NMU TO
HOST THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL
INVITATIONAL PROGRAMMING CONTEST
The Northern Michigan University
Invitational Programming Contest is the largest annual
collegiate academic competition held at this University
consistently outdrawing the ACM competition at Lake
State. This year's contest will be held on Saturday,
March 27th. For more information on how to
register or volunteer to help please contact
Dr. Andrew A. Poe or
go to the Student Chapter
of ACM Web site.
NMU computer science majors Brent Jones, left, and Zach Koskovich
from team "Forget It" work to solve a computer
programming problem during the 10th Annual
Programming Contest which was held on Saturday, March
28, 2009.
Twenty-four teams from five schools competed in
the contest. Michigan Tech was the first
place school with NMU
coming in second. Teams from
Michigan Tech took first and third place, while newcomer, St. Scholastica,
took second.
Journal photo by Andy Nelson-Zaleski printed with
permission of the Mining Journal.
NEWS
AND INFORMATION
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NUGGETS
The Society for Industrial and
Applied Mathematics (SIAM) has created a series of
"nuggets" to make current research accessible to a general
audience. Find out more on the
SIAM
Web site.
