Changes Since 2001
ACM have reworded the elegibility criteria.
Please check the ACM
Regional Contest Rules before entering the contest.
1. Interpretations
Students who have competed in two Finals
Contests may compete in the regional contest; however
the team containing such a person will NOT be eligible
for any prizes.
Institutions may send more than one team
to the contest, but organisers reserve the right to limit
the entries from any one institution.
Solutions to problems submitted are called
runs. Each run is judged as accepted or rejected and the
team is notified of the results as soon as possible. Rejected
runs will be marked as follows:
"run-time error" OR "time-limit
exceeded" OR "wrong answer" OR "presentation
error"
Only the first error encountered in a submission
will be notified.
Notification of accepted runs will be suspended
at the appropriate time to keep the final results secret.
A general announcement to that effect will be made during
the contest. Notification of rejected runs will continue
until the end of the contest.
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2 Significant Dates
Coaches should aim to have teams initially
registered as soon as possible, preferably by 14th September
2002 (the advance registration cut off date) so that organisers
will know the numbers to expect at each site. Initial
registration does not require names of team members. No
new reservations may be made after 18th September.
To compete in the regionals a team must
be fully registered in the ACM registration database by
20th September 2002. "Fully registered" means
the team must have 3 members who each meet the eligibility
requirements, and the regional administrators must know
who is responsible for paying the team's fees. Reserves
may also be registered as the ACM rules specify that only
registered reserves may substitute for a team member who
is unable to participate for any reason.
3. Contest Fee
The entry fee is $150 per team, exclusive
of GST where this applies. This entry fee is usually paid
by the Institution sending the team. Transport and accommodation
costs are also the responsibility of the team or their
Institution. This fee increases to $250 after the advance
registration cut off date.
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4. Programming
Environment
Each team will have a PC with the contest
software for their site. Details of the hardware and software
to be used will be found on the Site Web page.
Instructions on using the machines will
be given early prior to the contest commencing.
The following languages will be available
at all sites:
Java, JDK v 1.3 or greater, C/C++ (at least
one of GCC v2.96, Borland C/C++, Visual C/C++, Visual
Age C/C++)
In addition, sites MAY offer Pascal
if it is available. Teams should check the site web page
if they wish to use Pascal.
No other languages will be offered.
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5. Qualification
for World Finals
The number of places in the World Finals
available to the region depends on the number of entries
to the regional contest.
We normally have 2 places allocated to teams
from the South Pacific region, and these are awarded to
the top Australian team and the top New Zealand team in
the regional contest. If further Finals places are available,
these are awarded to the next highest teams.
ACM regulations state that only 1 team from
any institution may advance to the Finals.
6. Recognition
Recognition will be given on the web site
to the top team in the region in which no member has taken
any third years papers. These will be referred to as the
"Top 2nd Year Team".
Recognition will also be given to the top
team in which no member has taken any second years papers.
These will be referred to as the "Top 1st Year Team".
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