Time has come for the annual programming competition "IDI Open". WHEN Saturday March 21, 2020. The contest runs from 11:00 to 16:00, but to be sure that you are ready at 11, we recommend you show up at 10:00. WHERE The local site for the contest will be in the library at the 1st floor of the Nygaard building, Finlandsgade 21-23, 8200 Aarhus N. Soda, snacks and pizza (or similar) will be provided. REGISTRATION Please tell us if you are competing so we can order a sufficient amount of pizzas / buy enough soda and snacks by filling out: https://forms.gle/qTvtHEMzDoBRHyhJ8. Please sign up no later than Wednesday March 18, 12:00! Teams consist of 1-3 people. You need to sign up in the Google form above as well as at https://idiopen.idi.ntnu.no/open20/accounts/register/ (please write "Aarhus" in "Offsite Location"). If you have participated previously you should be able to reuse your old account. Note that the deadline for registering on the official IDI Open site is also Wednesday March 18, 12:00. Please bring your own laptop. You can only use one computer per team. FORMAT 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 can only use one computer to solve the exercises. The solution is a program written in C, C++, Python 2, Python 3 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. RULES The competition follows the rules of ICPC competitions. For more information about IDI Open, check the contest page: https://idiopen.idi.ntnu.no/open20/. 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! If you have any questions, feel free to email me.