IEEE Newsletter - University of Peradeniya Volume 2 (March 2019) | Page 24

24 HOUR CODING COMPETITION IEEEXtreme 12.0 I EEEXtreme is a global challenge in which teams of IEEE student members compete in a 24 hour me span against each other to solve a set of programming problems. All the par cipants of the IEEEXtreme coding compe on were supported by providing necessary facili es. More than ten teams from the University of Peradeniya competed in IEEEXtreme this year. Contestants arrived at the top floor of the computer center at 5.30 A.M on the 20th of October and they coded un l 5.30 A.M next morning. Two of the teams were able to secure 2nd and 10th posi ons in the IEEEXtreme Sri lanka leaderboard. Team members 1 Place Mr. Gihan Jaya laka Mr. Harshana Sumedha Mr. Suren Sritharan. Thashmila Araliya & Shan Wijesinghe Electrical and Electronic Engineering University of Peradeniya PAGE 22 IEEE Newsletter University of Peradeniya