Hello again! There is a slight change in plans. IDI Open has recently launched the 2016 edition of their web site, so in addition to filling out the Google-form below, please register your team on IDI Open's website: https://idiopen.idi.ntnu.no/open16/team/register/ If you participated in IDI Open in 2015 or 2014, you can reuse your account (resetting your password if you should have forgotten it); otherwise, create a new IDI account and then create your team on the site. I am sorry for asking you to register in two different systems, but IDI Open has not made it easy for me to register other teams than my own. /Mathias 2016-04-01 13:24 +0200 Mathias Rav <rav@cs.au.dk>:
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@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