Hi,
on Saturday, the 16th of June, from 11:00 to 16:00, the next GCPC takes place.
If you are interested, please fill out this dudle until the 9th of June: https://dudle.inf.tu-dresden.de/GCPC_Teilnehmer/
If you already have a team, you can also fill out the registration form: http://icpc.cs.fau.de/anmeldung.php.*
Feel free to invite your fellow students to the competition.
If you have never competed in a GCPC or NWERC, here is some more information:
In the GCPC, you will work in teams of two to three people on one(!) computer.
There are about 10 tasks, and your goal is to solve as many of them as possible. You send in your solution as a program that is evaluated automatically on some secret testdata. If the program is both correct and fast enough, you have solved the problem. The contest is 5 hours long.
If you want to read some example problems, here are those from three years ago: http://gcpc.nwerc.eu/problemset_2015.pdf
Task G would be considered an easy task (don't be confused by the unnecessarily complex task statement…), while task A is hard.
Allowed languages are C++, Java and (probably) Python. It is not guaranteed that Python is fast enough to solve every problem, but everything can be solved in C++ and Java.
A computer will be provided to you. The operating system will be some Linux using Xfce and with common IDEs, editors and compilers installed. If there is a specific software you would like to use, please tell me; I can probably install it.
You are allowed (and encouraged) to bring written/printed materials to the contest, including books, but USB-Sticks, Smartphones, pdfs, using the internet (except the contest system) and other electronic materials are not allowed. You can bring your own keyboard and mice.
Bachelor and Master students of any study course are eligible to participate. PhD-students are also sometimes eligible. Just ask me if you are not sure.
After the GCPC, there will be the NWERC (Northwestern Europe Regional Contest) sometime around November in Eindhoven in the Netherlands. Every University can send two to three teams. Usually we find someone who finances the travel and accommodation.
Even though the GCPC is a mostly independent training contest, the performance of our third-best team may influence whether we can send two or three teams to the NWERC.
See you there!
Julian
* Please note that your data will be shared with the ICPC organizers (https://icpc.baylor.edu/) and you may have to provide additional information to compete, e.g. when you started studying, when you expect to graduate and your birthdate.
