Intro

The organizers claim that this will be a "good oppurtunity for your teams to practice". However, please keep in mind that they are also testing their software...

If it turns out that this testing gives us a bad or useless practice contest, then I will have 4-6 problems ready to go, and we'll have a real contest.

Registration

Because of the short notice, please keep in mind the following:

1. The contest is FREE. There is no registration fee. You simply need to tell me how many people are going to show up.
2. Because the contest is free, I can't provide food/soda/munchies during or after the contest. You are on your own for that. After the contest, we may all head up to a pizza place or some other `dining establishment', but you're still on your own for that.
3. I wouldn't count on having any prizes. Sorry. It's short notice, and I don't think I can come up with anything. There may be prizes if something falls into my lap, but I wouldn't count on it.
4. I have to know you're coming no later than October 7th.

To register your school, please just send an email to breech@cis.udel.edu and tell me how many teams you're bringing. I don't have any limit on the number of teams. It shouldn't be a problem...

Rules

We'll follow the ACM contest rules. That is, you will be allowed to bring any books/program listings you want. You may not use any electronic device that is not on the computer workstation you're provided. ie, you can't use calculators (including the ones on your watch), disks internet, etc.

Environment

We'll be working in a UN*X environment running X windows. Emacs, pico, and vi will be available. If you don't know what those are, use pico. We will only be using C or C++ as programming languages. Java will only be supported for the practice contest with the ACM organizers. If we have to switch to running our own local contest, Java will not be permitted. The C/C++ compilers are gcc/g++.

Tentative Schedule

• Meet in Pearson 114 between 10:30 and 11 to go over some brief things.
• 11:00am-4:00pm will be the contest.
• A little after 4, we'll announce the results.

Directions to campus

• Directions to the University of Delaware.
• Local maps within the University of Delaware.
• Directions to site (ascii text & map).

Other links:

• The 1999 As Yet Un-named Programming Contest -- I organized this contest last spring. I'll be running another in the spring.
• The University of Delaware Programming Team page -- I apologize for the lack of eye candy. I don't have a lot of free time for web pages...