Evaluation Query Set Update

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Dear Participants,

We hope this message finds you well as we reach the midpoint of our contest. We are thrilled to witness the outstanding achievements in your submissions and deeply appreciate your enthusiastic participation.

To better assess the effectiveness of your submissions, we have decided to increase the test query set from 1 million to 4 million queries. This decision was made after thorough consideration and testing. While this change may increase the challenge, it is expected to make the competition more interesting and the evaluations more robust. We are grateful for the feedback from those teams that also brought this to our attention and have taken their insights into account.

In response to these changes, we have updated the contest website and evaluation process. Additionally, to ensure all participants have the best possible experience and ample time to adjust their strategies, we have extended the competition deadline to May 3rd.

Please note that due to the updated 4 million query test set, the leaderboard has been reset. We encourage all teams to resubmit their solutions to see their new rank.

We hope these updates will contribute to an even more exciting and equitable competition. Thank you for your continued engagement and dedication.

Best regards,

SIGMOD Programming Contest 2024 Organizer