The School of Engineering hosted the Nordic Collegiate Programming Contest (NCPC) for the first time, with 519 students from the Nordic countries taking part.

School of Engineering hosted major programming competition

The School of Engineering (JTH) at Jönköping University was for the first time one of the host schools for The Nordic Colligate Programming Contest NCPC and there were good results for several JTH students.

The best among the JU teams were the JTH students Adrian Fyrpil, Calle Ovinder and Yoseph Naoom, who came in 41st place among the 173 Nordic teams.

173 teams with 519 students from the Nordic countrys participated in NCPC and ten teams with a total of 30 students competed for JU in Jönköping. The team with Adrian Fyrpil, Calle Ovinder and Yoseph Naoom, who study the programme Computer Science and Engineering at JTH, did best at JU. They solved five problems in the competition and finished in 41st place among the Nordic teams and in 13th place among the 49 Swedish teams.

Qualified for competition in Germany

"They got a good result and qualified for the next stage of NCPC which is held in Germany", says Rudy Matela who together with Lucy Ellen Lwakatare, both Assistant Professor at JTH, coached the students during the competition at JU.

The next best at JU was the team with Alfred Roos, Maria Birtman and Oliver Fiala, who are also studying the programme Computer Science and Engineering at JTH. They managed four problems and came in 23rd place in Sweden and 91st place in the Nordic region.