The Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport (AASTMT) Regional Informatics Center (RIC) organized the Arab Collegiate Programming Contest (ACM - ACPC 2017) in co-operation with the Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology as well as South Sinai Governorate, where the contest was held during 24 – 28 November 2017, in Sharm el-Sheikh, with the participation of 132 teams (500 students) from 66 universities and institutes of 14 Arab countries, as the winners will participate in the World Final Contest (ACM-ICPC 2018) that will be held in China.It`s worth to mention that 1800 teams from different universities from Egypt and the Arab world participated in the pre-final contest that was organized through 42 local contests in 14 Arab countries.
