ACM ICPC Dhaka Site
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Established	1997
Region	Asia
Abbreviation	ACM ICPC

ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (abbreviated as ACM-ICPC or just ICPC) is an annual multi-tiered competition among the universities of the world. There are thirteen different sites in Asia that host Asia Regional Final and Dhaka is one of them. Each year winner of the Asia Regional Final Dhaka Site Contest advances to the ACM-ICPC World Final. Like other sites of ICPC, Dhaka site contest is also sponsored by IBM and operated under the auspices of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

History

BUET Bengal Tiger, first champion, ACM ICPC Dhaka site contest and also the first team from Bangladesh to participate in the ACM ICPC World Final.

North South University hosted this event six times from 1997-1999 and 2004-2006 while Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology hosted thrice from 2001-2003. East West University granted the permission to host this event for the next three years from 2007 to 2009.

Past events

1997

• Champion: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology^[7]
• Host: North South University
• Champion's position at the world final: 24th
• Notes: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology also secured 2nd, 3rd and 4th place. Sherif University of Tehran and IIT Kanpur secured 7th and 11th place respectively.

1998

• Champion: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology^[8]
• Host: North South University
• Champion's position at the world final: Honorable Mention
• Notes: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology also secured 3rd and 4th place.

1999

• Champion: Chinese University of Hong Kong^[9]
• Host: North South University
• Champion's position at the world final: 8th
• Notes: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology secured 2nd, 3rd and 4th place.

2000

• Not Hosted

2001

• Champion: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology^[10]
• Host: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
• Champion's position at the world final: Honorable Mention
• Notes: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and ZongShan University of China secured 2nd and 3rd place respectively.

2002

• Champion: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology^[11]
• Host: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
• Champion's position at the world final: Honorable Mention
• Notes: Nanyang Technological University of Singapore secured 2nd place.

2003

• Champion: Fudan University^[12]
• Maximum problem solved: 6
• Host: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
• Champion's position at the world final: 15th ^[13]
• Notes:Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology secured 2nd and 3rd place. Dhaka University became 4th.

2004

• Champion:Fudan University^[14]
• Maximum problem solved: 6
• Host:North South University
• Champion's position at the world final: 6th ^[15]
• Notes: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology secured 2nd place. National University of Singapore and IIT Bombay secured 3rd and 6th place respectively.

2005

• Champion:Fudan University^[16]
• Maximum problem solved: 6
• Host:North South University
• Champion's position at the world final: 39th^[17]
• Notes: Dhaka University and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology secured 2nd and 3rd place respectively. Multimedia University of Malaysia received an honorable mention.

2006

• Champion:Fudan University^[18]

• Host:North South University
• Champion's position at the world final: 26th^[19]
• Notes: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology secured 2nd place. American International University - Bangladesh and North South University jointly secured 3rd place.

2007

• Champion: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology^[20]
• Host: East West University
• Maximum problem solved: 7
• Notes: Fudan University and East West University secured 2nd and 3rd place respectively. Total 86 Teams from 33 Universities competed to take the pride to qualify for ACM ICPC world final 2008.

Dhaka site local teams in the world final

Each year at least one local team from Dhaka site takes part in the world final either as the regional champion or by wild card. On few occasions Dhaka site local teams made it by winning ACM ICPC Kanpur site regional^[21]. In 2005, Fudan University became champion at two different sites and withdrawn their championship from Dhaka site. As a result, 2nd ranked team, Dhaka University who was suppose to get a wild card got the direct entry to the world final and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology got the wild card. Summery of all the Dhaka site local team results in the world final are illustrated in the following table^[22][23]:

ACM ICPC Dhaka site hosts

Past nine ACM ICPC Dhaka site contests have been hosted by North South University and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. In 2007, East West University granted the permission from the ACM ICPC authority to host next three contests in 2007-2009.

Host Universities

• 1997 - North South University
• 1998 - North South University
• 1999 - North South University
• 2000 - Not hosted
• 2001 - Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
• 2002 - Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
• 2003 - Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
• 2004 - North South University
• 2005 - North South University
• 2006 - North South University
• 2007 - East West University
• 2008 - North South University

Current event

This year ACM ICPC Dhaka site contest will be hosted by North South University in November 2008.

Contest Site

For further information and registration please inquire at The ACM ICPC Dhaka Regional Contest Site: contest@northsouth.edu The official website address of North South University is: www.northsouth.edu

Dates of event

November 7 (Friday) & 8 (Saturday), 2008

References

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