AlgoPSU

Mission Statement

AlgoPSU’s mission is to develop problem solving skills and prepare students for success in the tech industry.

Technical Interview Prep

Penn State Technical Interview Prep is a new initiative from the ACM designed to prepare students for competitive programming competitions like ICPC and CodePSU, while also helping them develop their algorithmic problem-solving skills for technical job interviews. There is a meeting every week during the academic year. Each week, we provide questions from actual interviews to help students prepare and become more familiar with technical interviews.

When: Every Monday, Starting January 22nd, 2024 from 6PM – 7PM at Willard 173
Signup Here

ICPC Team

The International Collegiate Programming Contest is held every spring semester in Youngstown, Ohio. Students that have attended and shown the most progress in our Tuesday practices will be selected to be a part of our traveling team to compete in the contest. Other schools that attend this competition include (but are not limited to) Carnegie Mellon University, University of Pittsburgh, and Oberlin College. 

Here are some of our best team rankings from the past years in the Youngstown, Ohio site:
Fall 2019 – 4th & 5th place
Fall 2018 – 2nd place
Fall 2017 – 7th place
Fall 2016 – 5th place

For more information about the ICPC, click here to be directed to the ICPC Official Website

CodePSU

CodePSU is the largest competitive programming competition at Penn State. Based on the ACM’s International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) standards, CodePSU welcomes 300+ Penn Staters of all majors and skill levels interested in programming. Competitors form teams of 3 and spend four hours working to solve 7 programming and algorithm problems. Prizes are awarded to the top three teams in each of the beginner, intermediate, and advanced competition categories. CodePSU provides participants a glimpse into the computer science world and offers an opportunity to attract the attention of sponsors and future employers present at the event.

For more information about CodePSU, click here to be directed to the event’s main page.