Dear all,
A reminder. We meet for the NWERC selection contest this Saturday (October 25th) in room 407 of E1.1. We meet at 10:45 AM. Please be there on time as we will start the contest at 11:00 sharp. The contest will last for 3 hours. You should bring your own laptop.
Here is my contact information in case you will have trouble entering the building:
- telegram: https://t.me/peltorator
- email: egorbachev(a)cs.uni-saarland.de
Best,
Egor
Dear all,
NWERC (https://2025.nwerc.eu/) is our biggest competitive programming event of the year. It is hosted yearly and includes teams from all around Germany, Benelux, UK, Scandinavia, and more. This year it is hosted at the end of November in Karlsruhe. We will probably be able to send three teams (i.e., 9 people) this year. So there should be enough places for many of you!
To decide who is going to Karlsruhe, we will organize a selection contest on Saturday, October 25th in the auditorium 407 of E1.1 at 11:00. I encourage everybody to come and try your luck!
You can check whether you are eligible or not using this diagram (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XPuELBOzLNYtjlzGZXKOQTr2Q0SI85dx/view). In case of doubt, contact me. Also, note that in many situations exceptions can be made, so also contact me if you are unsure about your situation.
Please press a reaction button below this message to indicate that you're going to participate in the selection contest so that everybody can see who else participates and figure out potential NWERC teams in advance.
P.S. If you know any potentially interested people who have just started studying at our university or have already been here for some time but are not subscribed to either our mailing list or the NWERC telegram group, please let them know about this (and invite them to the chat).
My contact information:
- telegram: https://t.me/peltorator
- email: egorbachev(a)cs.uni-saarland.de
Best,
Egor
Dear all,
GCPC will take place on Saturday, July 5th.
Registration is open until July 3rd.
Register your team at https://gcpc.nwerc.eu/signup.
Please share this with friends who might be interested!
This year we’ll probably be able to send 3 teams to NWERC. I strongly encourage everyone aiming for NWERC to participate in GCPC. The contest is also beginner-friendly, so don’t worry if you’re new.
If you’re not eligible anymore (check here (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cFXF7ZKNP72ZZrq3yVIrREdk-snse1aX/view) — note that it’s last season’s table, so shift all years forward by one), you can still take part. Just click the "We are participating out of competition" button when signing up.
Text me (egorbachev(a)cs.uni-saarland.de) if you have any questions.
Best,
Egor
Hi everyone!
I hope you're all doing well. Winter Contest 2025 (one of the three most important contests of the year for us) will be held on Saturday January 25th. So exactly two weeks from today. You can register on the website: https://wintercontest.io/signup.
If you are not ICPC-eligible anymore (use this (https://cdn.vis.ethz.ch/cpc-eligibility2024) to check whether you are eligible), you can still participate, just click the "We are participating out of competition" button.
Feel free to contact me (email: egorbachev(a)cs.uni-saarland.de, telegram: @peltorator) if you have any questions.
Best,
Egor
Dear all,
NWERC (https://2024.nwerc.eu/) is our biggest competitive programming event of the year. It is hosted yearly and includes teams from all around Germany, Benelux, UK, Scandinavia, and more. This year it is hosted at the end of November in Delft, the Netherlands. Normally, we send three teams to the competition. However, as Delft University is hosting this event for a third year in a row, they could not accomodate the full-scale competition. Therefore, this year we will be able to send either one or two teams.
To decide who is going to Delft, we will organize a selection contest on Saturday, October 26th in the auditorium 407 of E1.1. I encourage everybody to come and try your luck! Even if you don't feel like you are yet strong enough, it is always a good idea to train, see how well you do compared to the others, and prepare for what to expect next year when you will beat all other participants :)
You can check whether you are eligible or not using this diagram (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cFXF7ZKNP72ZZrq3yVIrREdk-snse1aX/view). In case of doubt, contact me. Also, note that in many situations exceptions can be made, so also contact me if you are unsure about your situation.
P.S. If you know any potentially interested people who have just started studying at our university or have already been here for some time but are not subscribed to either our mailing list or the NWERC telegram group, please let them know about this (and invite them to the chat).
My contact information:
- telegram: https://t.me/peltorator
- email: egorbachev(a)cs.uni-saarland.de
Best,
Egor
Dear all,
Reminder: GCPC 2024 will take place this Saturday.
The registration is open until tomorrow evening.
Register your team at https://gcpc.nwerc.eu/signup
If you don't have a team, you can text me (egorbachev(a)cs.uni-saarland.de), and I can connect you with other teamless people
If you are not eligible anymore, you can still participate, just click the "We are participating out of competition" button.
Best,
Egor
Hi everyone!
This year, our university will again participate in NWERC, held again in Delft on November 24 - 26.
Please register at https://dud-poll.inf.tu-dresden.de/nwerc2023/ if you are interested.
For more information regarding the competition and team selection, see here: https://pad.ente.ninja/s/eZCAzNuoh
Best,
Julian
Hi,
this Saturday, the 17th of June, from 11:00 to 16:00, the next GCPC takes place.
If you are interested, please fill out this poll: https://dud-poll.inf.tu-dresden.de/4UFmIxJWoA/
Please also send me an email if you have not participated before. 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 10-15 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 2018: https://2018.gcpc.nwerc.eu/problemset_2018.pdf
Task I would be considered an easy task, while task M is hard.
Allowed languages are C++, C, Java and Python.
During the contest, you will be required to use a virtual machine (running Xfce on Ubuntu Linux) with common IDEs, editors and compilers installed. It will restrict your access to the internet and to other materials on your computer.
You are however allowed (and encouraged) to bring written/printed materials to the contest, including books. You can bring your additional keyboard and mice if you want to use them.
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 Delft in the Netherlands. Every University can send one 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 best teams may influence how many teams we can send to NWERC.
See you there!
Julian
Hi,
the NWERC 2022 will take place on November 25th to 27th in Delft in the Netherlands. We can most likely send two or three teams of three people each.
If you have never competed in GCPC, NWERC or similar contests, you can find some additional information below.
Since there may be more than 6 to 9 people who are interested, we may have to do a team selection.
We will do up to two qualification contests where everyone competes alone, and the top ranked people in these qualification contests have to form teams and can go to NWERC.
The deadline for team selection and registration is around November 3rd.
Please fill out https://dudle.rwu.de/NWERC_Selection/ if you are interested.
Ideally, we would meet at the university for 3-5h, but there are alternative solutions if you are not available at the chosen time.
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 NWERC (http://www.nwerc.eu/) you will work in teams of up 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 test data. 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 2019: https://open.kattis.com/contests/nwerc17open/problems
Task I would be considered an easy task, while for example task H is harder.
Allowed languages are C++, Java and Python.
A computer will be provided to you. The operating system will be some Linux with common IDEs, editors and compilers installed. If there is a specific software you would like to use, please tell me; I can ask the organizers to install it.
We bring a printed team reference document that usually contains code for common algorithms. Bringing further material (e.g. USB-Sticks, Smartphones, pdfs) to the contest or using the internet (except the contest system) are not allowed.
We usually find sponsors for the travel and accommodation cost and there is no participation fee.
To make the organization easier, we have a Discord Server (https://discord.gg/dmhKxApZCT) and an old Telegram group (mostly German, https://t.me/+Qo3tx2Z82pi_1J3D)
If you want to train, I recommend https://cses.fi/book/ (especially for beginners) and https://cp-algorithms.com/
Best,
Julian
Hi,
on Saturday, the 25th of June, from 11:00 to 16:00, the next GCPC takes place.
If you are interested, please fill out this poll until the 22nd of June: https://dud-poll.inf.tu-dresden.de/GCPC_Participants/
Please also send me an email if you have not participated before. 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 10-15 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 2018: https://2018.gcpc.nwerc.eu/problemset_2018.pdf
Task I would be considered an easy task, while task M is hard.
Allowed languages are C++, C, Java and Python.
During the contest, you will be required to use a virtual machine (running Xfce on Ubuntu Linux) with common IDEs, editors and compilers installed. It will restrict your access to the internet and to other materials on your computer.
You are however allowed (and encouraged) to bring written/printed materials to the contest, including books. You can bring your additional keyboard and mice if you want to use them.
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 Delft in the Netherlands. Every University can send one 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 best teams may influence how many teams we can send to NWERC.
See you there!
Julian
