ACM ICPC Lahore Regional 4.02

ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest:

ACM-ICPC is the largest computer programming contest in the world. The ACM-ICPC is an activity of the ACM that provides college students with an opportunity to demonstrate and sharpen their problem-solving and computing skills.

The contest is considered to be the "Olympics Of Computer Programming". The ACM-ICPC Asia Regional Contests invite Asian students to meet, establish friendship and promote fair competition in programming. The magnitude of this mega event can be gauged from the fact that the finest students of the computing disciplines at over 2300 universities located in 90 countries across 6 continents participate in this event.

About Lahore Site:

It is a two tier contest .The world is divided into six regions and Asia is a region. In Asia their are Seventeen host sites and the Lahore is one of them. Each site selects one team as winner of the site and will be eligible to participate in the world finals which will be held in June 2015.

The winning team of each site is eligible to participate to the world finals. Winning Team may also get travel support from IBM and ASIA Director to participate in the world finals.

This is First time that FAST NU LAHORE will be organizing the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest(Asia Region)in Pakistan.


LAHORE CITY:
Lahore is the capital of the province of Punjab Pakistan and the second largest city in the country. Lahore is Multicultural and Land of Zinda Dil People. It is also the historical center for the Punjabi people and most populated city of the world for its history, people, educational activities, institutes and Lahori Food. Lahore is also know as hub of great food around the world.

Lahore Food Street is a famous to dine out and people from alll over the world come to taste the flavor of Lahore. Food street Lahore is a centre of traditional Pakistani food and was established in 1938 and is It is one of the unique tourist attractions in Lahore.

Lahore is Also know as the cultural hub of Pakistan as it hosts most of the arts, best cuisine, festivals, film-making, music, gardening and intelligentsia of Pakistan.

FAST NU Lahore Campus :

The National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (NUCES or FAST-NU) with headquarters at Islamabad and campuses at Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar and Faisalabad is one of the leading technical universities in Pakistan. The university offers undergraduate, postgraduate and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Business Administration, and Mathematics.
Its history dates back to 1985 when the Foundation for Advancement of Science and Technology set up institutes for computer science in the cities of Karachi and Lahore in Pakistan.

The Lahore Campus, spread over 12.5 acres, is located in Faisal Town which is the heart of greater Lahore. The campus consists of three blocks, which with their striking exterior brickwork and magnificent marble domes are a valuable addition to the rich architectural heritage of Lahore. The facilities consist of fully air-conditioned purpose built class rooms equipped with teaching aids, and a number of computing and engineering laboratories.
The computing labs consist of database, programming, software engineering, and computer application labs. Latest computers, workstations and services having LINUX and Windows based environments are also readily available for the usage of students. The whole campus is fully equipped with fast Local Area Network and latest wireless hotspots. http://lhr.nu.edu.pk/