Saturday, April 10 1999

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


Cyber Cafe


Participants checking e-mail at the CyberCafe


Yet another view of the CyberCafe

Contest Preparations


The Contest Problem Set is being put into envelopes (so you guys at home see them even before the participants!)


Bill and Marsha putting the final touch on the database


"What do you need exactly", wonders Pat Hynan, Assistant Systems Manager


...while Jo Perry and Matthias Ruhl (Judges) seem to be more relaxed -- the problem set is printed, after all


Gabby from IBM interviewing participants


James Comer, icpc Assistant Director, distributing the envelopes with the practice session information


"This photo is really funny", says Hans Domjan, ACM ICPC Webster


James Comer and Fran Sinhart playing around with the trophy


The systems people's way of making money (one of the banners said "This space for rent")


The Contest Family: Bill, Melinda, Elaine and Marsha Poucher

Regional Contest Director's Meeting


Impressions from the RCD Meeting

The Judges


All the judges: Matthias Ruhl (MIT), Peter Kluit (Delft TU), Robert Ross (Allegheny College), Ron Pachenco (Bristol Technology), Stan Wileman Jr (U of Nebraska at Omaha), Laurie White (Armstrong State College), Jo Perry (North Carolina State U), Larry Griffith (Westfield State College), David Elizandro (Tennessee Tech), and Eljakim Schrijvers

UPE Business Meeting


The UPE Meeting is just about to start


Orlando Madrigal, UPE International Secretary, is opening the meeting


Bob Rorrio, UPE Executive, has just been presented an award by Bill Poucher for UPE's contributions to the ACM ICPC.


"Work and Play", says James Comer

Contest Orientation and Practice Session


The runners are waiting for the participants to arrive


For each correct submission, the team will get a balloon


The Session is about to start


The Contest Floor...


Not very much action on the floor during the Visual Challenge; everybody is dedicated to solve the problem


Tom Verhoeff, Finals Director, is watching carefully the contest floor


The first submission must have been arrived...


Troy Boudreau, PC^2 developer, explaining a detail of the judging system


In spite of all the high-tech, sometimes a good old sheet of paper will do the work


Hugo Jonker, one of the TUE students, guards the contest floor so as no unauthorized person may enter


The session is over, and people get back to the auditorium for their questions to be answered


John Clevenger, PC^2 developer; Tom Verhoeff, Contest Director and Dick Rinewalt, Director of Judging, answering questions after the practice session


IBM staff waiting for the Visual Challenge introduction


"You have to press this button to flag the team's answer as wrong", says John Clevenger


As of 10 April 1999 1930 MET DST
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