About these Contests

General Information

Once again, Stanford will be hosting a local programming contest to select the students who will represent Stanford at the 1997 ACM Pacific NW Regional Contest, and hopefully at the The 1998 ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest

The local contest will be an individual contest (students compete as individuals, and not on teams. For more information see the Rules and FAQ page). The top six individuals will be grouped to form two teams of three students each. To determine whether you are eligible to compete, follow this link.

The Regional and International Contests

Each school may send two teams of three students to the regional contest, but only one team may represent each school at the world finals (provided that they qualify).

The top two teams at the regional contest qualify for the International Contest Finals to be held February 25-28, 1998. The winning students not only bring fame and glory to their university, they also win hefty scholarships ($$) and plenty of free software.

The contest pits teams of three with one computer against a host of problems in a limited time-frame. Typically, 6 or more problems are posed with five to six hours to solve as many as you can. These problems can generally be solved by careful analysis and application of algorithms taught in undergraduate computer science. Some are quite challenging. For examples, see the problem archives on the contest home page

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Last modified: Thu Oct 2 10:09:39 PDT 1997