Fall 2007 UCSD Programming Contest

Newsflash: UCSD Places Second in ACM Southern California Regionals

After the regionals. (Click here for more pictures. )

Newsflash: Results from Fall 2007 Contest

Saturday Oct 6th, 2007
Time: 11:45 (noon) to 6:30pm
Location: Basement of CSE Building (EBU3B B270)
Contact Info: Professor Michael Taylor

Sponsored by

One goal of this contest (besides having fun) is to create teams to represent UCSD at the ACM Programming Contest on Nov 10, 2007.
If you plan to place at the UCSD contest, please keep Nov 10, 2007 free on your calendar.

HOW TO PRACTICE/PREPARE FOR THE CONTEST:

1. Make sure you read the instructions and the hints below.
2. Practice solving questions at: Problem Set Archive with Automated Judging . It is highly recommended that before the contest you log on and solve at least one if not all of the following problems:

• Marvelous Mazes , from the the following problem set
• The Falling Leaves , from the the following problem set
• The House Of Santa Claus , from the the following problem set
• Free spots .

A large part of the contest is to know how to test your own program and how to catch the end cases. It is highly recommended that you use the above website to practice a few problems and the automated judging system will let you know if you missed something (just like at the real contest).

Contest Information

A pizza order will arrive around 12:45pm.

Students will compete individually for this contest solving traditional algorithms problems. We will go back to the Software Battle Bot contest in Spring. The reason for concentrating on the traditional algorithms for this contest is to form teams and prepare students for the ACM regional programming contest this Fall.

Teams will be formed from the top finishers to compete in the 2007 ACM Southern California Programming Contest on November 10th at Riverside Community College.

Eligibility

• If you place at the UCSD contest you must be willing to represent UCSD at the ACM Southern California Regional Programming Contest on Saturday Nov. 10, 2007.
  -AND-
  
• You are a part time (greater than 50%) or full time UCSD student, and bring your valid UCSD student ID with you to the contest.
  -AND-
  
• One or more of the following holds:
  • You started college in 2003 or later.
  • You were born in 1984 or later.

Details

Editors: Emacs, Vi, etc...

Prizes: The top 10 individuals will receive cash prizes sponsored by The Dini Group .

1st - $1000,
2nd - $700,
3rd - $500,
4th - $300,
5th - $200, and
6th through 10th - $100 .

Additional door prizes will be given out.

Food: Pizza and pop will be provided for everyone.

How to Sign Up

Official Instructions

Make sure you bring your programming language, algorithm, math, geometry, graphics, and reference books and notes with you to the contest. You cannot access any material over the internet. You can only use the default help system, javadocs, etc... on the default computer setup we provide for you. You can use any written material or books you bring with you.

Here are some tips and hints for competing and coding in the contest. These will not be given out at the contest, so you probably want to print these out and bring them with you (you will not be able to access the internet at the contest).

C++ and Geometry Hints
Java Hints

Tips for competing in the contest

Results from Fall 2007 Contest

Results from Fall 2006 Contest

Results from Fall 2005 Contest

Results from Spring 2006 Contest

Results from Fall 1999 Contest

Results from Spring 2000 Contest

Results from Fall 2000 Contest

Results from Spring 2001 Contest

Results from Fall 2001 Contest

Results from Spring 2002 Contest

Results from Fall 2002 Contest

Results from Spring 2003 Contest

Results from Fall 2003 Contest

Results from Spring 2004 Contest

Results from Fall 2004 Contest

Results from Spring 2005 Contest

Contact Michael Taylor (mbtaylor@cs.ucsd.edu), if you have any questions, or would like to help out with the contest.