State University of Bangladesh organises IUPC 2016

The “SUB Inter-University Programming Contest 2016” was held at the State University of Bangladesh (SUB) premises, on February 27. Organised by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, the contest drew many programming enthusiasts to solve complex real-world problems using advanced knowledge of programming within an exhaustive, five-hour session, with a hundred participating teams. The contest was inaugurated by Professor Dr Iftekhar Ghani Chowdhury, vice chancellor, SUB. Professor Dr Mohammad Kaykobad from BUET led a fifteen-member panel of judges. In the concluding session, prizes were handed out by the chief guest Professor Dr S M A Faiz, advisor, SUB. Champions, first and second runner-up prizes were awarded to teams SUST_ron-O, BUET Rayo and NSU BugLovers, respectively. Dr Kaykobad suggested that such programming contests would develop the intellectual capital of the youth in Bangladesh for a prosperous future. The chief guest expressed his satisfaction and praised the Department of CSE for hosting IUPC successfully for the second time. Finally, the registrar of the university, Professor AYM Ekramud-ud-Daulah thanked everyone concerned in making the grand assembly of programmers possible.