"The teams at the world finals have five hours to solve eight or more complex, real-world problems. Teammates collaborate to rank the difficulty of the problems, deduce the requirements, design test beds, and build software systems that solve the problems under the intense scrutiny of expert judges. World finals programming language tools include Java, C/C++, and Pascal. Students are given a problem statement and an example of test data, but they do not have access to the judges' test data and acceptance criteria. Each incorrect solution submitted is assessed a time penalty. The team that solves the most problems with the fewest attempts in the least amount of time is declared the winner.
The highest scoring team receives the World Champion cup and plaque, and is awarded $10,000. Teams finishing in second through fourth place receive gold medals and $3,000 each; fifth through eighth place receive silver medals and $2,000 each; and those finishing ninth through twelfth place receive bronze medals and $1,000 each. Champions for North America, Latin America, Europe, the South Pacific, Asia and Africa, and the Middle East will be presented with plaques."
Thursday, January 27, 2005
Computer Science: World Programming Competition
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