Saturday, April 27th, 2013 at
Results can be found in this post:
Spring 2013 Programming Contest Report
Big thanks to the students who participated and all the teachers and industry professionals that helped out, especially our precision judges and Amazon.com staff volunteers: coordinator, Elton Pinto and speaker, Gus Lopez.
Hope you all had a great contest.
Spring 2013 Programming Contest Report
Big thanks to the students who participated and all the teachers and industry professionals that helped out, especially our precision judges and Amazon.com staff volunteers: coordinator, Elton Pinto and speaker, Gus Lopez.
Hope you all had a great contest.
| WHO | Computer Science Students |
| WHAT | A contest where CS students spend 3 hours solving programming problems in teams of 1-3 people with 1 computer using the programming language of their choice. |
| WHERE | Amazon.com, Dawson North Building 345 Boren Avenue North Seattle, WA 98109 Street or lot parking is available in the neighborhood. Enter the north building from the south side under the sky bridge. |
| WHEN | Saturday April, 27th 8:30am - 2:30pm |
| WHY | To allow Computer Science students to use the skills gained in class to compete for medals, prizes, and HONOR. :-) |
| *Registration | Opened March 25th and is now full, but we encourage you to register (here) to be placed on our wait list by Wednesday 10th April (last day). If teams cancel or fail to have their payment received by April 11th, we will invite teams to join the competition by email in the order they are received. Good luck.. |
| COST | $30 per team, a number of need-based scholarships are available. Payment must be received by Thursday, April 11th or your team slot will be passed on to another team. Please send the full team payment (checks made out to PSCSTA) with team member names to - make sure to mail it in early: PSCSTA (Puget Sound Computer Science Teachers Association) 4616 25th AVE NE #573 SEATTLE, WA 98105 |
| SCHEDULE | 8:30 am Check-in 9:00 am Talk by Amazon.com 10:00 am Practice problem 11:00 am Contest begins (3 hours long; lunch provided at noon) 2:15 pm Awards/Raffle |
Can you code? Do you want to build up your programming skills? Come discover the fun of speed and accuracy programming by competing!
Students compete in teams of 1-3 members.
Each team brings 1 computer (1 mouse, 1 monitor, 1 keyboard max) with the team’s choice of development tools (IDE/compiler/programming language) already installed.
Students get three hours to complete as many of the supplied programming problems as they can.
No pre-coding is allowed. Students should come to the contest prepared to produce all code needed to solve the problems on the spot.
Language API documentation may be used during the contest. One page of written notes on file input/output is also allowed. Internet access is not given during the contest.
Need Special Accommodations? While we can't promise to meet the needs of every special circumstance, we would be happy to try! If you need to borrow a computer for the contest or would like other special accommodation
Practice Problems: Sample questions: fall 2008, spring 2009 (note: the format will not be identical but the style of question will be similar)
Need Special Accommodations? While we can't promise to meet the needs of every special circumstance, we would be happy to try! If you need to borrow a computer for the contest or would like other special accommodations, please don't hesitate to email us and ask. pscsta-planning@googlegroups.com
Teams are scored by total points earned, with time breaking ties (first team to earn the points wins). Top three teams overall and top three novice teams will each medals for each team member.
Additionally there is a raffle after awards are presented. All students receive 1 raffle ticket for participating in the contest. Students may earn extra raffle tickets by talking to judges (industry developers, project managers, etc) about their job, work-life balance, career path, etc.
Novice Team Criteria
- None of the team members have completed a programming course in school
- None of the team members have placed in a previous contest (any division) during that school year
- None of the team members have competed in a previous school year's programming contest
How can I help?
- Interested in judging?
- Interested in donating prizes?
- Interested in donating food?
- Interested in giving a mini-talk (30 mins)?
Contact the PSCSTA Planning Team at pscsta-planning@googlegroups.com with questions!
