I have been involved in programming contests since 1999. I coached and accompanied many teams from the Computer Science Department to national and international contests. I have organized the first national contest and two international contests. Since 2000, I have been invited to the World Finals (Vancouver, Honolulu, Beverly Hills, Prague, Shanghai, San Antonio, Banff, Stockholm ).
I have been promoting the participation of teams from my Department in the ACM-ICPC International Collegiate Programming Contest. Teams are composed by three students that, during a contest, have to solve up to 9 problems in 5 hours, using only one computer. Our teams participate in the Southwestern Europe Regional Contest, a qualifier tier for the world finals involving teams from universities in Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, and Germany.
History of our participation and achievements.
I served as contest Director for SWERC'2001 and SWERC'2002 that took place in the University of Porto.
With a view to motivate and prepare Portuguese teams to participate in the SWERC contests, I started in 2001 the first Portuguese Inter-University Programming Competitions in the University of Porto. The history of this competition and the achievements of teams from my Department is as follows:
Since 2000, I co-organize the University of Porto Programming Contest, a multi-tier contest to select the three best teams to represent the University of Porto in SWERC.