PROGRAMMING CONTESTS

ACM North Central North American Regional Programming Contest The East Central North America Regional Programming Contest is one rung of an international competition.  All the major universities in the world send teams to the regional competition corresponding to their location.  NMU has historically performed quite well in the ACM competition, and the students look forward to it every year.  The University generally performs well at the competition, providing evidence that our computer science program is preparing students comparably to other programs in the region.  Our students do get excellent

training, similar to that given at Michigan Technological University, but our tuition is significantly lower.  It is true that we have indeed been attracting some very strong students to the program in recent years.

NMU Invitational Programming Contest
The NMU Student Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has been planning and hosting this annual event since 2000. The NMU-hosted programming contest is designed specifically for college students and has had as many as 24 teams from five universities participating. 

The NMU Invitational Programming Contest, although not having any ties to a larger international competition, draws more participation than the above competition does; it is the largest programming competition in the upper peninsula.  This event allows our students and faculty to interact with their counterparts at other universities.  The event has gotten strong positive feedback from the participants from other universities, and it receives positive exposure from the local media.  The event is largely organized by our students, making this a learning experience on several fronts.  As with the above competition, we generally perform quite well at the event, demonstrating that our program compares favorably to other programs in the region.

For more information, contact Dr. Andrew A. Poe.

Ninth Annual Programming Contest