MGA is hosting the 2024 ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Southeast USA Regional Programming Contest!
The International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) is the world's oldest, largest, and most prestigious programming contest. Teams of three college students write computer programs to solve a set of problems in five hours. Programming teams from the states of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Caroline, and Florida compete at the Southeast USA (SEUSA) Regional Contest; the best teams represent the region at the North America Championship. The goal is to improve the skills necessary to solve problems with computers.
MGA will be one of the host sites on Saturday, November 16. The University will welcome hundreds of students and their sponsors for this distinguished competition. Middle Georgia State University's Macon Campus joins other Southeastern universities, including the University of North Georgia, Dahlonega; Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida; College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina; Florida International University, Miami, Florida; University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida. The contest will be conducted in a GNU/Linux environment. The programs can be submitted in C, C++, Java, Python 3, and Kotlin. Kattis will be the contest control system this year.
For more information on the contest and how to register, please see seusa.vanb.org/seusa2024. Registration will close on November 9.
