Three-person teams from universities around the world will mix creativity with information technology (IT) as they begin their quest to earn coveted spots among the elite at the 32nd annual Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), sponsored by IBM. Also known as the "Battle of the Brains," the competition challenges students to solve real-world computer programming problems under a grueling, five-hour deadline.

Dr. James Truchard, National Instruments president, CEO and cofounder, kicked off the 13th annual NIWeek virtual instrumentation conference yesterday by discussing the role of National Instruments LabVIEW in system design and the ways NI plans to take advantage of next-generation programming.

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