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 anime and manga enthusiasts all over UP Diliman. The organization also exists to provide an atmosphere for an open exchange of ideas and share in-depth information on the nature of anime and manga.

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.

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

World Cup

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

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

Local Awards

Java Cup

Java Cup (2007-2008)

• Champion

Java Cup (2008-2009)

• Champion
• 2nd Place

Java Cup (2009-2010)

• Champion
• 2nd Place

University Awards

Syntax Check Programming Contest (2009-2010)

• Champion
• 2nd Place
• 3rd Place

See Also

Official Website