The 1999 Glorieta Kickoff Conference

The 1999 Challenge Kickoff Conference is held at the Glorieta Conference Center, between Santa Fe and Las Vegas. The date for the Kickoff Conference is October 24 to October 26.

To attend the kickoff conference, you must register with the Challenge.

This year we have a very exciting keynote speaker: UNM graduate Mark Henne, from Pixar animation.

Two sessions are held. Schools that are farther than one hundred miles from Glorieta will attend the first session on October 24 and 25, while the schools within one hundred miles attend the second session on October 25 and 26.

Important Information:

• Reservation Information

• Rules at Glorieta

• Abstract Hints

• Team Assignments

On this site, a schedule of events is available.

Students may participate in one of three Instructional Tracks:

Track I is designed for the student who is new to the Supercomputing Challenge and has little computing experience, or for the returning student that wishes to review and polish their basic skills.

Track II is designed for those students, new or returning, that have some computer programming experience, are comfortable with UNIX, and feel ready to explore the art of computer programming in C++.

Track III is designed for those students who are very familiar with unix and C++, C, or Fortran.