Friday, February 27 1998

Wednesday - Thursday - Friday - Saturday - Sunday - Teams - Winners


Early Morning Preparations

about 2am in the Marquis Ballroom...

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Very early in the morning, things are still to be done. No question whose computer this is (for those ACM ICPC rookies: it's John Clevenger's)

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"Just initialize this local variable, then your program will work", says Dick Rinewalt (right) to Stanley Wileman (center); while Sam Ashoo (left) is watching.

The Media is also there

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KCRA (NBC) is preparing to interview the team from University of Pacific, Sacramento. There were many other TV stations there, among them KHQ Spokane WA, Telemundo International, CNBC, KDKA (CBS) Pittsburgh PA, KDLT (NBC) Sioux Falls, WJAC (NBC) Johnstown PA, KYW (NBC) Philadelphia, and many others.

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Those two guys waiting to be interviewed by their local radio station.

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The IBM media specialists are in close touch with several radio stations -- to many to list all of them here!

The Preparations go on

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Just press that button, Doug Lane, and everything will work (well, almost...)

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The judges (Matthias, Dick, Jo) solving a crucial problem: "What to lunch?"; while Brian is taking the orders.

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Nick Tapus and Peter Mederly preparing the frames for the awards.

UPE International Convention

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Bob Roggio, the President of "Upsilon Pi Epsilon", the International Honor Society for the Computing Sciences, welcomes the ACM ICPC participants to the UPE Convention.

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Fran Sinhart, ACM Headquarters, announcing a close cooperation between ACM and UPE


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Orlando Madrigal has just signed the ACM-UPE agreement.

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Bill Poucher is presented the ABACUS Award.

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Jeff Popyack is presenting plaques to all participating teams.

Contest Orientation

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Who is going to be the World Champions 1998 and to win the Trophy? We do not know yet...

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All the Judges: Owen Astrachan, David Elizandro, Laurie White, Bob Roos,  Don Chamberlin; Stanley Wileman, Jo Perry, Dick Rinewalt, Matthias Ruhl

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Just before the Contest Orientation, Bill keeps entertaining the crowd.

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Let the crowd go in!

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The System's Folks seem to have everything under control.

UPE Reception

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Hans is hanging around during the UPE Reception with the two girls form Ulm

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So does the Team from Darmstadt, Germany

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Q: How many Teams does it take to overflow a spa?
A: Just one, but it must be The Largest Team™

 

As of 03/11/98 06:08:58 Central Standard Time
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