Hello everyone!
I hope you have had a happy problem hunting season so far. It is time for the
yearly event "IDI Open" which takes place Saturday April 16, 2016.
The contest is from 11:00 to 16:00, but you must arrive no later than 10:00.
The local contest will take place in the Zuse building
(https://www.openstreetmap.org/go/0H9euIimO)
Soda and pizza will be provided, sponsored by the CS Department.
Please tell me if you are competing so I know how many pizzas to order / sodas
to buy by filling out the form: https://goo.gl/forms/Un3kTO8744
Please sign up no later than Wednesday April 13, 23:59!
In case you are the social network kind of type, you can tell your network that
you are participating in this FB event: https://fb.com/events/670699053067907/
Teams consist of 1-3 people. You only need to sign up in the Google form above,
and I will register you in the official IDI Open system when/if it opens.
If you do not have any team mates, let me know and I will try to put you in
contact with others without team mates.
Please bring your own laptop. If your team does not have a laptop, indicate
this in the form and I'll allocate one of the Zuse computers to you.
For those of you new to programming competitions, the format is as follows.
You will work in groups of size 3 or less. You are given a set of exercises
(typically around 10), which you have 5 hours to solve. Your team is provided
one computer to solve the exercises. The solution is a program written in C,
C++ or Java. You upload this program to the judging system, which will then
tell you if the solution is correct or not. You win by solving the most
exercises. The exercises are algorithmic in nature so you will have to devise
an algorithm that is fast enough.
The competition follows the same rules as the ICPC competitions.
For more information about IDI Open, check out last year's contest page:
https://idiopen.idi.ntnu.no/open15/
In case I forgot anything or you have any questions, feel free to send me an
email at rav(a)cs.au.dk, or come by my office, Nygaard-334.
While the contest is a test of skills, you do not have to be super good to
compete. If you just want to have some fun and some free pizza, why not show up
and see what it is all about? Hope to see you for the competition!
/Mathias
