...ah, content does not always match desription! (the boxes contained the awards)
Wednesday - Thursday - Friday - Saturday - Sunday - Teams - Winners
...ah, content does not always match desription! (the boxes contained the awards)
James Comer (icpc Assistant Director), Melinda Poucher (Contest Manager Assistant) and Fran Sinhart (ACM HQ Coordinator) assembling frames for the awards.
From time to time, one needs to eat something...
...but there always remain some left-overs...
Bill and Marsha (his wife...) talking to each other -- by cellphone!
Some of the judges (Stanley Wileman, Jo Perry and Dick Rinewalt) putting the final touch on the problem set
This is how the system folks transmitted personalized greetings via the webcam
The Contest floor is finally set up!
IBM gifts waiting for the participants
The contestants are attentively listening to Bill's speech
Dr. Martin Rem, President of the Technical University of Eindhoven, which hosts the 1999 ACM ICPC Finals
Tom Verhoeff, the 1999 Finals Director, has done a great job in organizing this contest!
Taking motion pictures...
After the opening ceremony, participants board the buses for the Evoluon, where the IBM TechTrek is going to take place
Participants queueing up to receive their second juggling ball
Eagerly awaiting the beginning of the TechTrek...
Gabby Silberman, Director of the IBM Centre for Advanced Studies, IBM Canada Laboratory, welcomes the contestants and their coaches
Apart from the rather technical talks, there still remains some time for fun -- this is the first lesson of the "Juggling for Dummies"-class
Gabby Silberman in action at the press conference
Juggling by professionals
Waiting for the students to come to lunch...
...here they come!
...attentively followed by the film crew...
...and the participants, though some more practice would not hurt
Playing around indoors...
...and outdoors...
...and on the bike, of course!
Poucher Family (tm)
