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• 2008 ICPC World Finals

  April 6-10, 2008
  From 6,700 teams at 1,821 universities in 83 countries, 100 teams will advance to the World Finals, hosted by the University of Alberta at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel in Alberta, Canada.

• Team Notebooks Available

  Each team member prepares a Team Notebook (same contents for all team members) before coming to the World Finals.

  Instructions are on the Team Notebooks tab. Download the handouts, and refer to the Team Notebook Construction Guide for further details.

• Banff Transportation

  From Calgary Airport to the Fairmont Banff Springs, The BanffAirporter provides a 15% discount to travelers. Discounted roundtrip shuttle service is currently only $85 per person including park fees. To make reservations, go to the BanffAirporter ICPC Reservation Page.

About ICPC

The ACM 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 UPE Computer Science Honor Society. The idea quickly gained popularity within the United States and Canada as an innovative initiative to challenge the top students in the emerging field of computer science.

The contest evolved into a multi-tier competition with the first Finals held at the ACM Computer Science Conference in 1977. Operating under the auspices of ACM and headquartered at Baylor University since 1989, the contest has expanded into a global network of universities hosting regional competitions that advance teams to the ACM-ICPC World Finals.

Since IBM became sponsor in 1997, the contest has increased by a factor of eight (8X). Participation has grown to involve several tens of thousands of the finest students and faculty in computing disciplines at 1,821 universities from 83 countries on six continents. The contest fosters creativity, teamwork, and innovation in building new software programs, and enables students to test their ability to perform under pressure.

Quite simply, it is the oldest, largest, and most prestigious programming contest in the world.

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