Contests

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Al Zimmermann's Programming Contests :

- A series of programming contests that offer cash prizes. Any programming language may be used. These contests are conducted at irregular intervals, generally once or twice a year.
Bitwise :

- An annual online programming contest organized by the Computer Science and Engineering Department Society of IIT Kharagpur. Information on the contest, sponsors and resources.
BUTE Budapest International 24-hour Programming Contest :

- Annual 24-hour contest hosted by Budapest University of Technology and Economics. The contest is open to a limited number of international teams of 3 people via an internet qualifying round.
C++ Robots :

- C++ based robots programming challenge.
Denison Spring Programming Contest :

- The Mathematics and Computer Science Department at Denison University hosts a programming contest each spring for small colleges. It informs about previous results and current winners.
DSAP :

- Data Structures + Algorithms = Programs. Algorithm materials and programming problems from informatics contests.
ICFP Programming Contest :

- Annual programming contest held in conjunction with International Conference on Functional Programming. Accepts submissions written using any programming language.
iDevGames : uDevGame Contest :

- An annual event that promotes game development on the Macintosh computer.
International Contest for ICCS :

- Programming contest disseminated by the Nalini Foundation in five categories: computation, simulation, graphic patterns, words, mind benders.
International InfoMATRIX Computer Project Competition :

- Participants have to create a project for any of the categories (Programming, Design and Use of Computer, Desktop Publishing, Computer Art) First of all, each school must select one representant.
The International Obfuscated C Code Contest :

- A contest to write the most obscure/obfuscated C program.
Internet Problem Solving Contest :

- Online programming contest for teams, open to anyone.
Internet Programming Contest :

- Duke University sponsors a programming contest that takes place in real-time over the internet.
JRobots :

- Java-based Robots Programming challenge.
The 1KB 6502 Programming Contest :

- Contest programming on the 6502 microprocessor. Valid programs must run on the 1 KB ram Microtan65.
Loco Mummy (Low Cost Multimodal Interface Software Contest) :

- Contest calls for new communication helper software between humans and PCs or PocketPCs. Free. Open to all. Various prizes.
Loebner Prize :

- A unique annual contest in which a winner is selected from participants who comes to the closest to demonstrating that machines can think like humans, as per the Turing Test.
MacHack :

- Annual Macintosh programming contest and convention.
2002 MiniGame Compo :

- Aim is to write a game in 1024 bytes of code, for an 8-bit home computer such as the Atari 2600, NES, CPC+, or TI99/4A. Includes competition news and details of entries.
MiniGame Compo :

- Contest to write a fully playable game in under 1K or 4K. Open to games for classic 8-bit computers.
OpenChallenge :

- 3-monthly challenge. Every three months the innovations are published under GNU GPL/FDL licenses.
OpenECG Programming Contest :

- A programming contest for Electrocardiography record handling applications and tools, using the SCP-ECG Standard.
Programmer of the Month :

- A periodical problem solving contest for programmers from all over the world. Active forum.
Programming Contest Problems Archive :

- If you are preparing for a programming contest, this page might be useful. Includes past problems of national, regional and international contests.
Project Euler :

- A series of challenging mathematical/computer programming problems that will require more than just mathematical insights to solve.
RAD Race :

- The Rapid Application Development Race is a programming competition open to any kind of development tool and/or language. The RAD Race focuses on real life business and administrative programming and not on algorithm development.
The Robot World Cup Initiative :

- Soccer playing computers.
RoShamBo Programming Competition :

- A Rock-Paper-Scissors programming competition.
Sphere Online Judge :

- Problemset archive, online judge and contest hosting service accepting solutions in C, C++, Pascal, Java and other languages.
Swiss Olympiad in Informatics :

- The SOI is a national programming contest for people up to 20 years in age.
Teamwork in Programming Contests :

- Tips and observations from a team of programmers who have regularly won in the ACM programming contests. Published in ACM Crossroads, the student magazine of the ACM.
TopCoder :

- Online computer programming competitions in the Java, C++, and C# languages. Competitions take place twice a week, and members can win from $25-$300. Major tournaments have a prize purse of $250,000.
Valladolid Programming Competition :

- An online contest with information about writing competitions, questions, and an online judge.