The 24-hour programming competition starts tomorrow

For the twelfth time, the Hungarian Association of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Students is organizing the international 24-hour programming competition, Challange24. This year, participants from all over the world come from the United States to South Africa, and three Hungarian teams also made it to the finals.

The competition at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, which starts at 8 am on Saturday morning, is also supported by SAP, Google and Facebook, as the world's most talented young programmers compete.

Of the 30 three-person teams that made it to the finals, 27 were out of the 259 entered in the pre-selection, in addition to which the company that won the top three last year could take part in the competition. For those who want to win, in addition to programming knowledge, we also need knowledge of artificial intelligence as well as deep mathematics.

In recent years, the Hungarian Challange24 has grown into one of the most significant international programming competitions, as evidenced by the growing number and interest of sponsors. For the first time this year, therefore, the organizers of the competition will award a commemorative ring to the members of the winning team. The sterling silver jewelery was sponsored by the Hungarian distributor of the antivirus G Data and designed by graphic artist János Flohr. The awards will be presented to the winners on Sunday, April 29, by Ádám Dudits, Managing Director of SAP Labs Hungary.

Also this year's novelty is to compete with the ch24.org can be followed live via the site via webcam streaming. The members of the Hungarian Association of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Students help in organizing the event.

Source: Press release