Public Affairs

Two teams composed of six students from the College of Engineering and Sciences (CEAS) at the American University of Kuwait (AUK) ranked 3rd and 4th place in the 9th Kuwait Collegiate Programming Contest (KCPC). The contest was held at the Arab Open University (AOU) in which 27 teams from different Kuwaiti public and private universities competed, including, Kuwait University, Gulf University for Science and Technology, Arab Open University, Kuwait Technical College, and Kuwait College of Science & Technology.
  
The students representing AUK were coached by Mrs. Dima Aburshaid, senior instructor at CEAS. The team members who ranked 3rd and won the bronze are: Yousef AlHamad, Fahad Kalloush, and Reem El-Sabaa. They solved a total of 3 challenges that were assigned to the competitors. In 4th place were David Liang, Reem Qasem, and Bader Al-Otaibi, who solved 2 challenges. The 3rd place winners have qualified to the Arab and Africa Regional Contest (ACPC) which was held at Luxor, Egypt. Commenting on the significance of students participating in activities outside the classroom, Mrs. Dima said, “Taking part in these competitions provides the students with the unique chance to learn in a competitive yet collaborative environment that cannot be achieved in a regular classroom. It enriches the students' knowledge and provides extracurricular work at the foundation of their education.”
  
In 2010, AUK initiated and hosted the first KCPC which later became a qualifying round to ACPC, a regional subsect in the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC)—the world's oldest and largest collegiate programming contest where hundreds of students compete from all around the world. Students compete in teams of 3, using one computer for 5 hours, trying to solve complex real-world problems. 

 
Images from the event