2002 MiniGame Compo Aim is to write a game in 1024 bytes of code, for an 8-bit home computer such as the Atari 2600, NES, CPC+, or TI99/4A. Includes competition news and details of entries. www.cling.gu.se/~cl3polof/minigame/Read more
Al Zimmermann's Programming Contests A series of programming contests that offer cash prizes. Any programming language may be used. These contests are conducted at irregular intervals, generally once or twice a year. www.recmath.org/ContestRead more
Bitwise An annual online programming contest organized by the Computer Science and Engineering Department Society of IIT Kharagpur. Information on the contest, sponsors and resources. www.bitwise.iitkgp.ernet.in/Read more
BUTE Budapest International 24-hour Programming Contest Annual 24-hour contest hosted by Budapest University of Technology and Economics. The contest is open to a limited number of international teams of 3 people via an internet qualifying round. www.challenge24.org/Read more
C++ Robots C++ based robots programming challenge. www.gamerz.net/c++robots/Read more
Denison Programming Contest The Mathematics and Computer Science Department at Denison University hosts a programming contest each spring for small colleges. personal.denison.edu/~feil/spring_contest/dspc.htmlRead more
DSAP Data Structures + Algorithms = Programs. Algorithm materials and programming problems from informatics contests. vnco.lubox.net/Read more
ICFP Programming Contest Annual programming contest held in conjunction with International Conference on Functional Programming. Accepts submissions written using any programming language. alliance.seas.upenn.edu/~plclub/cgi-bin/contest/Read more
International Contest for ICCS Programming contest disseminated by the Nalini Foundation in five categories: computation, simulation, graphic patterns, words, mind benders. iccs.8m.com/Read more
International InfoMATRIX Computer Project Competition Participants have to create a project for any of the categories (Programming, Design and Use of Computer, Desktop Publishing, Computer Art) First of all, each school must select one representant. www.infomatrix.ro/Read more
Internet Programming Contest Duke University sponsors a programming contest that takes place in real-time over the internet. www.cs.duke.edu/~ola/ipc.htmlRead more
JRobots Java-based Robots Programming challenge. jrobots.sourceforge.net/Read more
Loebner Prize A unique annual contest in which a winner is selected from participants who comes to the closest to demonstrating that machines can think like humans, as per the Turing Test. www.loebner.net/Prizef/loebner-prize.htmlRead more
MacHack Annual Macintosh programming contest and convention. www.machack.com/Read more
MiniGame Compo Contest to write a fully playable game in under 1K or 4K. Open to games for classic 8-bit computers. minigamecomp.org.uk/Read more
OpenChallenge 3-monthly challenge. Every three months the innovations are published under GNU GPL/FDL licenses. www.openchallenge.org/Read more
OpenECG Programming Contest A programming contest for Electrocardiography record handling applications and tools, using the SCP-ECG Standard. www.openecg.net/Read more