Qatar Collegiate Programming Competition sees record high school turnout at Carnegie Mellon Qatar

Doha, Qatar: The sixth annual Qatar Collegiate Programming Competition (QCPC), hosted by Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU Q), with support fro...

Doha, Qatar: The sixth annual Qatar Collegiate Programming Competition (QCPC), hosted by Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), with support from the Hamad Bin Jassim Center for Computer Science Education and sponsored by QNB Group, saw the highest participation from high school students in the event's history. A record 85 high school teams competed, signaling a significant and growing interest in computer science and creative problem-solving among pre-college students in Qatar.

The competition, which also included 32 teams in the university track, challenges the nation's brightest young minds to solve complex programming problems against the clock. In the highly competitive high school track, a team from Birla Public School secured the first-place prize.

While the high school participation was a highlight, the university track also showcased exceptional talent. Two teams from Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar earned the honor of advancing to the Africa and Arab Collegiate Programming Championship (ACPC) in Luxor this December. The qualifying students are Minh Pham Cong, Kyrylo Redenskyi, and Aditya Vivek on the first-place team, and George Chkhaidze, Yusuf Fares, and Dilshodbek Khujaev on the second-place team.