The ACM ICPC, where the brightest minds clash, has already commenced preparation of the battlefield for its latest edition – ACM ICPC 2013.
The following excerpt is from the official ICPC website –
“The ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) is a multitier, team-based, programming competition operating under the auspices of ACM and headquartered at Baylor University. The contest involves a global network of universities hosting regional competitions that advance teams to the ACM-ICPC World Finals. Participation has grown to several tens of thousands of the finest students and faculty in computing disciplines at over 2,300 universities from over 90 countries on six continents.”
All students are encouraged to participate in the contest. Form the teams(of 3 members + 1 reserve), decide your coach & register. Before Registering, please go through the rules for both Final & Domestic levels.
For participation, please follow the below steps:
1) Get your coach to register at the baylor site.
2) Register the team at http://icpc.baylor.edu/
3) Register for the Kharagpur and/or Amritapuri sites. (The registrations are closed for the Kanpur region)
http://acm.iitkgp.ac.in (5, August – 26th, October)
http://icpc.amrita.ac.in (1, August – 10th, October)
Once you are done with the registrations, Practice. Work on coding questions online. Use the following websites:
www.codechef.com
www.hackerrank.com
www.spoj.com
In case of any doubts or problems, please mail us at osocnitt@gmail.com
All the best!
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