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Alberto Vina
This past weekend, the Móstoles campus brought together dozens of students from different public universities in Madrid for the 'AdaByron' programming contest, named after what is considered the first female programmer in history.
It is a competition between teams of three students from 1st to 4th (or 5th in the case of double degrees), and there are no distinctions of grades or training itineraries. Participants must solve in a period of five hours as many problems as they can. There are three categories, which divide the first, second and third, fourth and fifth graders into three groups.
This edition is the first organized by the URJC, and Jesús Sánchez-Oro, professor at the ETSII, affirms that they are happy with the result: “the university provided us with the infrastructure, and the members of the competitive programming group They poured themselves into preparation. About 15 students came as volunteers.” His work has paid off, as Sánchez-Oro says that "we received congratulations for the good organization and operation of the contest, we are very satisfied." Next year, the URJC will organize the contest again.
First contacts with the professional world
The 'AdaByron' contest is sponsored by several companies, such as Accenture or Thoughtworks, which, in addition to financing the prizes for the winning teams, are looking for new programming talent to join their ranks.
In this way, Professor Sánchez-Oro explains that this contest is not only an event where students can compete in what they like the most, but that it can mean “a first approach to the professional world or even that a company contacts them to go to work with them.