Sixth edition of Samsung Collegiate Programming Contest gets announced

Final updated: July 14th, 2020 at 05:09 UTC+01:00

Samsung has announced the sixth edition of the Samsung Collegiate Programming Contest (SCPC). The visitor has been conducting the programming contest in Republic of korea since 2015 to find the top talent and to expand the software ecosystem. SCPC 2020 will exist Samsung'due south biggest programming contest ever since 2015, and it brings a huge prize pool.

The total prize pool for the winners of SCPC 2020 is KRW 100 million (around $82,840). The cash prizes for the showtime, second, third, fourth, and fifth positions are KRW 20 million (around $16,567), KRW 10 million (around $viii,283), KRW 4 one thousand thousand (effectually $iii,313), KRW 2 million (effectually $1,656), and KRW 1 million (effectually $828), respectively. The winners also stand a chance to go preferential treatment during Samsung Electronics' recruitment procedure.

Graduates and undergraduates tin can apply to participate in SCPC 2020 to solve algorithmic problems using C, C++, and Java. The online application process starts from July fourteen and goes on until August 18. The first circular of the competition happens online on August 21 and Baronial 22, while the second round is scheduled to happen on September 5. The final round will happen at Samsung R&D Campus in September in Woohyun-Dong, Seocho-Gu, Seoul, in South korea.

Then far, over 20,000 students from 27 countries have participated in SCPC since 2015, and 175 winners accept been selected. Qualifying participants also go a chance to learn and improve their algorithmic techniques and programming structure from experts. The first ane,000 applicants also get gratuitous java coupons.

Samsung Collegiate Programming Contest 2020 Schedule Prize Money