ACM at Bucknell University
Programming Contest

Contest Information

Editing, Compiling, and Running Code
Contest Software
Contest Rules

Problems

Practice Problem
See practice problems on the new contest software

A novice team consists of three (or fewer) students all of whom have not yet begun the equivalent of CS3 (their third computer science course). This team will play on the novice problem set.

An expert team consists of three (or fewer) students. This team will play on the expert problem set.

Schedule

8:00 a.m. - Practice Problem
9:00 a.m. - Contest begins
12:00 p.m. - Contest ends, lunch, and awards

Directions

The programming contest will be held in the usual rooms, Breakiron 164 etc, on the campus of Bucknell University in the Breakiron Engineering Building.

Campus Map

Quick Contest Rules

• Teams of 3 or fewer.
• All undergraduate students (special permission may be given to non-cs grad students).
• 3 hours of competition
• Your own laptops or the provided Linux or Mac machines. (Up to one machine per player)
• NO internet except for the reference sites specifically linked HERE.
• ALL text books, notebooks, and paper are allowed.
• Points for correctly solving problems (that use I/O as desired and are submitted).
• In case of a tie, number of attempts and time submitted will be used.
• Mini prizes for each problem correctly solved. Must be worn no matter how unwearable they are.

Helpful Links (Not part of the contest)

Bucknell University
Computer Science Department
Association for Computing Machinery
ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest