ACM Programming Contest Baylor > ECS > About ECS > ACM
Programming Contest  The ACM-ICPC Programming Contest Web Site
and management is hosted by Baylor University. The contest is
the world's largest academic problem-solving competition. Each
year, teams from over 1100 of the world's most prestigous
universities in 75 countries compete in regional contests
throughout the world for regional championships and the
privelege of advancing to the World Finals. There they compete
for bragging rights, prizes, and scholarships.  The Baylor
School of Engineering and Computer Science, the 1982 world
champion, is proud to work with ACM and IBM in bringing this
event to the academic world. Directed for over a decade by Dr.
William B. Poucher, Professor of Computer Science, the contest
encourages thousands of the world's most talented students to
develop their problem-solving acumen, programming skills, and
team work on the stage of this grueling competition. While under
Dr. Poucher's direction, sponsors have directed over