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IDI Open 2016
by Mathias Rav 04 Apr '16

04 Apr '16

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

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26 teams signed up -- Registration is closed!
by Mathias Rav 05 Oct '15

05 Oct '15

Hi all Registration for the Danish programming championships in Aarhus, a.k.a. DM i Programmering, a.k.a. NCPC in Aarhus, is now closed. The event has grown from 18 teams last year to 26 registered so far this year, and we simply have not planned for that many teams. We have just enough hardware and floor space to support this many teams, so I have closed the registration in the ICPC system. See you all on Saturday! Best, Mathias Rav (the new Jesper) PhD student at MADALGO

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DM i Programmering 2015 (Danish Programming Championship)
by Mathias Rav 20 Aug '15

20 Aug '15

Hi everyone It is time for this year's edition of the Danish Programming Championship (as always, part of the Nordic Collegiate Programming Contest, NCPC). It will be held Saturday, October 10, 2015 in the Zuse building. If you want to participate, please let me know at rav(a)cs.au.dk, and I will let you know when the contest registration opens. Tell me who are on your team. If you need teammates, I can help match you up. As usual, the event is sponsored by Netcompany and arranged by Netcompany and the CS department, and there will be lunch, snacks, cake, soda, fruit etc. during the competition. After the competition, we will have an award ceremony where we go through the solutions to the contest problems while consuming pizza, sodas and beer. Practice: I will host two practice sessions on Sept 24 and Sept 30. Location will be announced later; please write to me if you are interested. NWERC tryouts: The NWERC tryouts will be held one week before the contest on Saturday October 3, 2015. Please write to me if you would like to go to NWERC. Since the NCPC registration deadline is after the NWERC tryouts, please don't register in the ICPC system before you know what NWERC team you are on; you should compete with your NWERC team at the NCPC for practice! What is NWERC? The Northwestern Europe Regional Contest is a programming competition in which the best teams in Northwest Europe compete. We usually send the best 6 students in Aarhus to NWERC, sponsored by the department, based on an individual qualification contest. We leave the department Friday morning November 27, and after the contest on Sunday November 29 we go back to Aarhus. It is usually a lot of fun, so I hope you sign up for the qualifier! Best, Mathias Rav (the new Jesper)

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Fwd: IDI Open April 25, 2015
by Mathias Rav 22 Apr '15

22 Apr '15

Hello everyone! So far, I have noted that the following teams have signed up for our Aarhus branch of IDI Open 2015. Casper Christensen & Peter Gabrielsen: typedef pair<double, double> dd; Gerth, maybe Kristoffer/Peter: DAIMI Oldboys Coding Casper Færgemand, Nick Bakkegaard og Kenn Daniel: 420 No Scope Mathias Rav, Jesper Nielsen, Thomas Mølhave: Bearded Batman Casper Freksen, Mikkel Brun Jakobsen: Sune, din forræder! Oskar Haarklou Veileborg, Asger Drewsen: Beyond Balmer's Peak Kent Grigo (looking for group) Sune Ohrt Sørensen, Jana Kunert: Nu med nyt navn The deadline for registration on the IDI Open 2015 website is tomorrow, Thursday at 12 o'clock! So if you haven't already, hurry up and send me an email and sign up via the following link. https://idiopen.idi.ntnu.no/open15/ See you in Zuse on Saturday at 10:00! /Mathias ----- Forwarded message from Mathias Rav <mathias.rav(a)cs.au.dk> ----- Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 10:17:09 +0100 From: Mathias Rav <mathias.rav(a)cs.au.dk> To: algocomp(a)madalgo.au.dk Subject: [Algocomp] IDI Open April 25, 2015 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) 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 25, 2015 (the day after Kapsejladsen, the big boat race at the university park). 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 (http://osm.org/go/0H9euIimO) Soda and pizza will be provided. Please tell me if you are competing so I know how many pizzas to order / sodas to buy by sending me an email: mathias.rav(a)cs.au.dk. 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. We might not be able to provide enough computers for everyone, so if you have a laptop you would like to use, please bring it. Teams consist of 1-3 people. Please remember your team name should start with [Aarhus]. You can sign up here: https://idiopen.idi.ntnu.no/open15/accounts/register/ https://idiopen.idi.ntnu.no/open15/team/register/ 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 device an algorithm that is fast enough. The competition follows the same rules as the ICPC competitions. For more information about IDI Open, check out https://idiopen.idi.ntnu.no/open15/ In case I forgot anything or you have any questions, feel free to send me an email 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 _______________________________________________ algocomp.madalgo mailing list ----- End forwarded message -----

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IDI Open April 25, 2015
by Mathias Rav 16 Mar '15

16 Mar '15

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 25, 2015 (the day after Kapsejladsen, the big boat race at the university park). 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 (http://osm.org/go/0H9euIimO) Soda and pizza will be provided. Please tell me if you are competing so I know how many pizzas to order / sodas to buy by sending me an email: mathias.rav(a)cs.au.dk. 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. We might not be able to provide enough computers for everyone, so if you have a laptop you would like to use, please bring it. Teams consist of 1-3 people. Please remember your team name should start with [Aarhus]. You can sign up here: https://idiopen.idi.ntnu.no/open15/accounts/register/ https://idiopen.idi.ntnu.no/open15/team/register/ 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 device an algorithm that is fast enough. The competition follows the same rules as the ICPC competitions. For more information about IDI Open, check out https://idiopen.idi.ntnu.no/open15/ In case I forgot anything or you have any questions, feel free to send me an email 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

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Practice sessions, Qualification round and DM!
by Jesper Sindahl Nielsen 03 Sep '14

03 Sep '14

Hi everyone Welcome back to school! It has been a slightly cold August, so I suppose you have all spent it coding, right? If not the season of programming contests is starting, so here's your chance! On saturday 4th of October we have the annual Danish Championships in Programming (DM). The event is sponsored by Netcompany and arranged jointly by the Computer Science department and Netcompany. As is tradition, there will be lunch, snacks, cake, soda, fruit, etc during the competition. After the competition we will have an award ceremony and then we go through the exercises from the contest. While we go through the exercises there will be pizza, sodas, and beer. More about the contest below. There will be some practice sessions on 9th and 16th of September from 16.00-18.00 in Zuse, read below for more details. For those interested in trying out for NWERC, we will have a qualification competition in Zuse on Sunday the 27th of September from 10-16, these details can also be found below. Everyone is of course welcome to participate for the practice :-) ** What is a programming competition? ** You participate as a team with 2-3 people. Your team has one computer where you collaborate to solve exercises/problems. Solving a problem means writing a program that reads input (from standard in), then it does some computation and produces an output which it writes to standard out. Your source code is then uploaded to a judge which will either accept or reject based on the correctness of your program. The problems are usually algorithmic in nature and the allowed programming languages are Java, C and C++ (if we are lucky they may extend the language to also cover scripting languages such as python/ruby etc.). The contest takes 5 hours. During this time you are only allowed to access the internet for submitting your code to the judge and reading the documentation for your programming language. If you want to gain experience with this show up to one of the practice sessions (see below) ** Pratical info about DM ** The contest takes place at several locations, in particular we have a local site which is the Zuse building. The event starts at approximately 10.00 in Zuse, where you show up and find a computer (there will be one set up for your team). At 10.30 Netcompany will give you a warm welcome and some tips & tricks for the contest will follow. The contest starts at 11.00 and ends at 16.00. After the contest we will have an award ceremony and we go through the solutions to the problems (if we figured them out!). While we go through the problems there will be pizza, beer, soda, etc. ** How do you sign up for DM? ** On this page: http://www.netcompany.com/dm there is a link to a sign up page. *Remember* to also send an email to jasn(a)cs.au.dk saying how many people are on your team (because I need to confirm you in the system once we get to that point). If you would like to participate, but you do not have a team, send me an email and I will try to match you up with others in the same situation. ** Important $$$ profit! ** The winning team of the danish championships wins a check for 10.000 kr, but remember there is also a site in Copenhagen. Let's see if we can keep the check on the mainland! We won it two years ago but lost it last year. It is up to you to make us proud! :-) Usually the money is spent on the trip to NWERC, which is another programming competition for the Northwestern European region (http://nwerc.eu) in November. It is, however, entirely up to the team how to spend their prize. ** NWERC and qualification ** The University usually sends one/two team(s) to NWERC. To decide who gets to go, we arrange a qualification round where you participate alone. The top 3-6 people gets to go, sponsored by the university. The qualification round takes place in Zuse the 27th of September from 11-16. During the contest there will be pizza and sodas. This is also an opportunity to practice before the Danish Championships, and particpation for this event is highly recommended :-). How do you sign up? You send me an email saying you would like to participate. Note that this is a *solo* competition. ** Practice Sessions ** If this has piqued your interest, then on Tuesday the 9th and 17th of September from 15.15-18.00 there will be practice sessions in Zuse. During a practice session we solve some problems and talk about them. This is a beginner friendly environment and everyone is very welcome to join! :-) If you happen to have classes in the begining, feel free to show up late, it is quite informal. ** Questions ** Feel free to contact me ( jasn(a)cs.au.dk ) with any questions you have regarding anything about the programming contests! Best, Jesper

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IDI Open 2014
by Jakob Truelsen 22 Apr '14

22 Apr '14

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 May 3rd. The time is not finalized yet, but it will probably be from 11.00 to 16.00. The local contest will take place in the Zuse building (http://osm.org/go/0H9euIimO) Soda and pizza will be provided. 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 device an algorithm that is fast enough. The competition follows the same rules as the ICPC competitions. For more information about IDI Open check out https://idiopen.idi.ntnu.no/open14/ Teams consist of 1-3 people. Please remember your team name should contain [Aarhus]. You can sign up here: https://idiopen.idi.ntnu.no/open14/accounts/register/ https://idiopen.idi.ntnu.no/open14/team/register/ If you do not have any team mates, send me an email and I will try to put you in contact with others without team mates. This year we might not be able to provide enough computers for everyone, so if you have a laptop you would like to use, please bring it. Finally, please remember to tell me if you are competing so I know how many pizzas to order / sodas to buy. In case I forgot anything or you have any questions, feel free to send me an email or come by my office (Nygaard-397). 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! /Jakob

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Another season of programming competitions!
by jasn 06 Sep '13

06 Sep '13

Hi everybody I hope you have all had a good summer but now is when the real fun begins! On saturday 5th of October the Danish Championships in Programming (DM) takes place. The event is organized by Netcompany and the Computer Science department. During the competition there will be lunch, snacks, cake, soda, fruit, etc sponsored by Netcompany. And for those wondering: the cake is not a lie. After the competition we will have an award ceremony and then we go through the exercises from the contest. While we go through the exercises there will be pizza, sodas and beer. More about the contest below. There will be some practice sessions on 11th and 18th of September from 16.00-18.00 in Zuse, read below for more details. For those interested in trying out for NWERC, we will have a qualification competition in Zuse on Sunday the 29th of September from 11-16, these details can also be found below. Everyone is of course welcome to participate for the practice :-) ** What is a programming competition? ** You participate as a team with 2-3 people. Your team has one computer where you collaborate to solve exercises/problems. Solving a problem mean writing a program that reads input (from standard in), then it does some computation and produces and output it writes to standard out. Your source code is then uploaded to a judge which will either accept or reject based on the correctness of your program. The problems are usually algorithmic in nature and the allowed programming languages are Java, C and C++. The contest takes 5 hours during which time you are only allowed to access the internet for submitting your code to the judge and reading the documentation for your programming language. ** Pratical info about DM ** The contest takes place at several locations, in particular we have a local site which is the Zuse building. The event starts at approximately 10.00 in Zuse, where you show up and find a computer (there will be one set up for your team). At 10.30 Netcompany will give you a warm welcome and some tips & tricks for the contest will follow. The contest starts at 11.00 and ends at 16.00. ** How do you sign up for DM? ** On this page: http://www.netcompany.com/dm There is a link to http://ncpc.idi.ntnu.no/ncpc2013/reg.html Where you can sign up. *Remember* also sending an email to jasn(a)cs.au.dk saying how many people are on your team. If you would like to participate, but you do not have a team, send me an email and I will try to match you up with others in the same situation. ** Important $$$ profit! ** The winning team of the danish championships wins a check for 10.000 kr, but remember there is also a site in Copenhagen. Let's see if we can keep the check on the mainland! After all, we did win it last year... Usually the money is spent on the trip to NWERC, which is another programming competition for the Northwestern European region (http://2013.nwerc.eu/en/) in November. It is, however, entirely up to the team how to spend their prize. ** NWERC and qualification ** The University usually sends one/two team(s) to NWERC. To decide who gets to go, we arrange a qualification round where you participate alone. The top 3-6 people gets to go, sponsored by the university. The qualification round takes place in Zuse the 29th of September from 11-16. During the contest there will be pizza and sodas. This is also an opportunity to practice before the Danish Championships, and particpation for this event is highly recommended :-). How do you sign up? You send me an email saying you would like to participate ** Practice Session ** If this has peeked your interest, then on wednesday the 11th and 18th of September from 16.00-18.00 there will be practice sessions in Zuse. During a practice session we solve some problems and talk about them. This is a beginner friendly environment and everyone is very welcome to join! :-) ** Questions ** Feel free to contact me ( jasn(a)cs.au.dk ) with any questions you have regarding these topics. Best, Jesper

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IDI open 2013
by Jesper Sindahl Nielsen 16 Apr '13

16 Apr '13

Hello everyone This is a reminder that the IDI open 2013 competition is this saturday and the registration deadline is thursday, so you can stille make it! The department will provide soda and pizza, all there is left is for you to do is sign up and code! Info about the competition: http://events.idi.ntnu.no/open13/theindex.php?page=news and sign up form: http://events.idi.ntnu.no/open13/theindex.php?page=register Remember to prefix your team name with [Aarhus] Send me an email if you have signed up, so I know how many pizzas to order. Should you have any questions you can send me an email. Best, Jesper

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IDI open 2013
by jasn 27 Mar '13

27 Mar '13

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 April 20th. The competition starts at 11.00, and I suggest you be there before 10.30 so you can set up. The university will graciously sponsor soda and pizza, yay! The last couple of years an Aarhus team has won the competition, so we have quite the reputation to live up to! The competition follows the same rules as the ICPC competitions. For more information about IDI open check out http://events.idi.ntnu.no/open13/theindex.php?page=news Teams consist of 1-3 people. Please remember your team name should contain [Aarhus]. You can sign up here: http://events.idi.ntnu.no/open13/theindex.php?page=register The deadline for registration is April 18th at 23:59. If you do not have any team mates, send me an email and I will try to put you in contact with others without team mates. Finally, please remember to tell me if you are competing so I know how many pizza to order / sodas to buy. In case I forgot anything or you have any questions, feel free to send me an email or come by my office (Nygaard-326). Hope to see you for the competition! Best, Jesper

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