Conduct of the Contest

5.1. The duration of one round is five hours. The Executive Committee of the Jury holds right to prolong the duration of the round in case of unforeseen circumstances. Should the contest duration be altered, every attempt will be made to notify participants in a timely and uniform manner.

5.2. During the round each team is provided with one personal computer and the set of several problems.

5.3. At least six problems and at most twelve problems will be proposed for solution. As far as possible, problems will avoid dependence on detailed knowledge of a particular applications area or particular programming language.

5.4. Participants' computer configuration and the set of supported programming languages are determined by the Technical Regulations.

5.5. During the competition, participants solve the proposed problems. A solution to a problem is a program written in one of the supported programming languages. The program must not contain auxiliary modules or files. It is allowed to solve different problems using different supported programming languages.

5.6. Submission evaluation is conducted during the competition. Using special software, the teams submit their problems for evaluation. The Executive Committee of the Jury compiles the submitted programs using command line compilers and checks the programs. Participants should include compiler directives in the submitted program file.

5.7. Participants' programs are checked against a set of tests prepared by the Executive Committee of the Jury prior to the round. A program is accepted if it passes all tests.

5.8. Execution time and memory for each program on each test are limited. The programs that exceed these limits are considered inefficient for the given problem. In such case, the test is considered not to be passed, thus the program is rejected. The execution time limit and the accessible memory limit are indicated in the problem statements.

5.9. The submitted program must output the same answers on the same tests, independent of the time of the execution and the program environment. The submitted programs can be executed any number of times and the worst outcome can be counted.

5.10. Participants may bring and use unannotated natural language dictionaries (except electronic ones), blank sheets of paper and instruments for writing only. Contestants may not bring and use any books (except dictionaries), reference manuals, electronic dictionaries, program listings, any machine-readable information (software or data on any kind of storage), computing devices (handhelds, portable PCs, notebooks, calculators), mobile phones or any other communication devices.

5.11. During the round, participants are only allowed to communicate with members of their team, members of the Executive Committee of the Jury and the Technical Committee.

5.12. Participants may use network printer during the contest. The printout will be delivered to the team by representatives of the Technical Committee.

5.13. A team may be disqualified by the Jury for any activity that violates contest Regulations and Rules or jeopardizes the contest such as dislodging extension cords, unauthorized modification of contest equipment, distracting behavior.

5.14. Executive Committee of the Jury holds exclusive right to determine correctness of programs against tests, to evaluate programs, to determine the winners and to disqualify participants. The Executive Committee of the Jury solves questions arising in case of unforeseen events and circumstances.

Appeals

5.15. The Executive Committee of the Jury is solely responsible for determining the correctness of runs. Its decisions are final and may not be appealed.

5.16. If irregularities or misconduct are observed during the Contest, team members or coaches should bring them to the attention of the representatives of the Technical Committee of the Contest, so that action may be taken as soon as possible.

5.17. The official test set is published by the Jury of the Contest after the end of the Contest. This test set can be used to appeal to the Jury Executive Committee.

5.18. The appeal based on the official test set can only be issued in case some test case is found to be incorrect with respect to the problem statement. Should this be the case, the incorrect test case will be fixed or, if no obvious fix is possible, removed, and all runs for the appealed problem will be rejudged. The new standings will be the official standings of the Contest.

5.19. If the standings of the Contest change as the result of the appeals, the teams to be sent to the next tier of the Contest may change. Prizes are not transferred.

Date: 2016-04-22; view: 705