ACM Prog. Team "Tryouts"
Christian Duncan
I have been told by the department that we will be able to send 2 teams
to the competition - at least we have some funding for two teams. We
can send more if we have other ways to cover it - and if space is
available at the competition site. (I still have to work out the travel
arrangements, getting a van or cars.)
Since I have heard from several people that want to compete - more than
the 6 that I have room for, we will have to pick our teams. The one I
prefer is to have a competition and the top 6 contestants will be
selected. From them, we'll decide amongst ourselves the two teams by
pairing up people that work best together.
As a result, I would like to announce:
ACM Programming Team
Tryouts & Competition
Wednesday, October 13
5-8 PM
Nethken Hall 142
The format will be fairly relaxed. I shall give a collection of 5
problems from the UVA online judge and your task will be to solve them -
and submit them onto their site for verification of correctness. Yes,
I'm having that system judge your submissions - because it is a lot
easier. The winners will be determined by the ones with the most
correct number of submissions. In the case of ties, I will count
correct submissions based on the accepted timestamps as is done with the
regular ACM comp. Incorrect submissions in this case will not have
deductions - unlike in the ACM competition.
This tryout contest will be far more informal than the actual
competition but we still need to keep the flavor. So, we can go over
more explicit rules on Wednesday.
Eligibility:
The ACM contest does have certain eligibility requirements. For our
competition, I don't care who participates but the team selection will
be the top 6 ELIGIBLE participants. So, even if you are not eligible
for the main competition you can still come and see how well you stack
against your colleagues.
I would define the explicit rules here but I have read conflicting
accounts. One site: http://acm2010.cct.lsu.edu/quickfacts.php
says the following:
ACM International Contest limits contestants to within 5 years of High
School graduation. Exceptions can be approved. Please read the complete
ICPC Regional Rules <http://icpc.baylor.edu/icpc/regionals/default.html>
for the details.
But then the link given which has rules from 2008 provides a completely
different set of criterion. In general, if you are an undergraduate in
your first 4 years of study you shouldn't have a problem. For others, I
am emailing the directors for more clarification on the matter - and
will forward that on to anyone that is interested but does not fall in
the 4-year range. In any case, I encourage everyone to still
participate just to try it out.
Cheers,
Christian