International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC)

ICPC stands for International Collegiate Programming Contest. It is an annual team-based programming competition. Only university students who haven’t turned 24 yet can compete in the ICPC contests. A single team has 3 participants, each alternate on only one computer. A set of 13-15 problems is given to each group, in a time duration of 5 hours. Each team tries to solve the maximum number of problems in the least time possible. The contest is all about problem-solving. Problems are real-world problems that require a knowledge of competitive programming topics. Those topics include data structures, algorithms, dynamic programming, graphs and trees, geometry, and many other issues.

Who are we? Other than helping problem solvers and putting them on track, the community has held periodic sessions for three years now. Sessions start from teaching basic programming skills and coding languages to teaching complex algorithms and practical solving approaches, which are held every week. There are two levels this semester, and more to be added to the next one. Level 0 teaches basic programming; level 1 teaches data structures and algorithms; and Level 3 is an advanced level that the community seniors guide.

Who can join us? Anyone has a passion for learning new algorithms and is eager to compete.