Washington University in St. Louis ACM Chapter

Programming Contests

Problem for 02/25/2011

Watch this space for Spring 2011 contest info!

Register A Team

This registration process simply helps us figure out how much food to bring. Walk-ons are welcome, and team rosters aren't final until the contest starts.

Next contest: Friday, February ??th, 2011

Team Name:
Team Size:
Name(s):
Email(s):

Past Contests

Rules

The rules are modeled after the rules of the ICPC. We have summarized them below, but we reserve the right to modify them or refer to the ICPC's rules for guidance.

  • Teams of up to three students, faculty, or staff may participate in the contest.
  • The contest duration is 90 minutes. This is the maximum amount of time that participants will be able to submit solutions for judging.
  • Submissions will be evaluated based on elapsed time from the start of the contest. If there are multiple problems, teams are evauluated by the total number of problems completed, then by the time needed to complete the problems.
  • The use of online materials is restricted. Only online language resources such as the Java API will be allowed. Any printed reference materials are allowed.
  • Each team may only use one computer.
  • Any programming language is allowed, provided that it can compile and/or run on a CEC machine. As of now, the CEC supports:
    C, C++, Java 1.6, Ruby 1.8.5, Python 2.6, Perl 5, PLT Scheme, GNU Awk, PHP 5, LaTeX, PostScript, bash, csh, tcsh, zsh, ksh, MySQL, Pascal, x86 Assembly, Fortran, Tcl, and OCaml.
    If you simply must use another language, complain to EIT! Teams with submissions that require compilation may be asked to provide a Makefile.
  • Teams may not use external libraries or any other pre-written code.
  • The problem description will list the expected file names of your source file and the input and output files. If you do not follow these guidlines, your submission may not be accepted. Note that the naming conventions used for these files might differ from the naming conventions you normally use.

Fridays at 4 pm in the Linux Lab.

Description

The WU ACM Programming Contests are based loosely on the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC). Teams of up to three will compete for 90 minutes to solve one or two programming challenges, using any available computer language(s). Solutions will be evaluated based on how quickly they are coded; no subjective evaluation of the "quality" of the code will be used.

Prizes will be awarded to the first place team at each event, and a grand prize will be awarded to the individual(s) with the best record over the course of the semester.

If this sounds like fun and you're free from 4:00 - 6:00 pm on Fridays, please register yourself or a team.

Note: While we encourage pre-registration, we also welcome walk-ins and are happy to form random teams at the event. Don't feel like you have to find a team ahead of time unless you want to!