http://acm.umd.umich.edu Advancing Computing as a Science & Profession Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:10:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hey everyone. On Friday November 20, 2009 ACM will be traveling to a local 4th grade class to teach them about what Computer Science is. We will be meeting at UM-D at 9:30, probably around the ACM office, and be leaving for the school at 11:30. We will be back at ... http://acm.umd.umich.edu/?p=10288 Hey everyone. Two teams participated in the ACM Programming Competition on Saturday October 31, 2009. Our team Bits Don't Byte solved two problems and placed 6th at the site and won backpacks with ACM logos on them. Our team Water Who had the best team name and also solved two problems. The ... http://acm.umd.umich.edu/?p=10283 It's that time of year again. The leaves are changing colors, the temperature is getting cooler, and the Regional Programming Contest (RPC) is about to begin. The RPC is the first round of team-based programming contests for the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ACM-ICPC). This year, our RPC will happen on ... http://acm.umd.umich.edu/?p=10274 Tonight ACM members competed in our second Top Coder competition.  With the busy part of the semester beginning we again had two members, Luke Duncan and Dennis Matveyev. Two members wished us well at before the competition but were unable to compete, Tony Wesley and Kasey Thompson.  Thanks for the ... http://acm.umd.umich.edu/?p=10270 Our first official ACM TopCoder competition was a relative success.  Today's competition drew two ACM members: myself and Tony Wesley.  Unfortunately, Tony wasn't able to register for the competition in time and didn't officially compete but still worked the problems. We'll continue to meet for future Single Round Matches and ... http://acm.umd.umich.edu/?p=10261 It is hard to believe that the first week of classes is nearly at an end, and with this new semester comes a new set of ACM officers and a new meeting schedule. Well, we at the ACM want to welcome you all back in style, so at the ... http://acm.umd.umich.edu/?p=10258 Officers Present: Cardi DeMonaco, Jr. (President), Scott Hoffman (Secretary), Pablo Garcia (Treasurer) UMD Programming Competition: We are ready to put on the competition this evening. Fifteen people have signed up, and eleven of them have responded to the most recent email. Dennis has picked up trophies for first, second, and third places. Currently, ... http://acm.umd.umich.edu/?p=10240 The Fall 2008 University of Michigan-Dearborn Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery Programming Contest Final Report December 3, 2008 The University of Michigan-Dearborn Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery Programming Contest was held on Wednesday, December 3, 2008.  We had 14 students participate.  The contest was held in the CIS Building ... http://acm.umd.umich.edu/?p=10202 Recap on Game Day [caption id="" align="alignright" width="320" caption="Game Day"][/caption] The ACM sponsored Game Day was held yesterday (Tuesday, November 18, 2008), in Kochoff Hall in the University Center. More than two hundred people attended the event, which ran from 11:00 a. m. until 5:00 p.m. ACM provided snacks and drinks, ... http://acm.umd.umich.edu/?p=9201 Title:  First Ever UMD Local Contest Date:  Wednesday, December 3rd. Time:  5pm - 6pm - system demonstration and practice contest Time:  6pm - 9pm - real contest Greetings, fellow ACM members.  We have a PROGRAMMING CONTEST sponsored by ACM and UPE that will challenge YOU ! JOIN us for the fun and for the ... http://acm.umd.umich.edu/?p=8001