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2011 ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest and ANZAC League Dr Alex Potanin Wellington Site Director [email protected] South Pacific: http://www.sppcontest.org/ International: http:/ /www.acmicpc.org/ The International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) and ANZAC League

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Page 1: 2011 ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest and ANZAC League Dr Alex Potanin Wellington Site Director alex@ecs.vuw.ac.nz South Pacific:

2011ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest and ANZAC League

Dr Alex Potanin

Wellington Site Director

[email protected]

South Pacific: http://www.sppcontest.org/International: http://www.acmicpc.org/

The International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) and

ANZAC League

Page 2: 2011 ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest and ANZAC League Dr Alex Potanin Wellington Site Director alex@ecs.vuw.ac.nz South Pacific:

ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest and ANZAC League

International Collegiate Programming Competition

“The oldest, largest, and most prestigious programming contest in the world”

Aside programming, tests problem-solving, team-work, design/decomposition and testing/debugging

Sponsored by IBM with ACM support

If you want to be the best at solving problems (key skill!) – this is the contest for you!

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Page 3: 2011 ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest and ANZAC League Dr Alex Potanin Wellington Site Director alex@ecs.vuw.ac.nz South Pacific:

ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest and ANZAC League

International Collegiate Programming Competition

Continued superlinear growth in participation– 2013: 32,043 contestants, 2,286 universities, 94

countries

Considered extremely prestigious internationally:– Cities commit millions of dollars to host world

finals– Russian university changed name partly due to

success– Polish coach received equivalent to knighthood– IBM broadcasts world finals live on television

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Page 4: 2011 ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest and ANZAC League Dr Alex Potanin Wellington Site Director alex@ecs.vuw.ac.nz South Pacific:

ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest and ANZAC League

Why Get Involved?

On the one hand, it is an outlet for top students

But not just for the best students: competition is structured to cater for all ability levels

Raises competency and hence industry reputation => easier to find a job!

Regional winners invited to week-long world finals (very likely fully paid by VUW)

Significant cash prizes if you win the finals ($10,000 USD in 2010)

Top 2 teams in the South Pacific region are guaranteed a spot in the World Finals!

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Page 5: 2011 ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest and ANZAC League Dr Alex Potanin Wellington Site Director alex@ecs.vuw.ac.nz South Pacific:

ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest and ANZAC League

Getting Involved

ANZAC League 2014 has 6 rounds running in March – August preparing you for the September finals:

– Round 1: March 15

– Round 2: April 5

– Round 3: May 17

– Round 4: TBC in T2

– Round 5: TBC in T2

– Round 6: TBC in T2

For ANZAC rounds, ECS picks up the bill for a (modest) meal either before or after the 5 hour contest

There is no fee to participate in the ANZAC League

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Page 6: 2011 ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest and ANZAC League Dr Alex Potanin Wellington Site Director alex@ecs.vuw.ac.nz South Pacific:

ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest and ANZAC League

Competition Format

Competition runs in parallel at a number of different “sites” across the South Pacific region

Runs 5 hours

Ten or more problems of (vastly) varying difficulty

Teams of 3 students

Teams share a single PC

Available languages: C, C++, C#, and Java

Anyone can take part in ANZAC League, but to take part in the South Pacific Regional in 2014 you need to:

1. have began post-secondary studies in 2010 or later

2. have been born in 1991 or later

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