The University of Scranton will be one of the host sites for the 1999 ACM Mid-Atlantic USA Collegiate Programming Contest, to be held on Saturday, November 6, 1999.
The Mid-Atlantic Region covers southern New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia, and North Carolina. The regional competition is the first tier of the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest. The top teams in the region will advance to the ACM World Finals, to be held on March 15-19, 2000, in Orlando, Florida.
For more information about the regional contest (or to register for it) go to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Programming Contest home page.
For more information on the international contest, go to the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest home page.
The contest will be held on the 4th floor of the Harper-McGinnis wing of St. Thomas Hall (where the Department of Computing Sciences is located) on the campus of the University of Scranton. Here is a campus map
Take I-81 to Exit 53 (Central Scranton Expressway) and follow signs to the University. (Details: Near bottom of hill, bear left at the Y, then stay in rightmost lane and turn right onto Madison Ave.) Proceed along Madison for only one block, which places you at the intersection of Madison and Linden. (Landmark: large blue house badly in need of paint job.) Turn right onto Linden St. At the end of that block (landmark: St. Thomas Hall), you must turn right. Within 50 yards or so, an entrance to a parking lot will be on the left. Park there.
The contest is on the 4th floor of that portion of St. Thomas Hall (namely, the Harper-McGinnis wing) adjacent to the parking lot.
Brunch will be provided (10:45am -- Noon) at The Estate, former home of the Scranton family (after whom the city was named). It is a two-minute walk from St. Thomas Hall. Pizza will be provided immediately following the contest (5pm).
Adjacent to the U of S Campus, less than a five minute walk to St. Thomas Hall. Formerly a railroad station. See photos.
Next to I-81, a five-minute drive to U of S.
About a 10-15 minute walk to St. Thomas Hall.