This site is for University of Minnesota (Twin Cities) students interested in being involved in the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC).

UMN team "Dijkstra" went off to the ICPC International Final in Tokyo over Spring Break 2007, as one of three winning teams from the North-Central regional contest of about 180 teams the previous fall.

Team Dijkstra is Erik Shimshock, Zi Lin and Alex Dean.

UMN team "Blue" came first in the North-Central Regional Contest by a full problem, and thus competed in the 2011 international final in Florida last spring

The name Blue has an illustrious history, as another UMN team Blue won the regional final coming in first.

Team Blue is Peter Lofgren, Matt Coudron and Michael Ludwig

Between 2002 and 2011, UMN has send four teams to the international final of the ICPC, to Hollywood, Prague, Tokyo and Florida.

If you want to get involved in the Fall 2011 regional contest,
contact the coach Carl Sturtivant (link on the left). via email with ACM ICPC in the subject, or show up to practice sessions on Fridays 5pm-7pm in EE/CSci2-170 starting September 18.

A link to the Programming Challenges book website is at http://www.programming-challenges.com/

A good problem to "get your feet wet" is located at 3 N + 1 Problem

Pascal's Travels

medium strength

Painter

medium strength

Copier Reduction

easier

Overflowing Bookshelf

easier

Netiquette

easier

Connect

harder

Time to Graduate

medium-hard

Consecutive Digits

medium-hard

Leapin' Lizards

harder

The Algorithm Design Manual, by Steve S. Skiena

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Introduction to Algorithms, by Thomas H. Cormen, et al.

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