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