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<\/a>Over 30 high school teams from across New Brunswick are expected to arrive on UNB’s\u00a0Saint John campus on May 6, 2016 for the 10th annual NB High School Programming Competition<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\nDesigned to provide a computer programming challenge for students in grades 9 \u2013 12, contestants test their computer programming skills and problem solving abilities for an opportunity to win prizes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe competition is designed to encourage teamwork and consists of a number of programming problems of increasing degrees of difficulty for the team to complete,\u201d said Owen Kaser, associate professor of computer science at UNB Saint John.<\/p>\n
Prizes include:<\/p>\n
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- Two Lenovo laptops, sponsored by J.D. Irving Ltd., Information Technology Division<\/li>\n
- iPad Minis, sponsored by IGT<\/li>\n
- Vizwik professional subscriptions, sponsored by Vizwik<\/li>\n
- Other prizes: bursaries toward tuition in UNB Saint John\u2019s BScCS degree program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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