What is IEEEXtreme?

IEEEXtreme is a global challenge in which teams of IEEE Student members – advised and proctored by an IEEE member, and often supported by an IEEE Student Branch – compete in a 24-hour time span against each other to solve a set of programming problems. 

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Eligibility

Participants must compete as part of a team. A team is composed of up to 3 IEEE Student or Graduate Student members, but can include a maximum of only 2 Graduate Student members. Teams may be affiliated with an IEEE Student Branch but this is not required to participate. All team members must be IEEE Student or Graduate Student members to register in the competition. IEEE Membership numbers are required during the registration process. All team members must be over the age of 18 at the time of registration. Only those members who register in a team are allowed to participate in the competition.  Substitution of those who are not registered is specifically prohibited.  Universities and Colleges can have multiple teams.

Tasks

Tasksare developed and judged by experts. All entrants agree and acknowledge that Sponsor is the owner of all tasks and any associated code.  Entrants further agree that they will not, without written permission from Sponsor, use the tasks or any associated code for any reason other than the competition.  The panel of judges is made up of higher grade IEEE members from both academic and industrial backgrounds. Tasks will be categorized as easy, medium, hard, and hardest to assist teams of all experience levels to participate and help them prioritize the order in which they will resolve said tasks.

Benefits

The competition was created to:

  • Provide IEEE Student members and Graduate Student members with an interesting IEEE activity
  • Give competitors an opportunity to embrace teamwork – an important skill to develop for career success
  • Increase awareness within IEEE students around IEEE core activities related to information and technology topics

Want to learn more about IEEEXtreme competetion?

Click here to visit the official website