Programming Challenge

[challenge24]

Do you like programming? Can you take challenges? Would you match yourself with others?

Here is your chance! Grab it!

The Electrical Engineering Students' Hungarian Association and the Károly Simonyi College for Advanced Studies are proud to present the

9th BME International 24-hour Programming Contest!

If you have missed the previous eight occasions, it is now time to join the adventure!

This contest is a real test of creativity, knowledge, endurance and team-work, an EXTREME CHALLENGE! Sponsors and the offered prizes worth 5000 euros contribute to the high standards of the contest. The team which gaines the utmost points can take home the award and the cup.

Those teams which will have finished registration until 21st February 2009, must do their best during the online preliminary quailifier on 28th February 2009. The best performing thirty teams can participate onsite at the Finals in Budapest Hungary, between 1st and 3rd of May 2009. During the 24-hour advanturous round, the contestants will have to solve one, but extremely complicated and interesting task. They will need all of their knowledge in the field of algorithms theory, artificial intelligence and program design, and also well-used team work competence is desired.

The contestants will be allowed to use their own computers. Technical background and catering will be provided. There are no restrictions on the hardware, software and support they use, but communication with the outside world is strictly forbidden.

For further information and for tasks from the previous years please visit the official homepage of the Challenge where future occurrents will also be available for everyone.

If you are not afraid of eXtreme challenges, you do not have anything else to do just to establish a team of 3 members and register at http://www.challenge24.org! Participation is completely free of charge.

Have fun and good luck!
The Organizers

Deadline for registration: 21st February 2009
Website: http://www.challenge24.org
For further information please check our website, or contact us by email

Un-stickying this now that registration has passed - Markbnj, Programming mod

 

[Markbnj]

Looks like a good contest. Thanks for posting it. I've stickied this for you for awhile so that more people will see it.

 

[Cogman]

ooo, I have one. If you are student there is the MIT battlecode http://battlecode.mit.edu/2009/ competition. It is open for registration now.

 

[Markbnj]

If you want to make a separate post, Cogman, I will sticky that as well.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Electrical Engineering Students' Hungarian Association and the Károly Simonyi College for Advanced Studies

Scam?

 

[Markbnj]

What makes you think it's a scam?

 

[tatteredpotato]

Originally posted by: Cogman
ooo, I have one. If you are student there is the MIT battlecode http://battlecode.mit.edu/2009/ competition. It is open for registration now.

That does look pretty cool... now I just have to figure out Java and I'm set.

 

[challenge24]

Hi Markbnj!

Thx for your help!

Challenge24 team

 

[challenge24]

Dear IHateMyJob2004!

No, it's not a scam.


Information about Electrical Engineering Students' Hungarian Association:

http://eestec.hu/pages/news_view.php?id=7&lang=eng

The MAVE (Hungarian Association of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Students) was founded in 1986 with the aim of broadening the knowledge and widening the horizons of engineering students.

Since its foundation the association has been a member of the Electrical Engineering STudents European assoCiation (EESTEC). At the beginning the non-profit student organization arranged short-term exchange programmes, guiding foreign colleagues in Hungary. The situation has changed by the gross, it is difficult to list the activities of the organization; no wonder LC Budapest is kept count of among the best local committees of EESTEC. Nevertheless, our principles are unchanged: the MAVE is determined to offer unique experience to young people, no matter if it is a summer rowing tour, a perspiratory but interesting programming competition, presentations by acknowledged experts, an international conference or life-long friendships.

With the recent years? high-profile events our reputation has grown as well, permitting us to e supported by not only the best academic professionals, but by members of the for-profit sector, professionally, financially and with ideas. Beside our members? notable professional achievements, all the above mentioned would not worth anything if the organization did not remain an unbound fellowship. The membership of this association not merely means opportunities but also delight. From the general studentry, more than half-a-hundred people can travel abroad to our partner organisations? events.

The MAVE is a dynamic organisation, we lay stress on development and rejuvenation. We are happy to receive new ideas, new members any time. That is way, in autumn 2008, our image was renewed and a new website was designed, that we firmly believe to better satisfy everyone?s curiosity. Most of our members are students of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, but we welcome any other university?s engineering students.

In the 2008/2009 academic year, the MAVE further broadens its range of activities. Our outstanding corporate relations enable us to lunch additional courses, introducing new topics. In addition to the standard engineering and informatics subjects, courses offering economic knowledge start off, thereby widening the students? horizon.

The MAVE sets a high price on cooperation with other non-profit civil organisations, thus MAVE is a member of ? along EESTEC ? Association of Higher Education Student Organisations (FDE), cooperative partner of the Scientific Association for Infocommunications Hungary (HTE), of the John von Neumann Computer Society (NJSZT) and of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).


Challenge24 team

ps: sry not for writing for a while

 

[sao123]

going to hungary definately doesnt appeal to me, and since im no longer a student, the MIT thing is out...

i guess the next best thing is AT should hold its own programming challenge.

 

[tatteredpotato]

Originally posted by: sao123
going to hungary definately doesnt appeal to me, and since im no longer a student, the MIT thing is out...

i guess the next best thing is AT should hold its own programming challenge.

I'm fairly sure you can compete in the MIT contest, just you wouldn't be eligible for prizes (unless you had a student on your team).

"Any team has the same eligibility status as its most eligible contestants. For example, if a team has one eligible MIT student, it would be eligible for all tournaments. If it had one eligible student from a participating university, it would be eligible for Open Tournament prizes. However, no team may compete if one of its members is currently employed by a BattleCode sponsor company."

"The open tournament will run at the end of March. Almost anyone interested may participate.... "

Sounds like if you don't work for a sponsor company, you're set.

 

[chronodekar]

I don't mean to de-rail the point of this thread, but one of the 2 contests above had links to old questions. Very interesting & thought-provoking that. Any ideas if the winning answers are there as well? I've not seen it on their page.

EDIT: I've been trying out different approaches to the old questions for about 2 or 3 weeks now, and I just want to know if I'm close to optimal or not ?