International Collegiate Programming Contest. The No. 1 team was St. Petersburg State University from Russia, with fellow Canucks from the University of Waterloo placing second. This Top 10 position for the U of A is up one over last year's standing. Sixty student teams were selected among 2,400 from around the world to participate in the finals in Orlando, Fla., recently. Winners are determined by the number of correct problems solved in the allotted time, with the least amount of penalty points.
Problems range from basic geometrical programming to solving real-life problems.
Dr. Piotr Rudnicki was coach once again.