UP Programming Guild

The University of the Philippines Programming Guild (UPPG) is a University-based non-political and non-sectarian organization which aims to gather students who enjoy solving problems and train them to use it for real world applications.

History

Divisions

The Quiwarriors

The Quiwarriors are the members of the Guild who are trained to compete in programming competitions. They receive training in graph theory, number theory, combinatorics, discrete mathematics and computational geometry among other topics. The Guild aims to keep producing the Philippines’ champions and win in the World Finals of the Association for Computing Machinery Intercollegiate Programming Contest (ACM ICPC), a world-renowned international programming competition.

The Quiwarriors trace their roots from the teams coached by Eric Tambasacan, then a faculty of the Department of Computer Science, for the 2007 and 2008 National Intercollegiate Programming Contests. The need for the skills of people outside of the department was apparent and so the idea for a university-wide organization was born. The first Guild teams competed in the 2009 Asia Regional ICPC – Manila Site, where the Guild’s team 1, “Mga SOGO ni E.T.”, placed 1st and became the first University of the Philippines Diliman team to advance to the World Finals.

The Guild is always on the look out for those who are eager to learn and who have a passion for problem solving.

The Qode Weavers

The Qode Weavers are the members of the Guild who develop useful innovative applications. They are knowledgeable in different programming languages such as C, C+, C++, C#, Java, PHP, Python, Ruby, Lisp, etc.

They are involved in making websites, developing games,software projects and databases as needed. One of their more popular projects is the Bukluran system, a computerized organization renewal website, which has received numerous praises from its users.

As long as there are projects waiting to be done in your neighborhood, who you gonna call? Qode Weavers.

Members

Qoaches

Jose Plutarco Bawagan
Eric Tambasacan

Qode Weavers

Gladys Castañeda
Carlos Eugenio De Villa
Juan Carlo Deoferio
Loraine Corese Edrosa
Jean Claude Edualino
Edgardo Felizmenio Jr.
John Andreau Hernandez
Misato Hirono
Sam Claudemir Lee
Lester Nacu
Ken Abryl Eleazar Salanio
Christian Sta. Ana
Kevin Rainier Suba
Bonn Cherchez Uy

Quiwarriors

Jared Guissmo Asuncion
Kevin Charles Atienza
John Eddie Ayson
Alvin John Burgos
John Joel Cabuhat
Miguel Isidro Edrico Cariño
John Ruperto Celis
Maxwell Chua
Dorcas Mae Comandante
Alberto De Villa
Jeffrey Kenneth Go
Conrad Miguel Gozalo
Hykinel Bon Guarte
Carla Alexis Manalo
Thomas James Mendoza
Julian Nina Moncada
Lu Kevin Ong
Reynald Pader
Jethro Nicko Paguio
Karl Ezra Pilario
Aaron Ramos
Timothy David Salmo
Kim Arvin Silvoza
Luke Wicent Sy
Julian Villaruz
Payton Robin Yao
Tim Joseph Dumol
Iman Encarnacion

Projects

Bukluran is the University of the Philippine’s online registration system for student organizations. It is being developed with the goal of eventually fully digitizing the process of org registration. The system aims to make the registration process easier for both the organizations and the Office of Student Activities (OSA).

Development of Bukluran was started in 2008 by a group of Computer Science majors as a requirement for their Software Engineering class. That group of Computer Science majors eventually became part of the first batch of Qode Weavers. The Guild has since taken up the task of developing and maintaining Bukluran as a service to the University.

Awards

International Awards

ACM ICPC World Finals

Finals (2010)

37th Place

ACM ICPC Asia Regional Contest

Singapore Site (2007-2008)

10th Place

Jakarta Site (2008-2009)

10th Place
11th Place

Kuala Lumpur Site (2008-2009)

10th Place
16th Place
20th Place

Manila Site (2009-2010)

Champion
5th Place
10th Place
12th Place
17th Place
19th Place
26th Place

Kuala Lumpur Site (2010-2011)

7th place
17th place

National Awards

Philippine National Inter-Collegiate Programming Competition

1st Philippine ICPC (2007-2008)

Champion
5th Place
9th Place
Best Team

2nd Philippine ICPC (2008-2009)

Champion
2nd Place
3rd Place
4th Place
10th Place
11th Place
Best Team

3rd Philippine ICPC (2009-2010)

Champion
2nd Place
5th Place
7th Place

4th Philippine ICPC (2010-2011)

Champion
2nd place
3rd place
4th place
6th place

Local Awards

Java Cup

Java Cup (2007-2008)

Champion

Java Cup (2008-2009)

Champion
2nd Place

Java Cup (2009-2010)

Champion
2nd Place

Java Cup (2010-2011)

Champion
3rd Place

University Awards

Syntax Check Programming Contest

Syntax Check Programming Contest (2009-2010)

Champion
2nd Place
3rd Place