian Association and the Károly Simonyi College for Advanced Studies are proud to present the

9th BME International 24-hour Programming Contest!

If you have missed the previous eight occasions, it is now time to join the adventure!

This contest is a real test of creativity, knowledge, endurance and team-work, an EXTREME CHALLENGE! Sponsors and the offered prizes worth 5000 euros contribute to the high standards of the contest. The team which gains the utmost points can take home the award and the cup.

Those teams which will have finished registration until 21st February 2009, must do their best during the online preliminary qualifier on 28th February 2009. The best performing thirty teams can participate onsite at the Finals in Budapest Hungary, between 1st and 3rd of May 2009. During the 24-hour adventurous round, the contestants will have to solve one, but extremely complicated and interesting task. They will need all of their knowledge in the field of algorithms theory, artificial intelligence and program design, and also well-used team work competence is desired.

The contestants will be allowed to use their own computers. Technical background and catering will be provided. There are no restrictions on the hardware, software and support they use, but communication with the outside world is strictly forbidden.

For further information and for tasks from the previous years please visit the official homepage of the Challenge where future occurrences will also be available for everyone.

If you are not afraid of eXtreme challenges , you do not have anything else to do just to establish a team of 3 members and register at http://www.challenge24.org ! Participation is completely free of charge.

Have fun and good luck!
The Organizers

Deadline for registration: 21st February 2009
Website: http://www.challenge24.org
For further information please check our website, or contact us by email

Bechir Bejaoui · Answer

Thanks for the info

Challenge Twentyfour · Answer

Hi You can find information about our organization at http://challenge24.org/2009/mave_intro. The content of the page is : The MAVE (Magyar Villamosmérnök- és Informatikus-hallgatók Egyesülete = Electrical Engineering Students' Hungarian Association) was founded in 1986 with the aim of broadening the knowledge and widening the horizons of engineering students. Since its foundation the association has been a member of the Electrical Engineering STudents European assoCiation (EESTEC). At the beginning the non-profit student organization arranged short-term exchange programmes guiding foreign colleagues in Hungary. The situation has changed by the gross it is difficult to list the activities of the organization; no wonder LC Budapest is kept count of among the best local committees of EESTEC. Nevertheless our principles are unchanged: the MAVE is determined to offer unique experience to young people no matter if it is a summer rowing tour a perspiratory but interesting programming competition presentations by acknowledged experts an international conference or life-long friendships. With the recent years’ high-profile events our reputation has grown as well permitting us to e supported by not only the best academic professionals but by members of the for-profit sector professionally financially and with ideas. Beside our members’ notable professional achievements all the above mentioned would not worth anything if the organization did not remain an unbound fellowship. The membership of this association not merely means opportunities but also delight. From the general studentry more than half-a-hundred people can travel abroad to our partner organisations’ events. The MAVE is a dynamic organisation we lay stress on development and rejuvenation. We are happy to receive new ideas new members any time. That is way in autumn 2008 our image was renewed and a new website was designed that we firmly believe to better satisfy everyone’s curiosity. Most of our members are students of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics but we welcome any other university’s engineering students. In the 2008/2009 academic year the MAVE further broadens its range of activities. Our outstanding corporate relations enable us to lunch additional courses introducing new topics. In addition to the standard engineering and informatics subjects courses offering economic knowledge start off thereby widening the students’ horizon. The MAVE sets a high price on cooperation with other non-profit civil organisations thus MAVE is a member of – along EESTEC – Association of Higher Education Student Organisations (FDE) cooperative partner of the Scientific Association for Infocommunications Hungary (HTE) of the John von Neumann Computer Society (NJSZT) and of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). WHAT WE TAKE PRIDE IN BME* International 24 Hour Programming Challenge A Hungarian initiative a competition of several rounds requiring extreme proficiency. More than 300 teams register each year from the USA across Hungary to Vietnam. For further information please refer to the Challenge24 website. (* Budapest University of Technology and Economics) Workshops Within the frame of EESTEC we organise workshops annually trying to find a good balance between theoretical knowledge and practical skills and getting our foreign guests acquainted with the Hungarian show-places. In spring 2007 Hungary hosted EESTEC’s most important event the annual conference. Engineering students’ club Executives of the private sector give presentations and share their experiences beyond university education. Oracle course A series of presentations are given by Oracle experts on business intelligence. The best students are selected to take part in Oracle’s professional trainings and find their further way towards to company. SAP course Introduction to mysteries of ABAP programming (in cooperation with SAP Labs Hungary). After the seminars during autumn the best 40 students are selected and offered a place in a further SAP training where they can obtain the company’s official certificate. challenge24 team

Bechir Bejaoui · Answer

It sounds interessant but what about the organization?!