Supercomputing Challenge

The Supercomputing Challenge is an annual state wide competition in Supercomputing held in New Mexico for high school programmers.

Begun in 1991 from a grant from Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Supercomputing Challenge offers students a chance to write a program and compete against different students from other schools. This program must simulate a "real world" problem, or solutions thereof, in an accepted language, ie. Java, C,C++, StarLogo, FORTRAN, etc. Around October, the participants attend a conference held in Glorieta, New Mexico, to discuss their projects and confer with scientists to determine the feasibility and other factors concerning their intended project.

During spring, usually in April, participating students and their sponsoring instructors attend a conference in Los Alamos, at the laboratories, to present their final work before a panel of judges. The finalists, previously selected from final reports submitted earlier, present once more in a closed-door session to another panel of judges. The overall winners are awarded generous prizes at the awards ceremony, which is usually held the very next day after presentations.The program also offers Scholarships to all participating seniors.

External links

* [http://www.challenge.nm.org Official website]

Winners of the Supercomputing Challenge

* 1991 Albuquerque Academy
* 1992 Espanola Valley High School
* 1993 Las Cruces High School
* 1994 Albuquerque Academy
* 1995 Albuquerque Academy &
Espanola Valley High School
* 1996 Bowker Home School
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999