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- Subject: 1993 IEEE Computer Society National Programming Contest
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- Date: 19 Nov 92 03:28:24 GMT
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- Organization: University of Texas at Austin IEEE CS Student Branch (USA)
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- ANNOUNCING.....
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- EVENT: The 1993 IEEE Computer Society National Programming Contest
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- WHERE: University of Texas at Austin, USA
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- DATE: March 20th-March 21st, 1993
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- FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NATIONAL PROGRAMMING CONTEST
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- Q: What is the IEEE CS National Programming Contest (NPC)?
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- A: The NPC is an invitational computer programming contest which
- challenges 16 of the finest undergraduate student programmers in the
- world to compete head-to-head against each other in a new and
- exciting contest format. Each school sends a team of three
- students. These three students are given just one day to write
- programs which will compete on a team in a virtual world created by
- the contest organizers. The nature of this world will not be
- revealed until the contest day. On the second day, the contestants'
- programs fight each other to first place. The 1993 NPC will be run
- on 50 IBM RS/6000 UNIX workstations on a token-ring network. The
- contestants may use either C or C++ to write their programs.
-
- Q: Who may compete in the National Programming Contest?
-
- A: Although the NPC was originally intended to be a national event, we
- are getting interest from international schools. We encourage these
- schools to submit applications if they are interested in sending a
- team. Some schools will be invited automatically. However, *all*
- teams interested in competing must submit an application by the
- specified deadline. All competitors must be undergraduate students
- (or equivalent) in their major on the day of the contest. If this
- requirement is not clear or your country uses a different system,
- please mail us for clarification, as this rule will be strictly
- enforced. All teams must consist of exactly three competitors.
- Contestants are expected to arrive the day before the contest as it
- starts early in the morning on Saturday.
-
- Q: How much does the NPC cost?
-
- A: The NPC is free to the competitors. The sponsors of the NPC will
- pay for a hotel room for the team, all food during the contest days,
- and all transportation to and from the contest site. To arrange
- for more than one hotel room or for rental cars, please phone
- ahead. The NPC will not cover the cost of the air fares to get to
- and from the contest. Perhaps someday..
-
- Q: How long has the NPC been around?
-
- A: The NPC has only happened once before, November 31, 1991. This
- contest was also held at the University of Texas. To insure that
- this year's contest will be a first class event, we have scheduled
- our time so that by the time you have read this announcement, the
- contest driver will be almost ready for Alpha testing. Last year's NPC
- was held on 16 Sparcstation 2's, a Sparcstation IPX, and 32 NCD
- X terminals. The winners of last year's contest were Rice
- Univeristy (Houston, Texas, USA) and MIT (Boston, Massachusetts, USA).
-
- Q: What are the prizes?
-
- A: We can't announce that just yet. Send us mail to keep posted on this.
- We should also have the name of our keynote speaker shortly.
-
- Q: What is the format of the application?
-
- A: All applications should be under 6 66-line text pages per team.
- Please do not worry about aesthetics. We will be looking over each
- very carefully and may send mail back to you for clarifications.
- Include the following information: names of all people on your team,
- e-mail addresses of each person on the team which will be valid
- until the day of the contest, street address of the team contact or
- team leader (this can be a coach or sponsor), age of each
- contestant, school, majors of each contestant, programming
- experience of each contestant (includes job, extra-curricular, or
- hobby), any honors or awards received by any contestant pertaining
- to programming, the address, phone number, and e-mail address (if
- one exists) of your department, and any other information you feel
- is pertinant or useful in illustrating your acumen in computer
- programming. You will be sent confirmation of having received your
- application within one week. All applicants will be notified of
- their status by January 30th, 1993 at the latest.
-
- Q: Who is sponsoring the event?
-
- A: IBM Corporation is the NPC host. The contest will be held on site
- at IBM's new building in North Austin. The NPC is sponsored in part
- by Texas Instruments. This event is organized by the students of
- the IEEE CS Student Branch Chapter at the University of Texas at
- Austin, USA.
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- APPLICATION DEADLINE: December 30th, 1992
-
- SEND APPLICATIONS TO: npc@npc.ece.utexas.edu, or
- ahmedh@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
-
- BY US MAIL: IEEE Computer Society 1993 NPC
- Applications
- ENS 103
- Austin, TX 78712
- USA
-
- SEND QUESTIONS TO: answers@npc.ece.utexas.edu
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