From: ACMMail <ACMMail@acm.baylor.edu>
To: saunders@udel.edu
Subject: Announcing the Regionals of the ACM Programming Contest
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 00:04:55 -0500

The 1999 Regionals of the ACM Programming Contest sponsored by IBM

Call for Participation

September 1, 1999

Your institution is invited to participate in the 24th Annual
ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest sponsored by IBM.
The ACM-ICPC is a two-tiered competition.  Regional contests are
held from September to December 1999.  Sixty teams will be selected
to advance to the World Finals in Orlando, Florida, March 15-19, 
2000.  Prizes, scholarships, and bragging rights are at stake for 
some of the world's finest students of computing.

Regional contests are open to all institutions of higher learning,
with competitions held among 3-person teams.  Contestants are given
five hours to solve a series of problems that test their programming
skills and abilities in a number of different areas of computer science.
Winners advance to the World Finals and are provided travel assistance.
Scholarships and prizes are awarded to winners of the World Finals.

Add
	itional information and on-line registration is available now at

     http://www.acm.org/contest

**** Advance registration ends four weeks prior to your ****
**** regional so register now!                          ****

Advance registration saves money, increases your regional contest's
wildcard allocation, and insures that your teams will have the slots
they need.  Rules, past problems, and regional contest-specific
information are waiting for you at the ACM-ICPC Web Site.

Representatives from IBM will attend most of the regional contests as
well as the World Finals and welcome the opportunity to meet the teams.
Participants interested in learning more about IBM should bring resumes
to their regional contest or submit resumes to the IBM Employment
website at

     http://acm.baylor.edu/links/IBMEmploy.asp

Last year, 1,486 teams representing 839 institutions from 59 countries
participated.  Join ACM, IBM, and the world's colleges and universities
in m
	aking this year's competition the greatest contest ever!

Sincerely,

William B. Poucher, Ph.D., Director
The ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest

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