We have a PROGRAMMING CONTEST sponsored by ACM that will challenge YOU !
JOIN us for the fun and for the challenge of a real programming contest conducted at our own dear school of University of Michigan-Dearborn for our own dear students. The purpose of this contest is to start up a contest tradition at UMD, to have fun, to experience the challenges that programming contests bring.
We are aiming the contest towards students who’ve taken CIS 150, 200 or above, so the difficulty should be relatively straightforward. Nevertheless it’s a contest, so expect to be challenged!
The next contest is on February 11 in lab CIS 139. Tentative schedule:
* 5pm – snacks, practice and demonstration sessions, Q&A session
* 6pm – real contest begins
* 9pm – contest ends, food is given out
* 9:30pm – winners are announced.
The contest will be run by the rules of established ACM regional contests with some modifications. That is, there are 5 problems to be solved in a 3 hours period. You can use C, C++, C# or Java. Problems are judged automatically by comparing the judge’s answers to the answers given by your program. They have to match exactly character by character to be counted as a solution. You will not be judged on the written style of your program or any comments. The only thing that will matter for the contest is if your program gives the right answers and if it works fast enough for all the test cases. The judges want to have everybody solve at least one problem but have nobody solve all 5 problems.
Prizes are: There are lots of great prizes including trophies and t-shirts. While the contest is serious in its core, we intend to make it a fun event with fun and interesting problems to solve. Those that participated last year had a fantastic time, and we look forward to even more fun this time!
Let me know if you have any questions about any part of the contest and let me know if you decide to attend — I’d love to have you there!
Contact us at dennismv@umd.umich.edu and let’s get you in!